oren@apple.com (Tim Oren) (10/18/89)
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 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). For further 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 -- Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.