Call for Papers: DMS'2003 (Deadline Extended)

Due to many requests for deadline extension, please be informed that 
the submission deadline of DMS'2003 is extended to March 31, 2003 
(firm deadline).

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     The Ninth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems 

                                  DMS'2003 

                        Florida International University 
                             Miami, Florida, USA 
                           September 24 -- 26, 2003 
                         http://www.cs.fiu.edu/DMS2003/

The DMS conference is an international conference series, which covers a 
wide spectrum of technique discussions, demonstrations, and student 
program/paper contests in the fields of distributed multimedia computing. 
Started in 1994, the series of conference has been held at Hawaii, 
Hong Kong, Vancouver, Taipei, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan and San Francisco. 
This time, the conference will be held at the Florida International 
University, Miami, Florida, USA with, video conferencing in other 
universities/organizations in US, Japan and elsewhere. 

DMS'2003 focuses on techniques, systems, applications, and theories in 
the fields of distributed multimedia computing. The conference organizers 
seek contributions of high quality papers, panels or tutorials, addressing 
various aspects of distributed multimedia systems and applications, for 
presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings. Topics 
of interest include, but are not limited to: 

    audio and video compression 
    MPEG, Quicktime, Windows API standards 
    image, video, audio content analysis and indexing/retrieval 
    image, video and audio watermark 
    3D audio and video 
    computer graphics and animation 
    modeling and analysis of distributed multimedia systems 
    OS support for distributed multimedia systems 
    distributed multimedia databases and computing 
    multi-paradigmatic information retrieval 
    multimedia human-computer interaction 
    multimedia communications and network architectures 
    mobile networks and mobile computing 
    multimedia stream synchronization and QoS control/scheduling 
    multimedia software engineering 
    multimedia processors and ASIC 
    multimedia technologies for people with disability 
    intelligent multimedia computing 
    intelligent multimodal interaction 
    multi agents, mobile agents and their applications 
    communication encryption 
    security of distributed computer systems 
    Web servers and services 
    XML applications 
    Java, VRML and multimedia languages 
    visual and multidimensional languages for multimedia applications 
    multimedia digital libraries and mail systems 
    multimedia applications for CSCW 
    multimedia authoring tools and intelligent tutoring 
    cultural heritage multimedia applications 
    tele-conferencing, tele-medicine and tele-lecture 
    virtual reality, distributed virtual environment, and their applications 
    virtual school, virtual university, and virtual learning community 
    distance learning methodology, tools and systems 
    e-commerce, e-education and e-entertainment 

The use of prototypes and demonstration video for presentations is 
encouraged. 

Workshops and Special Sessions 

This year, DMS'2003 will be held in conjunction with workshops and 
special sections. Papers submitted to workshops or special sessions 
are invited by the program committee chairs of the workshops/sections. 
This joint organization aims to collect research results from different 
qualified perspectives. The following workshops are being planned: 

International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing 

Please contact: Prof. Alfonso F. Cárdenas, University of California, 
                Los Angeles (cardenas-IZgoF7SwLsuitgT5ZmApCQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 

International Conference on Visual Information Systems 

Please contact: Prof. Horace Ip, City University of Hong Kong 
                (cship-89XkVh7fUGUCxDl3mouYzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 

The 2003 International Workshop on Mobile Systems, E-commerce and Agent 
Technology (MSEAT2003)

Please contact Dr. Jason C. Hung, Tamkang University 
(jhung-ZYEEpjFvdU03uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

The 2003 International Workshop on Cryptology and Network Security (CNS2003)

Please contact Dr. Chuan-Kun Wu, Australian National University, Australia 
(Chuan.Wu-mVUT9YNL7HhWG/WdbR7gnQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

Please contact the conference program co-chairs if you are interested 
in organizing a workshop or a special session. A one-page proposal 
with the following items is required: 

  Title of the workshop/special session
  Name of the program committee chair(s)
  A list of program committee members
  E-mail address of the corresponding program committee chair
  A brief description of the theme

Each special session should include at least 5 invited (or accepted) papers. 
Each workshop should include at least 2 special sessions (10 papers). Paper 
review process of the workshop/special session will be arranged by the 
individual program committee chair. It is the responsibility of the 
individual chairs to ensure the quality of papers in the workshop/special 
sessions. The schedule of workshops/special sessions will be the same as 
the main conference (See Important Dates below). Each individual PC chair 
can set up the Web site of the workshop/special session. However papers 
will be printed in the same volume as the main conference. 

Special issue of Journals 

Best ranked papers accepted at the conference will be suggested for 
publication in a special issue of an international journal, subject 
to the review by the program committee. Papers suggested for the special 
issue will then be reviewed by external reviewers following the standard 
procedure of review stipulated by the international journal. 

Conference Site 

Florida International University Miami, Florida, USA 

After Conference Tour 

Tours to Key West and other sightseeing locations will be planned. 

Information for Authors 

Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, 
PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted through 
the conference website: http://www.cs.fiu.edu/DMS2003/. Manuscript
must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 8 pages of IEEE double 
column text (include figures and references). If website submission is 
not possible, please send your paper in Postscript, PDF, or MS Word
format to the following Program co-chair via e-mail. 

Shu-Ching Chen
chens-43oy+cWvsXk3uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
School of Computer Science
Florida International University
University Park
Miami, FL 33199
(305) 348-3480 (phone)
(305) 348-3549 (fax) 

If both of the two electronic submission methods are not convenient for 
you, please send four copies of the complete manuscript to the above 
postal address. 

Important Dates 

   March 31, 2003     Paper submission due (extended deadline)
   June 1, 2003       Notification of acceptance
   July 1, 2003       Final manuscript due
   July 1, 2003       Early conference registration due


Sponsored by 

   Florida International University, USA
   Knowledge Systems Institute, USA
   University of Pittsburgh, USA


DMS'2003 Organization

   Steering Committee Chair

     Shi-Kuo Chang, Knowledge Systems Institute, USA


   Steering Committee

     Shi-Kuo Chang, Knowledge Systems Institute, USA
     William Grosky, University of Michigan, USA
     Ramesh Jain, University of California, La Jolla, USA


   Conference Chair

     Yi Deng, Florida International University, USA
   

   Teleconference Committee Co-Chairs

     Kazuo Yana, Hosei University Research Institute, California, USA
     Atsushi Kara, University of Aizu, Japan
     Peter Shih, Telecommunications Laboratories, Taiwan


   Workshops Coordinator

     Jianhua Ma, Hosie University, Japan


   Local Arrangement Chair

     Steve Luis, Florida International University, USA


   Publicity Chair

     Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA


   Program Co-Chairs

     Prof. Horace Ip, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
     Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA


   Program Committee  

     Kai H. Chang            Auburn University, USA
     Shih-Fu Chang           Columbia University, USA
     Han-Chieh Chao          National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
     Ing-Ray Chen            Virginia Tech (VPI&SU), USA
     Meng Chang Chen         Academia Sinica, Taiwan
     Shu-Ching Chen          Florida International University, USA
     Yonghee Choi            Seoul National Univ., Korea
     Zied Choukair           ENST Bretagne, France
     Fadi P. Deek            New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
     David H. C. Du          Univ. of Minnesota, USA
     Larbi Esmahi            National Research Council of Canada, Canada
     Stuart Goose            Siemens Corporate Research, USA
     William Grosky          Wayne State Univ., USA
     Angela Guercio          University of Salerno, Italy
     Peter Douglas Holt      Athabasca University, Canada
     Michelle T. C. Kao      National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan
     James Kwok              Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 
                             Hong Kong
     Wee Kheng Leow          The National University of Singapore, Singapore
     Sheng-Tun Li            National Kaohsiung First Univ. of Sci. and Tech., 
                             Taiwan
     Wen-Syan Li             CCRL, NEC USA Inc.
     Mark Liao               Academia Sinica, Taiwan
     Fuhua Lin               Athabasca University, Canada
     Chien-Tsai Liu          Taipei Medical College, Taiwan
     Jonathan Liu            University of Florida, USA    
     Nikolay N. Mirenkov     The University of Aizu, Japan
     Kenji Ohmori            Hosei University, Japan
     Vincent Oria            New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
     Ming Ouhyoung           National Taiwan University, Taiwan
     Syed M. Rahman          Minnesota State University, USA
     Timothy K. Shih         Tamkang University, Taiwan
     Steven L. Tanimoto      Univ. of Washington, USA
     Joseph E. Urban         Arizona State Univ., USA
     Athena Vakali           Aristotle University, Greece
     Son T. Vuong            Univ. of British Columbia, Canada
     Lars C. Wolf            Darmstadt Univ. of Technology, Germany
     Shi-Nine Yang           National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
     Kang Zhang              The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
     Fun Ye                  Tamkang University, Taiwan



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