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I became a member of the TPC for ICME'11 and MUE'11

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:39:31 GMT

ICME'11: http://www.icme2011.org/

MUE'11: http://www.ftrai.org/mue2011/callforpapers.html

Vacation: 2010/08/05-24 => no Internet, Email, Phone ...

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:59:12 GMT

... back in office August 25th

Attending the 93rd MPEG meeting + AhG, Geneva, CH, Jul 22-30, 2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:02:06 GMT

Jul 22-23: AhG meeting on MMT
Jul 24-25: AhG meeting on HTTP Streaming of MPEG Media
Jul 23-25: AhG meeting on AIT
Jul 26-30: 93rd MPEG meeting

I'm out of office Jun 2 - 6, back in office on June 7

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:03:34 GMT

However, my schedule for June 7 is already full and, thus, expect answers to your requests not before June 8 - Thank you!

Our QoMEX2010 paper 'Improving the Quality of Multimedia Experience through Sensory Effects' has been accepted!

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:53:46 GMT

Title: Improving the Quality of Multimedia Experience through Sensory Effects
Abstract: In previous and related work sensory effects are presented as a tool for increasing the user experience of multimedia presentation by stimulating also other senses than vision or audition. In this paper we primarily investigated the influence of multimedia content annotated with sensory effects (e.g., wind, vibration, light) on various video bit-rates and qualities. Therefore, we defined a subjective quality assessment methodology based on standardized methods. The paper describes the test environment, its setup, and conditions in detail. Furthermore, we experimented with a novel voting device that allows for continuous voting feedback during a sequence in addition to the overall quality voting at the end of each sequence. The results obtained from the subjective quality assessment are presented and discussed thoroughly. In anticipation of the results we can report without doubt an improvement of the quality of the multimedia experience thanks to the sensory effects.

QoMEX 2010
Second International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience
June 2123, 2010
Trondheim, Norway
http://www.qomex.com/

Our paper "Novel Architecture for Multimedia Distribution based on Content Aware Networking" has been accepted at CTRQ 2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:05:10 GMT

Abstract:
This paper proposes a novel virtual Content Aware Network (CAN) layer as a part of a full layered architecture, focused, but not limited, to multimedia distribution with quality of services assurance. The overall system is based on a flexible cooperation between providers, operators and end-users, enabling users to access the offered multimedia services in various contexts and also to become private content providers. The paper introduces the main concepts and architecture for the main virtual network layer (CAN), exposing its role and interfaces among overall system layers. This work is a part of the starting effort inside of a new European research FP7 IP project, ALICANTE.

The Third International Conference on Communication Theory, Reliability, and Quality of Service (CTRQ 2010)
June 13-19, 2010 - Athens/Glyfada, Greece
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/CTRQ10.html

Joint the TPC of SVCVision Workshop 2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:09:24 GMT

Workshop
http://www.mobimedia.org/ws_SVCVision.html

Impact of Scalable Video Coding on Multimedia Provisioning (SVCVision)

collocated with MOBIMEDIA - 6th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference

6th-8th September 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Scalable Video Coding (SVC) refers to the possibility of removing certain parts of a video bit stream in order to adapt it to a changing usage environment, e.g., end device capabilities, network condition or user preferences. SVC has been an active standardization and research area for at least 20 years, reaching back to H.262/MPEG-2, which offered scalable profiles. However, these previous attempts suffered from a significant loss in coding efficiency as well as a large increase in decoder complexity (and thus energy consumption), which hindered market adoption. Only the most recent attempt, i.e., the SVC extension of H.264/AVC, focuses on avoiding these disadvantages. Since H.264/SVC standardization started in 2003, it has been at the focus of many multimedia research groups.

Todays increasing variety of end devices (smart phones, tablet PCs, Netbooks, Laptops, PCs, networked HDTVs, ) and the associated multitude of Internet connectivity options (GPRS/EDGE, UMTS, ADSL, PLC, WiMAX, ) provide particular momentum for SVC, which can be easily and pervasively adapted to these various usage environments. SVC also allows end devices to only decode a sub-set of the SVC bit stream, thus enabling in particular mobile end devices to minimize the necessary (processing) power requirements.

This workshop aims to provide a forum for both academic and industrial participants to exchange and discuss recent advancements and future perspectives of SVC.

SVC topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Robust streaming, error resilience and error concealment
Streaming in heterogeneous environments
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) video distribution
Internet Protocol television (IPTV)
Energy-efficient video distribution
Content adaptation (e.g., scaling, rewriting, transcoding) and summarization
Complexity optimization and new tools for achieving scalability
Adaptation decision taking & context information
Storage & file format
Conditional access & protection
Novel applications & implementation experiences

Apart from the presentation of research results, we also welcome innovative SVC demonstrations and position papers. For demos, please submit a short paper, which describes your demo.

Joint the TPC of COMM'10, Bucharest, Romania, 10-12 June 2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:32:46 GMT

The "COMM 2010" Organizing Committee invites you to attend the 8th Communications International Conference, in Bucharest, Romania. "COMM 2010" will bring together academics and industry professionals from universities, government agencies and companies to present their achievements in communications technology and related fields.
The COMM 2010 Conference is referenced in the IEEE Conference Database as conference 16421.

NEW: The conference is now included in the IEEE Conference Publication Program (CPP). Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be included in the IEEEXplore database.

Important deadlines

Because of the numerous requests from prospective authors, the full paper submission deadline was extended to February 14th, 2010.
Full paper submission:14.02.2010
Notification of acceptance: 14.03.2010
Camera ready papers: 14.04.2010
Program publishing: 01.05.2010

Technical papers will be presented in the following major topics:
1. Signal Processing
2. Natural Language and Speech Processing
3. Image Processing
4. Communications Theory
5. Computational Intelligence
6. Microwaves
7. Antennas and Propagation
8. Communications Networks and Systems
9. Radio Communications Technologies
10. Optical Communications
11. Wireless Communications
12. Satellite and Space Communications
13. Multimedia Communications
14. Internet Technologies
15. Communications Security
16. Network Operations and Management
17. NATO Communications Strategies
18. New Information and Communications Technologies
19. Communications Strategies and Development
20. Underwater Communications - SPECIAL SESSION
21. Governmental Communications - SPECIAL SESSION
22. Cognitive Radio - SPECIAL SESSION
23. Future Internet - Challenges and Perspectives - SPECIAL SESSION

Joint the Technical Program Committee of ACM Multimedia 2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:05:43 GMT

TPC Member and Meta TPC Member on the Technical Program Committee for ACM Multimedia 2010- Multimedia Applications Track Full Paper

The Conference will be held October 25-29th, 2010 in Firenze, Italy and you can find all the preliminary information about it at http://www.acmmm10.org.

Joint the Review Committee of 3DTV Conference 2009 (3DTV-CON 2009)

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:59:49 GMT

CALL FOR PAPERS - 3DTV CONFERENCE 2010

THE TRUE VISION: CAPTURE, TRANSMISSION AND DISPLAY OF 3D VIDEO

June 7-9, 2010 - Hotel Scandic Rosendahl, Tampere, Finland

Capturing 3D scenery, processing the captured data for storage and transmission, and displaying the result for creating 3D visual sensation are the main functional components of a 3DTV system. The development of each of them is a challenging task and their seamless integration is even more challenging as the ultimate goal is to deliver full-scale, fascinating and very realistic 3D TV service to the consumers.

3DTV-CON 2010 is the 4th in a series of successful conferences having the objective to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry with diverse experience and activity in distinct, yet complementary, areas to discuss the development of next generation 3DTV technologies, applications and services.

The conference involves a wide range of disciplines: imaging and computer graphics, signal processing, telecommunications, electronics, optics and physics. Professionals from these areas are cordially invited to participate at 3DTV-CON 2010. The conference will consist of tutorials, plenary talks, and special and regular sessions on the conference themes as listed below.

3D Capture and Processing: 3D audio-visual scene capture and reconstruction techniques for static and dynamic scenes, synchronization and calibration of multiple cameras, holographic camera techniques, multi-view and multi-sensor image and 3D data processing, mixing of virtual and real worlds, 3D tracking.
3D Coding and Transmission: Systems, architectures and transmission for 3DTV, coding of multi-view video, 3D meshes, and holograms, audio coding for 3DTV, error resilience and error concealment of 3D video and 3D geometry, signal processing for diffraction and holographic 3DTV.
3D Visualization: Projection and display technology for 3D videos, stereoscopic and auto-stereoscopic display techniques, holographic display technology, reduced parallax systems, integral imaging techniques, underlying optics and VLSI technology, 3D mesh, texture, point, and volume-based representation, object-based representation and segmentation, 3D motion analysis and animation.
3D Quality of Experience: Subjective quality evaluation, objective quality metrics, multimodal experience, interaction with 3D content.
3D Applications: 3D television, cinema, games and entertainment, virtual studios, advanced 3D audio applications, 3D teleimmersion and remote collaboration, 3D imaging in virtual heritage and virtual archaeology, augmented reality and virtual environments, underlying technologies for 3DTV, medical and biomedical applications, 3D content-based retrieval and recognition, 3D watermarking, other applications.

Paper submission: Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers, four-pages long, in double-column format including authors' names, affiliations, and short abstract. Papers will be collected only by electronic submission trough the conference site.

Important Dates:

Tutorial proposals deadline: December 18, 2009
Special session proposal deadline: January 29, 2010
Regular paper submission deadline: February 12, 2010
Notification of paper acceptance: March 29, 2010
Camera-ready paper submission deadline: April 23, 2010
Conference: June 7-9, 2010

Joint the TPC for ACM Multimedia 2010- Multimedia Applications Track Short Paper

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:21:13 GMT

ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 - General Announcement

October 25-29th 2010 - Firenze, Italy
http://www.acmmm10.org/

Dear Colleague,
We are now organizing ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010, the premiere science conference in the field, that will be held in Florence, Italy on 25-29 October 2010. ACM Multimedia is a great composite event with different programs:

The Main Conference Program includes plenary scientific and technical sessions with keynote speeches, oral, poster and video presentations, brave new ideas sessions and technical demonstrations of scientists and practitioners in Multimedia.
Opportunities for Deepenings are organized as discussion rooms and doctoral symposiums for students and junior researchers, plus tutorials and panels with worldwide recognized scientists and opinion leaders.
Competitions of Research Teams comprise the Multimedia Grand Challenge competition, on relevant and challenging questions about the industry's two-five years horizon for multimedia, and the Open Source Software competition, to encourage the implementations of open source multimedia software.
The Interactive Art program provides the opportunity of interaction between artists and computer scientists and investigation on the application of multimedia technologies to art and cultural heritage.
The Industry Exhibit program offers to the industries the opportunity to display their innovative products and advertise their initiatives.
Workshops associated to ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 will provide in-focus forums of discussion on some of the most relevant and timely scientific topics in the field.

Florence is one of the most beautiful art capitals in the world. In 1982 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, thanks to its incredible collection of Renaissance art and architecture. History and culture sit in every corner, and visitors follow the steps of great artists like Botticelli, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci on the sides of the famous Duomo, the Uffizi Gallery and the unique Palazzo Vecchio and Ponte Vecchio.
Please visit ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 website at http://www.acmmm10.org/ , take note of the program deadlines and plan to participate to the program of ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 that best suits your activity and results.
We thank you for your attention and hope that you will contribute to this fantastic event.
Winston Hsu, Bernard Merialdo, Yong Rui
ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 Publicity Chairs
on behalf of the General Chairs
Alberto del Bimbo and Shih-Fu Chang

ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 - General Announcement

October 25-29th 2010 - Firenze, Italy
http://www.acmmm10.org/

Just joint the ACM Multimedia 2010 Program Committee, 25-29 October 2010, Firenze, Italy

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:12:26 GMT

Call for Contributions

Call for Submissions (blue night version)

Call for Submissions (red version)

Poster (blue night version)

Poster (red version)

ACM Multimedia 2010 solicits submissions for the events are listed below:

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications will publish in 2011 a special issue with extended versions of the best ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 papers.

Joint the TPC of MUE2010, San Diego, CA, USA in June 28-30

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:11:12 GMT

http://www.ftrg.org/mue2010/

Call for Papers

Recent advances in pervasive computers, networks, telecommunication, and information technology, along with the proliferation of multimedia-capable mobile devices, such as laptops, portable media players, personal digital assistants, and cellular telephones, have stimulated the development of intelligent and pervasive multimedia applications in a ubiquitous environment. The new multimedia standards (for example, MPEG-21) facilitate the seamless integration of multiple modalities into interoperable multimedia frameworks, transforming the way people work and interact with multimedia data. These key technologies and multimedia solutions interact and collaborate with each other in increasingly effective ways, contributing to the multimedia revolution and having a significant impact across a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare, education, and governmental domains. This conference provides an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of multimedia and ubiquitous environment including models and systems, new directions, novel applications associated with the utilization and acceptance of ubiquitous computing devices and systems.

The goals of this conference are to provide a complete coverage of the areas outlined and to bring together the researchers from academic and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of this field.

Download CFP(TXT, PDF)

The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below:

Track 1: Ubiquitous Computing and Beyond
Ubiquitous Computing and Technology
Context-Aware Ubiquitous Computing
Parallel/Distributed/Grid Computing
Novel Machine Architectures
Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid
Smart Home and Generic Interfaces
Track 2: Multimedia Modeling and Processing
AI and Soft Computing in Multimedia
Computer Graphics and Simulation
Multimedia Information Retrieval (images, videos, hypertexts, etc.)
Internet Multimedia Mining
Medical Image and Signal Processing
Multimedia Indexing and Compression
Virtual Reality and Game Technology
Current Challenges in Multimedia
Track 3: Ubiquitous Services and Applications
Protocols for Ubiquitous Services
Ubiquitous Database Methodologies
Ubiquitous Application Interfaces
IPv6 Foundations and Applications
Smart Home Network Middleware
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID
U-Commerce and Other Applications
Databases and Data Mining
Track 4: Multimedia Services and Applications
Multimedia RDBMS Platforms
Multimedia in Telemedicine
Multimedia Embedded Systems
Entertainment Industry
E-Commerce and E-Learning
Novel Multimedia Applications
Computer Graphics
Track 5: Multimedia and Ubiquitous Security
Security in Commerce and Industry
Security in Ubiquitous Databases
Key Management and Authentication
Privacy in Ubiquitous Environment
Sensor Networks and RFID Security
Multimedia Information Security
Forensics and Image Watermarking
Track 6: Other IT and Multimedia Applications

Important Dates

January 14, 2010	Workshop proposal
January 28, 2010	Paper submission deadline
February 28, 2010	Notification of acceptance
March 20, 2010	Camera-ready paper due
March 20, 2010	Presenting author registration due
June 28-30, 2010	Conference events

Paper Publication

All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceeding published by IEEE Press (IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing group) and will be included in the IEEE Xplorer. Outstanding papers will be invited for extension and publication in several journal special issues.

I'm attending the 91st MPEG Meeting in Kyoto, Jan 18-22 2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:19:26 GMT

I will attend the 91st MPEG Meeting in Kyoto, Jan 18-22 2010 where the following Call for Proposals will be finalized:

*) Advanced IPTV Terminal (AIT)
*) MPEG Media Transport (MMT)
*) High-Performance Video Coding (HVC)

Additionally, the MPEG Extensible Middleware (MXM) will be promoted to Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) and MPEG-V Sensory Information is only one step before reaching this important milestone. Thus, stay tuned and further information about all this you may find on my blog at http://multimediacommunication.blogspot.com/search/label/MPEG

I'm going to give an Operating Systems course at Faculty of information studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:05:59 GMT

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Joint the IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Communication TC

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:38:20 GMT

I just joint the IEEE Communication Society Multimedia Communication
Technical Committee. http://www.comsoc.org/~mmc/

Joint the Technical Program Committee of MUST (Multimedia and Semantic Technologies)

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:30:03 GMT

MUST (Multimedia and Semantic Technologies) in conjunction with the upcoming IEEE FutureTech 2010 conference (http://www.ftrg.org/futuretech2010/index.htm) to be held in Busan, Korea in May 2010

Web site: http://www.ftrg.org/must2010/

The Workshop on Multimedia and Semantic Technologies (MUST'10) aims at high quality research contributions in multimedia semantic computing, with a focus on how to apply the semantic technologies to the acquisition, generation, storage, processing, and retrieval of large-scale multimedia information. A main goal of MUST is to address emerging research challenges in Semantic Multimedia and to help reducing the Semantic Gap between low-level content descriptions of multimedia and the semantics in high-level human interpretations of audiovisual media. Semantic Web and multimedia community researchers are encouraged to join the workshop to benefit from the presentation of results from multimedia based research, which demonstrate important multimedia applications which could be enhanced by Semantic Web technologies.

MUST'10 will be held in conjunction with FutureTech 2010, in Busan, Korea, 21-23 May 2010.

MUST'10 encourages a multidisciplinary perspective and welcomes papers that address challenges of multimedia in general or in the context of specific domains. Workshop topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

Advanced Semantic Descriptors and Similarity Metrics for Multimedia
Advanced Semantic and Content-based Multimedia Analysis
Machine Learning and Relevance Feedback in Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval
Ontology Engineering and Ontology-based Multimedia Mining and Retrieval
Semantic Web technologies and Multimedia
Semantic-driven Multimedia Indexing and Retrieval

Semantic-driven Multimedia Personalization and Adaptation
Interfaces for Web-scale Multimedia Repositories
Affective/Emotional Interaction or Interfaces in Multimedia Applications
Applications of Semantic Multimedia in Social and Web-based Environments
Collective and Swarm Intelligence for Multimedia Applications

Multimedia and Digital Convergence
Intelligent Multimedia Services for Future Environments
Multimedia Security in Future Environments

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication. Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered. Papers must be 6 pages or less in size, including references, figures and tables (at least 10pt font, 2-column format). IEEE format style LaTeX and MS-Word templates for MUST'10 are available here: [LaTeX Template] [MS-Word Template].

Papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. All accepted papers will be included in the FutureTech-10 Workshop Proceeding published by IEEE. (The proceeding will be included in EI and other index). Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11" (two columns IEEE format), not exceeding 6 pages; (2 extra pages will be allowed at additional cost only for camera ready papers).

All paper submissions will be handled electronically. The submission process is described on the Submission Page http://www.editorialsystem.net/must2010/

Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. The proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press with 6 pages for each paper. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference.

Important Dates

Paper Submission: December 31, 2009
Acceptance Notification: January 30, 2010
Camera-Ready Version: February 28, 2010
Workshop Date: May 21-23, 2010

I'm attending Future Internet Assembly in Stockholm, Nov 23-24, 2009 link »

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:43:01 GMT

I will present a paper entitled "Accelerating Media Business Developments with the MPEG Extensible Middleware" which is co-authored
with Filippo CHIARIGLIONE (CEDEO.net, Italy) and Marius Preda (Institut TELECOM, France). Further information about MXM can be found at http://mxm.wg11.sc29.org/.

The Web site for FIA Stockholm can be found at http://www.fi-stockholm.eu/

Abstract. This document provides an overview of the MPEG Extensible Middleware (MXM), one of ISO/IEC MPEGs latest achievements, defining an architecture and corresponding application programming interfaces (APIs) which enable accelerated media business developments. The paper describes the vision behind MXM, its architecture, and a high level overview of the API. Additionally, references to example MXM applications are given.

Keywords. Middleware, API, MPEG, Media Applications.

Just registered for SAMT'09 where I'll give a tutorial "MPEG Metadata for Context-Aware Multimedia Applications"

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:40:20 GMT

MPEG Metadata for Context-Aware Multimedia Applications (MPEG)

Christian Timmerer and Mathias Lux

The aim of this tutorial is to give an overview about MPEG metadata
formats enabling the development and deployment of content- and
context-aware multimedia applications. It is important to note that
these metadata formats will not only be addressed theoretically but
also by means of concrete use case scenarios and comprehensive
examples. Additionally, these concepts will be demonstrated by
prototype software implementations.

Further information at http://www.samt2009.org/tutorials.

Our extended abstract is selected to be presented at the poster session of FIA Stockholm 2009

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:39:32 GMT

Accelerating Media Business Developments with the MPEG Extensible Middleware

Christian TIMMERER^a, Filippo CHIARIGLIONE ^b and Marius PREDA ^c

^a Klagenfurt University, Austria

^b CEDEO.net, Italy

^c Institut TELECOM, France

Abstract. This document provides an overview of the MPEG Extensible Middleware (MXM), one of ISO/IEC MPEGs latest achievements, defining an architecture and corresponding application programming interfaces (APIs) which enable accelerated media business developments. The paper describes the vision behind MXM, its architecture, and a high level overview of the API. Additionally, references to example MXM applications are given.

Keywords. Middleware, API, MPEG, Media Applications.

Joint the TPC of IEEE International Conference on Ubi-media Computing (U-Media) 2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:48:27 GMT

I joint the Technical Program Committee of the 3rd IEEE International
Conference on Ubi-media Computing (U-Media 2010)
http://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/umedia2010/

July 5-6, 2010

Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

Topics of interests are divided based on four levels:

Ubi-media Infrastructure
Heterogeneous Ubi-media Infrastructure
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID
New Ubi-media Devices
Multimedia Embedded Systems
Ubi-media Storage and Indexing
3G and Advanced Communication Techniques
Cross-Network Communication Techniques
Ubi-media Middleware
Context-Aware Multimedia
Cross-Network Media Server
Computational Intelligences in Ubi-media
Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid
Ubi-media Content Protection and Security
Privacy and Security in Ubiquitous Environments
Ubi-media Human-Computer Interaction
Plasticity of User Interfaces
Dynamic composition of User Interfaces
Multimodal interaction
Social networks
Ubi-media Applications
Ubi-media for Education
Ubi-media for Commerce
Ubi-media for Games
Ubi-media for Health Care
Ubi-media for Smart Home
Ubi-media for Citizens and E-Government

Paper Submission

Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality,
significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. All
papers will be refereed by at least three members of the program
committee. All submitted papers MUST be formatted according to the
author guidelines provided by IEEE Computer Society Press (two-column
format) and MUST NOT be longer than SIX pages.

Abstract Due: Feb. 15, 2010 Full Paper Due: Feb. 22, 2010

Joint the TPC of DMS2010

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:46:58 GMT

I joint the Technical Program Committee of DMS 2010, the 16th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems which will be held at the Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA, October 14-16, 2010.

The Web site is http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms10.html. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Distributed Multimedia Technology

media coding and compression standards

media streaming and QoS control

digital rights management

middleware and OS support

privacy and security issues

mobile devices and wireless networks

sensor networks

context sensing and processing

Distributed Multimedia Models and Systems

human-computer interaction issues

situated computing

languages for distributed multimedia: Java, XML, X3D

software engineering issues

web services and multi-agent systems

multimedia databases and information systems

multimedia indexing and retrieval systems

distributed multimedia systems evaluation

multimedia authoring

Applications of Distributed Multimedia Systems

distributed collaboration

cultural heritage preservation, management and fruition

distance and lifelong learning

emergency and safety management

environment control and management

e-commerce and e-government applications

health care management and disability assistance

intelligent multimedia computing

social networking

virtual, mixed and augmented reality

I'm attending Future Internet Assembly in Stockholm, Nov 23-24, 2009

christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:49:59 GMT

I will present a paper entitled "Accelerating Media Business
Developments with the MPEG Extensible Middleware" which is co-authored
with Filippo CHIARIGLIONE (CEDEO.net, Italy) and Marius Preda
(Institut TELECOM, France). Further information about MXM can be found
at http://mxm.wg11.sc29.org/.

The Web site for FIA Stockholm can be found at http://www.fi-stockholm.eu/
.