ACM SIGMM - the Special Interest Group on Multimedia

The SIGMM 2009 elected team

Submitted by admin on January 24, 2011 - 00:04

New team begins on July 1, 2009 for the next two years

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This new team was elected for the next two years <ul> <li> Klara Nahrstedt - chair of SIGMM (<a href="mailto:klara@illinois.edu">klara@illinois.edu</a>)</li> <li> Rainer Lienhart - vice chair of SIGMM (<a href="mailto:Rainer.Lienhart@informatik.uni-augsburg.de">Rainer.Lienhart@informatik.uni-augsburg.de</a>)</li> <li> Mohan Kankanhalli - conference chair of SIGMM (<a href="mohan@comp.nus.edu.sg">mohan@comp.nus.edu.sg</a>)</li> </ul>

This new team was elected for the next two years

Klara Nahrstedt - chair of SIGMM (klara@illinois.edu)
Rainer Lienhart - vice chair of SIGMM (Rainer.Lienhart@informatik.uni-augsburg.de)
Mohan Kankanhalli - conference chair of SIGMM (mohan@comp.nus.edu.sg)

July 1, 2009

Call for Papers for IEEE ICSC2009 (DEADLINE EXTENSION)

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 23:55

September 14th-16th, 2009, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Regular paper submission: May 10th, 2009 (extended) Demo descriptions: May 10th, 2009 (extended) Workshop and special sessions: Please refer to ICSC website. Conference: September 14th-16th, 2009 The third IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC2009) continues to foster the growth of a new research community. The conference builds on the success of the past ICSC conferences as an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present research that advances the state of the art and practice of Semantic Computing, as well as identifying the emerging research topics and defining the future of the field. The event is located in Berkeley, California. The technical program of ICSC2009 includes workshops, invited keynotes, paper presentations, panel discussions, and more. Submissions of high-quality papers describing mature results or on-going work are invited. ...

FULL PAPER AND DEMO DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 10TH!

Call for Papers (DEADLINE EXTENSION)

Third IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing

IEEE ICSC2009

September 14th-16th, 2009, Berkeley, CA, USA http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsc

ACM Creativity and Cognition 2009

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 23:51

October 27-30, 2009 - Berkeley Art Museum & UC Berkeley

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The 7th Creativity and Cognition Conference (CC09) embraces the broad theme of Everyday Creativity. This year the conference will be held at the Berkeley Art Museum (CA, USA), and asks: How do we enable everyone to enjoy their creative potential? How do our creative activities differ? What do they have in common? What languages can we use to talk to each other? How do shared languages support collective action? How can we incubate innovation? ... <a href="http://www.creativityandcognition09.org" target="_blank">Read More…</a>

The 7th Creativity and Cognition Conference (CC09) embraces the broad theme of Everyday Creativity. This year the conference will be held at the Berkeley Art Museum (CA, USA), and asks: How do we enable everyone to enjoy their creative potential? How do our creative activities differ? What do they have in common? What languages can we use to talk to each other? How do shared languages support collective action? How can we incubate innovation?
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February 2, 2009

Call for papers for ICME 2009 Workshop - Multimedia Aspects in Pervasive Healthcare

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 23:47

July 3, 2009 - Hilton Cancun, Cancun, Mexico

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Human health and performance are broad terms that describe the quality of life but are difficult to quantify. Human health can be broadly identified by two components: physical health and mental health. While there is no "official" definition for mental health (considering cultural differences and subjective assessments), physical health is typically attributed to health of various body organs including muscles, bones, and joints. Human performance can be considered as "focused behavior" or "purposeful work" and hence performance is typically domain specific such as sports performance, or performance of a physically challenged person. ... <a href="http://multimedia.utdallas.edu/mmph09/index.html" target="_blank">Read More…</a>

Human health and performance are broad terms that describe the quality of life but are difficult to quantify. Human health can be broadly identified by two components: physical health and mental health. While there is no "official" definition for mental health (considering cultural differences and subjective assessments), physical health is typically attributed to health of various body organs including muscles, bones, and joints.

February 1, 2009

SIGMM Award 2008 - from Chair of the SIGMM Awards Committee

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 23:26

SIGMM Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

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<table cellpadding="0" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr> <td> The 2008 winner of the prestigious ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications is Professor Ralf Steinmetz from the Technical University Darmstadt in Germany. Professor Steinmetz receives this award "for pioneering work in multimedia communications and the fundamentals of multimedia synchronization". The SIGMM award will be given to Professor Steinmetz at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia 2008 in October.   </td> <td valign="top"> <img align="right" alt="Ralf Steinmetz" src="/Announcement/sigmm_award_Ralf" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

October 24, 2008

MULTIMEDIA RETRIEVAL Competition

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 23:16

ZDNet Asia (Singapore, Oct. 23) ―

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For winning the Star Challenge 2008 on Thursday, the team comprising three researchers at the National University of Singapore Lab for Media Search walked away with $100,000 and the honor of having the most efficient multimedia retrieval technology. Apart from the NUS, teams from the United State's University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, China's Peking University, France's Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble and Japan's National Institute of Informatics made it to the final round. The challenge was organized by Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

October 23, 2008

ACM International Conference on Multimedia

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 18:30

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ACM Multimedia 2008 invites your participation in the premier annual multimedia conference, covering all aspects of multimedia computing: from underlying technologies to applications, theory to practice, and servers to networks to devices. <a href="http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/index.php">Read More…</a>

ACM Multimedia 2008 invites your participation in the premier annual multimedia conference, covering all aspects of multimedia computing: from underlying technologies to applications, theory to practice, and servers to networks to devices.

Call For Papers : ACM Multimedia Systems Conference 2010

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 18:26

February 22-23, 2010 Scottsdale, Arizona www.mmsys.org

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Over the years, ACM SIG Multimedia has received numerous requests to create a multimedia systems conference, targeted at the systems aspects of handling audio, image, video, and graphics data. We are pleased to announce the First Annual ACM Multimedia Systems (MMSys) Conference to be held February 22-23, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Over the years, ACM SIG Multimedia has received numerous requests to create a multimedia systems conference, targeted at the systems aspects of handling audio, image, video, and graphics data. We are pleased to announce the First Annual ACM Multimedia Systems
(MMSys) Conference to be held February 22-23, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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September 16, 2009

SIGMM Award 2009

Submitted by admin on January 23, 2011 - 18:03

SIGMM Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

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The 2009 winner of the prestigious ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM) award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications is Dr. Lawrence A. Rowe. Dr. Rowe is currently President of FX Palo Alto Laboratory and an Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. The ACM SIGMM Technical Achievement award, given in recognition of outstanding contributions over a researcher's career, cited Dr. Rowe's "pioneering research in continuous media software systems and visionary leadership of the multimedia research community." The SIGMM award will be presented at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia 2009 that will be held October 19-24, 2009 in Beijing China.