- From: Jeff Z. Pan <jpan@csd.abdn.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:55:38 -0000
- To: <public-swbp-wg@w3.org>
Anyone has know anything about this workshop? Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chrisa Tsinaraki" <chrisa@ced.tuc.gr> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 3:02 PM Subject: CFP - Fourth Special Workshop on Multimedia Semantics > THIRD SPECIAL WORKSHOP ONFourth Special Workshop on Multimedia Semantics > Chania, Crete, Greece, June 19-21, 2006 > > The WMS06 is the fourth workshop in a series of workshops in > multimedia semantics that started in 2002. You are invited to be part of > the fourth workshop and to formulate the future research directions in > multimedia semantics. You are invited to send a paper and/or a > thought-provoking one-page position statement, which should provide a clear > statement concerning where the deficits are in current multimedia semantics > research, where multimedia semantics research should go, and some multimedia > semantics research visions. These position papers will be used to stimulate > discussions throughout the entire workshop. > Based on everyone's positions statements on the first day of the > workshop, we will form working groups, each of which will discuss a > particular cluster of topics in more detail. Each group will then bring > their results back to everyone, where we can discuss them all and formulate > some research directions for multimedia semantics in the next few years. All > of the statements and reports, including a general workshop will be printed > after the workshop. > The workshop will be hosted in Chania, Greece. This is the > westernmost of the four prefectures of Crete. In the beautiful town of > Chania, modern, Venetian, Turkish and traditional architecture are blended > together in a perfect harmony, creating unique and attractive pictures. > Various archaeological sites, villages, churches, caves, gorges, and > wonderful beaches embellish the attractive and charming prefecture of > Chania. > The workshop is organized by Technical University of Crete in > Greece, Kettering University in USA, and the Institute of Mathematics and > Informatics, Bulgaria. > > WORKSHOP HISTORY > The first workshop was held in Varna, Bulgaria, 2002. The second > workshop was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003. These workshops were in > conjunction with the 29th in a series of conferences, "Information and > Communication Technologies and Programming" (ICT&P) > (http://www.math.bas.bg/infres/ictp/), held annually since 1976. The third > was held in Pisa, Italy > (http://www.kettering.edu/~pstanche/wms06homepage/wms06.html). > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE > Niv Ahituv, Tel Aviv University, Israel > Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA > Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan > George Blanas, TEI of Larissa, Greece > Tiziana Catarci, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy > Stavros Christodoulakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece > Vassil Dimitrov, University of Calgary, Canada > Chabane Djeraba, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France > Farshad Fotouhi, Wayne State University, USA > Forouzan Golshani, Wright State University, USA > William Grosky, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA > Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan > Nik Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand > Robert Laurini, INSA-Lyon, France > Noureddine Mouaddib, Ecole polytechnique de l'université de Nantes, France > Youngchoon Park, Johnson Control, USA > Pichappan Pit., Annamalai University, India > Fausto Rabitti, Information Science and Technology Institute, CNR, Italy > Peter Stanchev, Kettering University, USA > Chrisa Tsinaraki,Technical University of Crete, Greece > Remco Veltkamp, Utrecht University, The Netherlands > Juan Villanueva, Computer vision center, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, > Spain > Rong Zhao, SUNY Stony Brook, USA > > TOPICS > Multimedia information retrieval is at a crossroads. It is > becoming increasingly clear that multimedia information does not have a > unique semantics, but exhibits multiple semantics which depend on context > and use. Deriving these semantics and using them to answer user queries > presents some very difficult problems for researchers. This workshop will > concentrate on techniques for doing this task. > The main topics include, but are not limited to: > Conceptual clustering > Computational semiotics > Dimensional reduction > Emergent semantics > Intelligent browsing and visualization > Multimedia semantic web > Semi-automatic and automatic methods for multimedia annotation > Spectral methods > Multimedia ontologies > Cultural contents > Education > 3D&2D annotation > Human sequence evaluation > Content-based image/video retrieval, indexing and annotation > Perception and cognition. > Image Web mining > Digital libraries > User interfaces > Modeling and recognition of visual objects and actions > Multisensory data integration and fusion for decision making > Semantic web in Bioinformatics and gene ontology > > SUBMISSION INFORMATION > Please submit papers, not exceeding 8 pages and/or position > statements to wgrosky@umich.edu by April 5, 2006 using the templates at > http://www.dirf.org/jdim/. Authors will be notified by April 25, 2006. For > accepted papers, camera-ready versions must be submitted electronically, > with copyright permission forms, by May 5, 2006. As a condition for final > acceptance, at least one of the authors is required to register for the > workshop and to present the work described in the workshop sessions. The > accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceeding and in the > Journal of Digital Information Management (JDIM) (http://www.dirf.org/jdim/) > or in the International Journal "Information Theories and Application" > (www.foibg.com). > > IMPORTANT DATES > > April 5, 2006 Full paper submission > April 5, 2006 One -page position statement > April 25, 2006 Notification to the authors > May 5, 2006 Camera-ready papers due > June 19-21, 2006 Workshop > > > CONFERENCE FEE > The conference fee is 350 euros or 425 USD. > > ACCOMMODATION > The workshop will take place outside Chania in Hotel Porto > Veneziano. Special room rates for the period 18 - 22 June: 63 euros per day > (single room) - breakfast included, 88 euros per day (double room)- > breakfast included > > TENTATIVE EXCURSIONS > June 18, 2006 - Afternoon - Venizelos Graves > June 20, 2006 - Whole day - Knossos Palace, Heraklion, Rethymn > > > There will be a reservation on a limited number of hotel rooms > in Athens from June 22-24, 2006. > > WORKSHOP HOME PAGE > http://www.kettering.edu/~pstanche/wms06homepage/wms06.html. > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION > For any questions please send e-mail to Peter Stanchev at > pstanche@kettering.edu > > > >
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