CfP SMDT (@SAMT2010) || 2nd Workshop on Semantic Multimedia Databases (Submission open)

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Call for Contributions

SMDT2010 || 2nd Workshop on Semantic Multimedia Database Technologies
12th International Workshop of the Multimedia Metadata Community

The workshop is collocated with the 5th International Conference on
Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT) 

1-3 December 2010
Saarbrücken, Germany

http://smdt2010.fim.uni-passau.de/

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The 2nd Workshop on Semantic Multimedia Database Technologies (SMDT2010)
searches for research contributions on the mapping and integration of
multimedia metadata and ontologies into databases, on multimedia query
languages, on the optimization and processing of semantic queries.
Moreover, we are interested how multimedia data services are conceived to
ensure interoperability, how to improve security and reliability of access
and storage of multimedia data and metadata.

It is the 12th International Workshop of the Multimedia Metadata Community:
http://www.multimedia-metadata.info/

Contributions
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We invite the following types of contributions:

   * Full papers (8-12 Pages)
   * Position papers (4-8 Pages)
   * Poster and Demo papers (3-4 Pages)

Submissions should be formatted according to LNCS style and submitted in
PDF format. Please use the link below for your submission. The workshop
proceedings will be published as a volume at CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
Selected papers will appear in a special issue of an international journal.


In case of questions, please contact: smdt2010@easychair.org

Topics
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   * Multimedia metadata models and mappings to databases
   * Multimedia ontology and interoperability
   * Multimedia ontology to database mapping and processing
   * Multimedia query optimization and processing
   * Ontology query languages and multimedia
   * Semantic retrieval in multimedia databases
   * Database management: security, indexing, reliability, 
     distribution, transactions
   * Indexing strategies for multimedia databases
   * Semantic enrichment and annotation of multimedia
   * Semantic metadata management
   * Uncertainty in multimedia databases
   * Human-computer interfaces for multimedia database access
   * Mobile multimedia database services
   * Context-aware multimedia
   * Semantic adaptation of multimedia
   * Proactive semantic multimedia delivery & distribution services
   * Self-organization in service oriented multimedia architectures
   * Semantic multimedia demonstrations and applications 


Important Dates
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All Papers
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October  01, 2010 - Deadline for Workshop Papers
November 01, 2010 - Notification of Acceptance for Workshop Papers
November 08, 2009 - Camera-ready Workshop Papers due

Committees
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General and Local Chairs
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Harald Kosch, University Passau, Germany
Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
Mathias Lux, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Marc Spaniol, Max-Planck-Institut of Informatic, Germany
Florian Stegmaier, Local Chair, University Passau, Germany


Workshop Technical Programme Committee (prelimenary)
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  # Anna Carreras (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain) 
  # Ansgar Scherp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany) 
  # Antonio Penta (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
  # Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
  # Bill Grosky (University of Michigan, USA)
  # Christian Guetl (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
  # Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Austria)
  # Chris Poppe (Ghent University - IBBT, Belgium)
  # Dominik Renzel (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)
  # François Bry (LMU, University of Munich, Germany)
  # Giuseppe Amato (ISTI Pisa, Italy)
  # Jaime Delgado (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  # Laszlo Böszörmenyi (Klagenfurt University, Austria)
  # Lionel Brunie (INSA de Lyon, France)
  # Markus Strohmaier (Know Center, Graz, Austria)
  # Oge Marques (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
  # Prateek Jain (Wright State University, USA)
  # Richard Chbeir (Bourgogne University, France)
  # Savvas Chatzichristofis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
  # Thierry Delot (University of Valenciennes, France)
  # Timothy Shih (NTUE, Taiwan)
  # Timo Ojala (University of Oulu, Finland)
  # Tobias Bürger (Salzburg Research, Austria)
  # Vincent Charvillat (ENSEEIHT, France)
  # Vincent Oria (NJIT, USA)
  # Werner Bailer (Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria)
  # Yiwei Cao (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)
  # Yu Cao (California State University at Fresno, USA)

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