Call for Contributions

Calls for Contributions

• Calls for SIGMM Sponsored and Co-sponsored Events
  • The 21th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV)
  • The Third International Conference on Internet Multimedia Computing and Service (ICIMCS)
  • ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM)
• Calls for Events held in cooperation with SIGMM
  • Fifth ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC)
  • 10th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC)
  • International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI)
  • EuroITV
  • Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames)
• Other multimedia-related Events
  • International Workshop on Content Protection & Forensics (CPAF)
  • Workshop on Multimedia-Aware Networking 2011 (WoMAN)
  • The FTRA 2nd International Workshop on Multimedia and Semantic Technologies (MUST)
  • 9th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI)
  • 3rd International Workshop on Advances in Music Information Research (AdMIRe)
  • Sixth Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN)
  • Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCI): Special issue on Recent Advances on Analysis and Processing for Distributed Video Systems

SIGMM Sponsored and Co-sponsored Events

The 21th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV)

Full paper Deadline: February 24, 2011

Event location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Event date: June 2-3, 2011
URL: http://nss.cs.ubc.ca/nossdav2011/

For NOSSDAV 2011, we will accept papers on broad ranges of topics related to the transmission and presentation of digital audio/video objects. We are particularly interested in soliciting articles that discuss system-level support for distributed social media, as well as papers that focus on enabling multimedia applications in distributed cloud.

The Third International Conference on Internet Multimedia Computing and Service (ICIMCS)

Full paper Deadline: May 1, 2011

Event location: Chengdu, China
Event date: August 1-3, 2011
URL: http://sist.swjtu.edu.cn/icimcs/

ICIMCS will focus on a wide variety of key issues and new approaches, which aim to tackle problems arising from the fast-growing internet multimedia and the users' requirements on multimedia service.

ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM)

Full paper Deadline: April 11, 2011

Event location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Event date: November 28 - December 1, 2011
URL: http://acmmm2011.utdallas.edu

ACM Multimedia 2011 is the worldwide premier multimedia conference and a key event to display scientific achievements and innovative industrial products. The conference offers to scientists and practitioners in the area of multimedia plenary, scientific and technical sessions, tutorials, competitions, panels and discussion meetings on relevant and challenging research questions. ACM Multimedia 2011 will also provide the opportunity of interaction between artists and engineers with the aim of reflecting on the impact of multimedia technologies on contemporary digital culture.

Events held in cooperation with SIGMM

Fifth ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC)

Full paper Deadline: March 27, 2011

Event location: Ghent, Belgium
Event date: August 23-26, 2011
URL: http://www.icdsc.org

Technological developments in imaging, processing, and networking have created an opportunity for multi-disciplinary approaches to applications based on vision. ICDSC will accept papers from multiple fields such as computer vision, pervasive computing, embedded systems and sensor networks.

10th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC)

Full paper Deadline: April 15, 2011

Event location: Vancouver, Canada
Event date: October 5-8, 2011
URL: http://www.icec2011.org/

The IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing explores the application of computational technology to entertainment. ICEC welcomes submissions on the design, engineering, application and theory of entertainment technology.

International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI)

Full paper Deadline: May 13, 2011

Event location: Alicante, Spain
Event date: November 14-18, 2011
URL: http://www.acm.org/icmi/2011/

ICMI is the premium international forum for multimodal signal processing and multimedia human-computer interaction. The conference will focus on theoretical and empirical foundations, varied component technologies, and combined multimodal processing techniques that define the field of multimodal interaction analysis, interface design, and system development.

EuroITV

Full paper Deadline: January 14, 2011

Event location: Lisbon, Portugal
Event date: June 29-July 1, 2011
URL: http://www.euroitv2011.org/

EuroITV focuses on different aspects of interactive television, e.g. IPTV, mobile TV, digital content production, entertainment computing, usability and user experience evaluation, changes in technical requirements and infrastructure, and future technologies.

Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames)

Full paper Deadline: July 1, 2011

Event location: Ottawa, Canada
Event date: October 6-7, 2011
URL: http://www.discover.uottawa.ca/netgames2011
In cooperation with ACM SIG Multimedia

NetGames brings together researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to present the latest research results and challenges of today's networked games, and to understand their requirements and possibilities in order to enable the next generation of networked games. NetGames also provides industry keynote and panel discussions. Submissions are sought in any area related to networked games.

Other multimedia-related Events

International Workshop on Content Protection & Forensics (CPAF)

Full paper Deadline: February 05, 2011

Event location: Barcelona, Spain
Event date: July 11-15, 2011
URL: http://www.cemnet.ntu.edu.sg/cpaf2011

This workshop on content protection and forensics is intended to bring forth the current advancements in media content protection and media forensics areas.

Workshop on Multimedia-Aware Networking 2011 (WoMAN)

Full paper Deadline: February 20, 2011

Event location: Barcelona, Spain
Event date: July 11-15, 2011
URL: http://woman2011.ict-alicante.eu/

This workshop solicits novel contributions and breaking results on all aspects of multimedia-aware networking. In particular, workshop papers should describe algorithms, issues and experiences related to content-aware networking and network-aware applications, future (media) Internet architectures, adaptivity, cross-layer design and optimization, applications, and interoperability.

The FTRA 2nd International Workshop on Multimedia and Semantic Technologies (MUST)

Full paper Deadline: January 10, 2011

Event location: Crete, Greece
Event date: June 28-20, 2011
URL: http://www.ftrai.org/must2011/

The 2nd FTRA International Workshop on Multimedia and Semantic Technologies 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.

9th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI)

Full paper Deadline: January 14, 2011

Event location: Madrid, Spain
Event date: June 13-15, 2011
URL: http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/cbmi2011/

CBMI 2011 aims at bringing together the various communities involved in the different aspects of content-based multimedia indexing, retrieval, browsing and presentation.

3rd International Workshop on Advances in Music Information Research (AdMIRe)

Full paper Deadline: February 20, 2010

Event location: Barcelona, Spain
Event date: July 11-15, 2011
URL: http://www.cp.jku.at/conferences/AdMIRe2011/

AdMIRe serves as a forum for theoretical and practical discussions in the fields of Web mining for music information extraction, retrieval, and recommendation as well as in mobile applications and services. Research on multimodal extraction, retrieval, and presentation with a focus on the music and audio domain is especially welcome.

Sixth Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN)

Full paper Deadline: March 11, 2011

Event location: Kerkyra, Corfu, Greece
Event date: June 28-July 1, 2011
URL: http://mediawin.it.teithe.gr/

MediaWiN is an open forum that aims to promote the research in the field of multimedia services over wireless systems.

Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCI): Special issue on Recent Advances on Analysis and Processing for Distributed Video Systems

Full paper Deadline: May 30, 2011

Event date: Summer 2012
URL: http://ees.elsevier.com/jvci

Distributed video systems are of increasing importance in many applications, including surveillance, healthcare, entertainment, and unmanned area monitoring. There is an evolution from the static centric-based processing to dynamic collaborative computing and processing among distributed video processing nodes. This evolution is issuing new challenges. This special issue aims to bring together leading researchers and practitioners from around the world to present their latest research results and explore future directions in distributed video systems.