[comp.databases] Multimedia Conference

munkew@csli.Stanford.EDU (Mun-Kew Leong) (11/30/89)

(Posted on behalf of Institute of Systems Science,
 National University of Singapore)


CALL FOR PAPERS


International Conference on Multimedia Information Systems

Singapore, January 16 - 18, 1991

Co-Organizers :	ACM SIGIR and
	The Institute of Systems Science
	National University of Singapore

In Co-operation with :	ACM SIGOIS
Co-operation sought from : ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM SIGCHI
			and ACM SIGMOD

Theme:     Multimedia Information Systems - Towards Better Integration

The last few years have seen some dramatic trends in computer technology:
Faster workstations, higher resolution displays, cheaper and larger storage,
improvements in graphics packages and progress in broad-band communications.
While all these topics have forums where the research, development and
application efforts are reported, there is yet to be a forum which promotes
discussion and exchange of ideas on how all these interesting technologies
could converge towards the next generation of tools and applications.  This
effort is very timely since one perceives a confluence of three major
industrial sectors: Publishing and printing, Video and Movie, and Computer
technology.  Through this conference, we hope to bring together people from
various individual technologies to exploit the combined advantages in
building integrated systems using some or all of the technologies.

Papers

	Technical papers reporting either original research or interesting
applications are invited in areas relevant to the theme.  Topics of interest
include but are not limited to the following:
Hardware: Optical Disk devices and their use, High Bandwidth Buses, Multimedia
networking, Communication protocols for Multimedia systems, etc.
Systems Software: Distributed Multimedia architectures, Support for Multimedia
Databases, Object-oriented Multimedia systems,  Co-operative authoring tools
for Multimedia Systems, Video and Still Image compression, etc.
Content-based retrieval of Multimedia Objects: Object oriented languages for
multimedia retrieval, Retrieval in hypertext/hypermedia networks,
Hierarchical  languages, Access methods for multimedia systems, Indexes for
video, images and voice, Browsing in very large images and video, etc.
User Interfaces: Visual interfaces to Multimedia systems, Browsing interfaces,
Agents in interfaces, Physical metaphors, Adaptive interfaces, Authoring
and editing tools.
Applications and Systems: Picture and document-image archival systems,
Standards for electronic document preparation and submission, Engineering
applications, Medical Information Systems, Libraries of the future,
Multimedia in education, Home entertainment systems.

Panels

	Proposals are invited for panels relevant to the theme of the
conference.  The person proposing a panel should identify the topic and
the participants.  The co-ordinator should also identify alternates.
Written consent is required from the proposed panelists agreeing to
participate in the panel.  Proposals for panels should be received by
31 March, 1990

Tutorials

	Proposals for tutorials are also welcomed on topics relevant to
the theme of the conference.  The person proposing the tutorial should
give an outline of the topic and indicate the duration of the tutorial.
Proposals for tutorials should be sent in by 31 March, 1990.

Demonstrations

	Proposals are sought for demonstrations during the conference.
These can be either stand alone or on-line connected to overseas facilities.
Proposals should be sent  by July 1, 1990.

Special Sessions

	Proposals are invited for organizing special sessions which focus on
emerging technologies.  Proposals for special sessions should be received by
May 1, 1990.

Deadlines

	Four copies of full papers should be (20 pages or approximately 500
words) sent to the following addresses by 10 April, 1990.

North America and Europe:
Professor Stavros Christodoulakis
Institute for Computer Research
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3 G1
Bitnet: Watmath!WatDaisy!Schrisodoul @ uunet.uu.net
FAX: 1-519-8851208

Australia, Asia and Others:
Dr Desai Narasimhalu
Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore
Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 0511
Bitnet: ISSAD @ NUSVM
FAX : 65-7782571

%	Notification of acceptance of papers will be mailed to authors on or
before 1 July, 1990.
%	Accepted papers, camera ready, are due no later than 1 September, 1990.

Venue

	The conference sessions will be held in the premises of the Institute
of Systems Science (ISS).

General Chairman :	Dr Juzar Motiwalla, ISS
Organizing Chairman :	Professor Nick Belkin
	Rutgers University
Program Chairs :	Professor Stavros Christodoulakis
	University of Waterloo
	Dr A Desai Narasimhalu, ISS
Tutorials Chair 	:	Dr Huang Kuan Tsae, ISS
International Publicity Chair	:		Dr Vijay Raghavan
		South Western Louisiana State
		University
Regional Publicity Chair	:	Dr Ang Yew Hock, ISS
Local Arrangements Chair 	:	Ms Vicky Toh, ISS

Preliminary Program Committee (to be expanded):
M Adiba
Genoble, France

Robert Allen
Bellcore

Nick Belkin
Rutgers University

David Choy
IBM

P Constantopoulos
Crete, Greece

Bruce Croft
UMass, Amherst

Umesh Dayal
DEC
Chris Faloutsos
University of Maryland

Ed Fox
Virginia Polytechnic and
State University

N Georganas
Ottawa, Canada

Don Herbison-Evans
Sydney University

K T Huang
ISS, IBM Watson Research Labs

Y Ichikawa
Hiroshima University

T Kunii
University of Tokyo

Luke Lien
IBM Tokyo Research Labs

Peter Lockemann
Karlshruhe

Vincent Lum
Naval Postgraduate School

Tim Oren
Apple

R MacNamara
BNR, Canada

N Naffah
Bull, France

Jack Orenstein
Object Design Inc.

Dick Phillips
Los Alamos National Labs

Keith Rijsbergen
University of Glasgow

D Thanos
CNR, Italy

D Tsichritzis
Geneva

Janet Walker
DEC

Clement Yu
University of Illinois, Chicago

For all information contact:	Desai Narasimhalu
	Institute of Systems Science
	National University of Singapore
	Heng Mui Keng Terrace
	Singapore 0511
	Telephone :	65-772-2002 or 65-772-2096
	Telefax :	65-7782571
	Bitnet :	ISSAD @ NUSVM

munkew@csli.Stanford.EDU (Mun-Kew Leong) (03/22/90)

(Posted on behalf of the Institute of Systems Science,
 National University of Singapore)


----------------------------  A REMINDER ---------------------------

DEAD LINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION APRIL 10, 1990

--------------  PLEASE NOTE A VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE ----------------

A FEW SELECTED PAPERS FROM THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE PUBLISHED
IN THE ACM TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MAY BE THE JULY 1991)
SPECIAL ISSUE.
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CALL FOR PAPERS

International Conference on Multimedia Information Systems

January 16 - 18, 1991

Co-Organizers :	ACM SIGIR and
	The Institute of Systems Science
	National University of Singapore

IN CO-OPERATION WITH :	ACM SIGOIS, ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM SIGMOD, IEEE-CS

Theme:     Multimedia Information Systems - Towards Better Integration

The last few years have seen some dramatic trends in computer technology:
Faster workstations, higher resolution displays, cheaper and larger storage,
improvements in graphics packages and progress in broad-band communications.
While all these topics have forums where the research, development and
application efforts are reported, there is yet to be a forum which promotes
discussion and exchange of ideas on how all these interesting technologies
could converge towards the next generation of tools and applications.  This
effort is very timely since one perceives a confluence of three major
industrial sectors: Publishing and printing, Video and Movie, and Computer
technology.  Through this conference, we hope to bring together people from
various individual technologies to exploit the combined advantages in
building integrated systems using some or all of the technologies.

Papers

	Technical papers reporting either original research or interesting
applications are invited in areas relevant to the theme.  Topics of interest
include but are not limited to the following:
Hardware: Optical Disk devices and their use, High Bandwidth Buses, Multimedia
networking, Communication protocols for Multimedia systems, etc.
Systems Software: Distributed Multimedia architectures, Support for Multimedia
Databases, Object-oriented Multimedia systems,  Co-operative authoring tools
for Multimedia Systems, Video and Still Image compression, etc.
Content-based retrieval of Multimedia Objects: Object oriented languages for
multimedia retrieval, Retrieval in hypertext/hypermedia networks,
Hierarchical  languages, Access methods for multimedia systems, Indexes for
video, images and voice, Browsing in very large images and video, etc.
User Interfaces: Visual interfaces to Multimedia systems, Browsing interfaces,
Agents in interfaces, Physical metaphors, Adaptive interfaces, Authoring
and editing tools.
Applications and Systems: Picture and document-image archival systems,
Standards for electronic document preparation and submission, Engineering
applications, Medical Information Systems, Libraries of the future,
Multimedia in education, Home entertainment systems.

Panels

	Proposals are invited for panels relevant to the theme of the
conference.  The person proposing a panel should identify the topic and
the participants.  The co-ordinator should also identify alternates.
Written consent is required from the proposed panelists agreeing to
participate in the panel.  Proposals for panels should be received by
31 March, 1990

Tutorials

	Proposals for tutorials are also welcomed on topics relevant to
the theme of the conference.  The person proposing the tutorial should
give an outline of the topic and indicate the duration of the tutorial.
Proposals for tutorials should be sent in by 31 March, 1990.

Demonstrations

	Proposals are sought for demonstrations during the conference.
These can be either stand alone or on-line connected to overseas facilities.
Proposals should be sent  by July 1, 1990.

Special Sessions

	Proposals are invited for organizing special sessions which focus on
emerging technologies.  Proposals for special sessions should be received by
May 1, 1990.

Deadlines

	FOUR COPIES OF FULL PAPERS SHOULD BE (20 PAGES OR APPROXIMATELY 5000
words) sent to the following addresses by 10 April, 1990.

North America and Europe:
Professor Stavros Christodoulakis
Institute for Computer Research
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3 G1
BITNET: SCHRISTODOUL @ WATERLOO.EDU
FAX: 1-519-8851208

Australia, Asia and Others:
Dr Desai Narasimhalu
Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore
Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 0511
Bitnet: ISSAD @ NUSVM
FAX : 65-7782571

%	Notification of acceptance of papers will be mailed to authors on or
before 1 July, 1990.
%	Accepted papers, camera ready, are due no later than 1 September, 1990.

Venue

	The conference sessions will be held in the premises of the Institute
of Systems Science (ISS).

General Chairman :	Dr Juzar Motiwalla, ISS
Organizing Chairman :	Professor Nick Belkin
	Rutgers University
Program Chairs :	Professor Stavros Christodoulakis
	University of Waterloo
	Dr A Desai Narasimhalu, ISS
Tutorials Chair 	:	Dr Huang Kuan Tsae, ISS
International Publicity Chair	:		Dr Vijay Raghavan
		South Western Louisiana State
		University
Regional Publicity Chair	:	Dr Ang Yew Hock, ISS
Local Arrangements Chair 	:	Ms Vicky Toh, ISS

Preliminary Program Committee (to be expanded):
M Adiba
Genoble, France

Robert Allen
Bellcore

Nick Belkin
Rutgers University

David Choy
IBM

P Constantopoulos
Crete, Greece

Bruce Croft
UMass, Amherst

Umesh Dayal
DEC
Chris Faloutsos
University of Maryland

Ed Fox
Virginia Polytechnic and
State University

N Georganas
Ottawa, Canada

Don Herbison-Evans
Sydney University

K T Huang
ISS, IBM Watson Research Labs

Y Ichikawa
Hiroshima University

T Kunii
University of Tokyo

Luke Lien
IBM Tokyo Research Labs

Peter Lockemann
Karlshruhe

Vincent Lum
Naval Postgraduate School

Tim Oren
Apple

R MacNamara
BNR, Canada

N Naffah
Bull, France

Jack Orenstein
Object Design Inc.

Dick Phillips
Los Alamos National Labs

Keith Rijsbergen
University of Glasgow

D Thanos
CNR, Italy

D Tsichritzis
Geneva

Janet Walker
DEC

Clement Yu
University of Illinois, Chicago

For all information contact:	Desai Narasimhalu
	Institute of Systems Science
	National University of Singapore
	Heng Mui Keng Terrace
	Singapore 0511
	Telephone :	65-772-2002 or 65-772-2096
	Telefax :	65-7782571
	Bitnet :	ISSAD @ NUSVM