(Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this) ********************* ISM2007 Call For Papers ************************* IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007) December 10-12, 2007 Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. http://ism2007.ncu.edu.tw/ Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society The IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007) is an international forum for researchers to exchange information regarding advances in the state of the art and practice of multimedia computing, as well as to identify the emerging research topics and define the future of multimedia computing. The technical program of ISM2007 will consist of invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. Submissions of high quality papers describing mature results or on-going work are invited. Topics for submission include but are not limited to: . Multimedia systems, architecture, and applications . Multimedia networking and QoS . Peer-to-peer multimedia systems and streaming . Pervasive and interactive multimedia systems including mobile systems, pervasive gaming, and digital TV . Multimedia meta-modeling techniques and operating systems . Architecture specification languages . Software development using multimedia techniques . Multimedia signal processing including audio, video, image processing, and coding . Multimedia tools including authoring, analyzing, editing, and browsing . Visualization and Virtual Reality . Multimedia and multimodal user interfaces and interaction models . Multimedia file systems, databases, and retrieval . Multimedia Collaboration . Rich media enabled E-commerce . Computational intelligence including neural networks, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms . Intelligent agents for multimedia content creation, distribution, and analysis . Internet telephony and hypermedia technologies and systems . Multimedia security including digital watermark and encryption . Mobile Multimedia Systems and Services Submissions: The written and spoken language of ISM2007 is English. Authors should submit an 8-page technical paper manuscript in double-column IEEE format including authors' names and affiliations, and a short abstract electronically, following the submission guidelines available on the ISM2007 web page (http://cse.stfx.ca/~ism07/). Only electronic submission will be accepted. All papers should be in Adobe portable document format (PDF). The paper should have a cover page, which includes a 200-word abstract, a list of keywords, and author's phone number and e-mail address. The Conference Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. A number of the papers presented at the conference will be selected for possible publications in journals. ISM2007 will also include a few workshops and special tracks dedicated to focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special tracks of emerging areas are invited. Full length papers from Workshops and Focused Tracks will be presented at ISM2007, and included in the Proceedings. Please visit the conference website for detailed guidelines on submitting workshop and special track proposals. Submissions of proposals on panels and demonstrations are also encouraged. A short demo article (up to 3 pages) and panel summary articles may also be included in the conference proceedings. Guidelines for submitting panel and demo proposals are available on the conference website. Important Dates: April 1, 2007 Submission of workshop proposals due April 20, 2007 Notification of acceptance of workshop proposals due May 18, 2007 Submission of papers and proposals on panels & special tracks due June 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance of special track proposals due August 1, 2007 Submission of demonstration proposals due August 20, 2007 Notification of acceptance of papers due September 21, 2007 Camera-Ready copy of accepted papers due Conference Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs: Dick Bulterman, CWI, The Netherlands Kinji Mori, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Program Co-Chairs: Homer Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Frances Xavier University, Canada Program Vice Co-Chairs: Audio Processing Track: Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Image and Video Processing Track: Markus Kampmann, Ericsson Research, Germany Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA Modeling, Language, Interface and Tools for Multimedia Systems Track: Jiro Katto, Waseda University, Japan Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Multimedia Applications Track: Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Clark N. Taylor, Brigham Young University, USA Multimedia Database and Information Retrieval Track: Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan V.S. Subrahmanian University of Maryland, College Park, USA Multimedia Networking and QoS Track: Linda Xie, University of North Carolina, USA Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Multimedia Security Track: Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C, Korea James B. D. Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA Visualization, CG, Virtual Reality Track: Xiangjian He, University of Technology at Sydney, Australia Aljoscha Smolic, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany Mobile Multimedia Systems and Services Track: Sabin Tabirca, National University of Ireland at Cork, Ireland Eckehard Steinbach, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Special Tracks: K.P. (Suba) Subbalakshmi, Stevens Institute of Tech., USA Qian Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China Workshops Co-Chairs: Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, P.R. China Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA Industrial Program Chair: Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Best Paper Award Committee Co-Chairs: Max Muhlhauser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Alexei Sourin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Demo Co-Chairs: Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Mary Comer, Purdue University, USA Panel Co-Chairs: Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Pascal Frossard, EPFL, Switzerland Publicity Co-Chairs: Stephen Yang, National Central University, Taiwan Alex Zhaoyu Liu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan Daniel C Doolan, National University of Ireland at Cork, Ireland Publication Co-Chairs: George Wang, Cal. State University, USA Yan Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, P.R. China Finance Co-Chairs: Phillip C.Y. Sheu, University of California, Irvine, USA Rong-Ming Chen, National University of Tainan, Taiwan Web Co-Chairs: Shih-Nung Chen, Asia University, Taiwan Addison Sue, National Central University, Taiwan Tony Li Xu, St. Frances Xavier University, Canada Local Arrangement Chair: Anthony Y.H. Liao, Asia University, Taiwan Registration Chair: Han-Wen Hsiao, Asia University, Taiwan --------------------------- Dr. Zhiwen YU Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Mobile: (+81)090-9891-1552 Email: yu@ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp http://www.ulan.jp/~zhiwen/ ---------------------------