**FINAL WEEK ** CFP: MMM 2001 - The 8th Int'l Conf. on Multimedia Modeling

MMM2001 - The 8th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling

November 5-7, 2001
CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Call for Papers

CWI, The Dutch National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, is
pleased to announce The Eight International Conference on Multimedia
Modeling (MMM2001), to be held on November 5th though 7th in Amsterdam,
the
Netherlands. MMM2001 will continue the MMM series' exploration of models
and
abstractions for multimedia creation, representation, storage, delivery,

processing, presentation and final interface. This year's foci will be
on
authoring and creation, standards, intelligent delivery and
presentation,
and the recent (re-)introduction in the field of semantic models for
multimedia and for the Web.

Topics and Areas

Scientific and technical papers are solicited in the following areas
related
to multimedia modeling technologies and applications (but are not
limited
to). Submitted papers will be reviewed by an international program
committee.

Authoring

   * Authoring tool of multimedia information
   * Authoring tool of adaptable/adaptive multimedia information
   * Automatic generation of multimedia documents
   * Authoring based on Templates/Style Sheets
   * Authoring tool of 3D animations
   * Collaborative authoring tool
   * Constraint techniques for multimedia authoring tool

Presentation

   * Presentation of distributed Multimedia Information
   * Presentation of Adaptative Multimedia Information
   * Content Negotiation of Multimedia information
   * Presentation of Multimedia Information on mobile devices
   * Accessibility of multimedia information

Multimedia Standards and Models

   * Standards impacts
   * Standards convergence
   * Requirements and development of standards
   * Multimedia/hypermedia Models

Semantic models for multimedia and for the Web

   * multimedia annotations
   * metadata for multimedia document
   * authoring and visualization of metadata

Multimedia Modeling of Real World Scenarios

   * Model-based Graphics, Video, Vision and Virtual Reality
   * Simulation

Formal Methods and multimedia information

   * Formal supports for Multimedia Models
   * Formal verification of spatio/temporal integrity of multimedia
     documents

Multimedia databases

   * Indexing, searching, querying and retrieving media
   * Annotating and archiving media
   * Semantic annotations in media databases
   * Content recognition and understanding of multimedia data

Important Dates

 Submissions due:         20 May, 2001
 Notice of Acceptance:    10 July, 2001
 Camera-ready Paper due:  20 August, 2001
 Conference:             5-7 November, 2001

Instructions for Authors

Authors are invited to submit full papers of about 6,000 words. All
figures and drawings should be included with the submissions. Paper
must be set in 12-point type and formatted in one column conference
style that do not exceed 6000 words in length (about 13 normal size
pages) including all figures, tables and references. All papers should
have a cover page containing the following:

   * title
   * information for each author
        o name
        o address
        o phone number
        o fax number
        o e-mail address
   * abstract of up to 150 words
   * keyword lists
   * CFP topics and areas the paper fits under

PDF and Postscript versions of the submissions can be sent to
mmm01-submissions@cwi.nl.

They can also be sent to the conference co-chair at:

Lloyd Rutledge
CWI (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica)
PO Box 94079
NL-1090 GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Call for Tutorials

The first day of MMM 2001 will be devoted to tutorials. These
tutorials will be given by recognized experts covering issues related
to the modeling and design of multimedia systems. Potential speakers
are invited to send proposals for presentations covering any of the
emerging hot topics relevant to the conference. A non-exhaustive
suggested list of topics and areas in the scope of MMM 2001 is listed
in the MMM 2001 Call for Papers.

Important Dates

 Submissions due:       20 May, 2001
 Notice of Acceptance:  10 July, 2001
 Tutorial Notes due:    20 August, 2001
 Conference:           5-7 November, 2001

Instructions for Instructors

Instructors are invited to submit proposals for half-day and and
full-day tutorials. All proposals should containing the following
information:

  title
  contact information for instructor
    name
    address
    phone number
    fax number
    e-mail address
  summary
  intended audience
  outline
  biography of speaker

Proposals for MMM 2001 tutorials can be sent to the tutorials chair
Patrick Sénac at senac@ensica.fr.

General questions and comments for the conference can be sent to
mmm01@cwi.nl.

Conference Committee

 General Co-chairs:Lloyd Rutledge (CWI, The Netherlands)
                   Dick C.A. Bulterman (Oratrix, The Netherlands)
 Program Chair:    Muriel Jourdan (INRIA, France)
 Tutorial Chair:   Patrick Sénac (ENSICA, France)
 Logistics Chair:  Wilmy van Ojik (CWI, The Netherlands)

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This CFP can be obtained off the Web at

  http://www.cwi.nl/conferences/MMM01/

The International conference series on Multimedia Modeling Website at

  http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~mmm/

Received on Monday, 14 May 2001 07:41:05 UTC