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Call for Papers
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Workshop on Multimedia Data Coding and Transmission (WMDCT)
http://www.congresocedi.es/2010/descripcion_wmdct.html
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(to be held within CEDI 2010 – http://www.congresocedi.es/2010)
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September 8th-9th, 2010. Valencia (Spain)
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Scope:
This workshop aims at providing a forum for scientific debate,
sharing experiences, and presenting research results on the field
of multimedia content generation, processing, coding and transmission,
as a way to encourage the cooperation among different research groups.
This workshop is part of the activities organized by the “Red Temática
en Codificación y Transmisión de Contenidos Multimedia (RTCTCM)” of
the Spanish “Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (TIN2009-05737-E)”.

Topics:

- Multimedia Signal Processing and Coding:

Image and Video Coding
Speech, Audio and Music Coding
Multidimensional Signal Coding
MPEG Standards and Related Issues
JPEG Standards and Related Issues
Image and Video Processing
Speech, Audio and Music Processing
Multidimensional Signal Processing
Biometrics and Pattern Recognition
Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
Perceptual/Human Audiovisual System Modelling
Education in Signal Processing

- Multimedia Communications:

Multimedia delivery over wired and wireless networks
Multimedia communication over ad-hoc/mesh/sensor networks
Multimedia streaming and multimedia delivery systems
Multimedia multicast and IPTV
Error Control and Concealment
Quality of service (QoS) in multimedia communication
Quality of Experience (QoE) for End-to-End Communications
RF and Microwave Communications
Multimedia Security

- Multimedia Systems and Applications

Multimedia applications and services including VoIP, IPTV, gaming
Interactive Digital Television
Audio and Video Quality Assessment
Multimedia content adaptation
Multimedia summarization
Distributed Multimedia Systems
Multimedia Databases, Indexing, Recognition and Retrieval
Multimedia Watermarking
e-Learning, e-Commerce and e-Society Applications
Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
Multimedia Supported Collaboration and Conferencing Tools
Semantic Analysis of Multimedia Data
Charging, pricing, business models

Important dates:
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Submission of papers: April 26th
Notification of acceptance: May 18th
Submission of camera-ready papers: May 30th

MMSP-10 is the twelfth international workshop on multimedia signal processing. The workshop is organized by the Multimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Organized in Saint-Malo, MMSP-10 provides excellent conditions for brainstorming on, and sharing the latest advances in multimedia signal processing and technology in one of the most charming and picturesque cities in the world.

SCOPE The focus of MMSP-10 is Entertainment, Gaming and Virtual Reality for the Future. Everyday services at home and away, gaming and entertainment are more and more interconnected with multimedia systems and applications and have a bigger than ever part in our lives. Virtual and augmented reality, haptics and sensor networks are transforming this field and will deeply modify our perception and interaction with these future services and appliances. What are the new challenges for multimedia signal processing in this context, what are the emerging applications, and what theoretical tools will produce the next breakthroughs? Papers are solicited on the following topics (but not limited to):

Entertainment and gaming signal processing
Online multiplayer gaming
Haptic technology and interfaces
Social networking
Multimodal collaboration
Object detection, identification, and tracking for gaming
Gesture, face, and human pose recognition
Virtual reality signal processing
Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality and 3D imaging
2D and 3D graphics/geometry coding and animation
Distributed virtual reality and immersive telecommunication
3D audio and 3D video processing and coding
Systems and applications
Teleconferencing, human-human collaboration, immersive environments
Virtual classrooms and e-learning
Telemedicine, multimodal storage and retrieval
Multimedia for communication and collaboration
Ad hoc broadband sensor array processing
Microphone and camera array processing
Automatic sensor calibration and synchronization
Source separation, source localization, de-noising, enhancement, spatialization
Scene analysis for immersive telecommunication and human collaboration
Audiovisual scene analysis
Presence detection and activity classification
Multimodal sensor fusion
Coding
Distributed/centralized source coding for sensor arrays
Scalable source coding for multiparty conferencing
Error/loss resilient coding, channel coding, error protection
Networking
Voice & video over IP and wireless, quality monitoring, management, security
Priority-based QoS control and scheduling, ad-hoc and real time communications, traffic engineering, soft IP multicast support
Channel coding, packetization, synchronization, buffering
Position aware computing, wireless, P2P networks for multimedia delivery

Schedule
Special Sessions (contact the special session chair by): March 10, 2010
Papers (full paper, 4-6 pages): April 25, 2010
Notification of acceptance by: June 15, 2010
Camera-ready paper submission by: July 15, 2010
More information is available at http://www.mmsp2010.org

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2nd International ICST Conference on User Centric Media (UCMedia 2010)
Palma de Mallorca, September 1-3, 2010
http://www.usercentricmedia.org/
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The The aim of the 2nd International ICST Conference on User Centric Media,
UCMEDIA 2010, is to enhance the understanding of recent and anticipated
advances in user centric media creation, discovery, distribution and
consumption in Future Internet, and their applications to entertainment,
education, information and arts. UCMedia seeks contributions from different
domains, related to technology, business, the creative process and
user-based studies. Research based on cross disciplinary approaches is
particularly welcomed.

SCOPE
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The focus of UCMedia 2010 is on “The user in Future Media Internet”.
UCMedia welcomes contributions from academics, technologists, artists,
designers, industry representatives and analysts.
Papers are solicited on the following topics (but not limited to):

* User Media forms and production

- User centric media services in the extended home
- Enhanced content representations (3DTV, Ultra HD TV, holograms, etc).
- Implementation and experimentation of Future Internet applications e.g.
virtual 3D worlds, collaborative platforms and holograms
- Novel Networked Media Systems to support human creativity at the cross
roads of ICT and arts/design research
- User generated content creation, management and consumption systems
- Framed communication experiences
- New forms of interactive storytelling

* Media delivery

- Open Future Internet network architectures for seamless, scalable
multimedia content delivery
- Content-awareness and content location awareness
- Adaptive, polymorphic and reconfigurable systems for Future Media
Internet environments
- Content aware networks and network aware content/applications
- Peer-to-peer streaming prototypes and their implementation in the
Future Media Internet
- Cross-layer dynamic adaptation and end-to-end QoS issues for
heterogeneous networks
- Innovative, adaptive and self-configuring mobile and wireless applications
- Encoding technologies for maintaining the integrity and optimise the
quality of experience.
- Content distribution and distributed caching for multimedia
content streaming

* User Media access, discovery and consumption

- User Communities Systems and Platforms
- Content adaptability and enrichment
- Search and retrieval of networked multimedia content
- Personalized Access to Media Systems
- Trust, privacy, security and protection

PUBLICATIONS
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CD proceedings will be distributed during the conference days and will be
published by Springer LNICST.

Selected papers of the conference will be invited to submit extended versions
to the Springer Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal Special Issue
on User Centric Media (

http://www.springer.com/computer/information+systems+and+applications/journal/11042).

BEST PAPER AWARD
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A Best Paper Award, sponsored by ICST, will be awarded to UCMedia 2010 best paper.
The award will consist of commemorative diploma and a waiver for the registration
fee of User Centric Media Conference 2011.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
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Prospective authors are invited to propose papers for presentation in any of
the technical areas listed above.
UCMedia will accept submissions in the following categories:

Full Papers (up to 8 pages submissions) – Full papers are submissions
describing results and original research work not submitted or published
elsewhere. Full papers should properly place the work within the field,
cite related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work
and its contribution to the field.

Short Papers (up to 4 pages submissions) – Authors are invited to submit
work in progress whose preliminary results are already interesting to
UCMedia audience. Short papers will be also included in the proceedings
and will be presented during the conference as posters. The poster track
will give UCMedia attendees a way to learn about ongoing research initiatives
and will provide presenters with an excellent opportunity to receive
invaluable direct feedback from experts.
3. Workshop Proposals & Papers – Workshop proposals are 2 pages submissions
as specified in the Call for Workshops.
Workshop papers will be up to 6 pages submissions.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission Deadline: May 21st, 2010
Notification to authors: June 21st, 2010
Camera-ready papers due: July 9th , 2010

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Chair Federico Alvarez, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Program Chair Cristina Costa, CREATE-NET
Local Arrangements Chair Antonio Bibiloni, UIB, Spain
Workshops Chair Francesco Calabrese, MIT, U.S.

TEMU2010 is an international conference to present new and original research results and the latest state-of-the-art in Telecommunications and Multimedia. It fosters communication and discussion among researchers, scientists and students working in the design, implementation and application of telecommunications and multimedia fields. The conference will provide three-day Scientific Program, including presentations of invited and regular papers from manufacturers, academia and services providers.

Special Sessions:
Special Session: “Advances in Multimedia Delivery” (AMD)
Special Session: “Future Media Internet”

Tutorials & Workshops:
1st International Workshop on Mobility in Future Internet (MiFI ’10)

http://www.temu.gr/2010/index.html