CFP: Special Session on Data Management for Streaming Media Servers (PDPTA'04)

C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

Special Session on Data Management for Streaming Media Servers

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The 2004 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing 
Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'04) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 
21 - 24, 2004. 

The PDPTA'04 Conference will be held simultaneously (ie, same location and 
dates) with a number of other international Conferences and workshops 
(CISST'04, IC-AI'04, IC'04, METMBS'04, CIC'04, ...). The last set of 
conferences (PDPTA'03 and affiliated events) had research contributions from 78 
countries (the event held in Las Vegas had over 1,650 participants from all 
over the world.) It is hoped that PDPTA'04 will also have a strong 
international flavor. 
   
Data Mangement for Streaming Media Servers Session:     

Since the beginning of the Internet revolution, the usage of streaming media 
such as audio and video has been ever increasing. These streaming media 
contents can impose tremendous loads and constraints on the servers which are 
desinged to store and retreive hundreds (or thousands) of simultaneous 
real-time data streams. To meet the performance criteria of popular 
applications, the design of streaming media servers should be different from 
that of traditional file servers. In this technical session, we want to discuss 
and solve problems, issues, design, and implementation in handling streaming 
media data.   

You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 4 to 5 pages.  All accepted 
papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Topics of interests include, not limited to:

- Data Management to support simultaneous real-time displays
- Fault Tolerant System
- Online Reorganization of Objects
- Data Placement and Retrieval Scheduling
- Parallel Disk Subsystem
- Disk and Disk Subsystem Modeling
- Performance Enhancement in Streaming Media Servers
- Disk Clustering
- Distributed Data Management

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit a draft paper (about 4 to 5 pages, 
font size 11 or 12) to Seon Ho Kim (address is given below) by the due date.  
E-mail submissions are encouraged.  The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if 
accepted) will be limited to 7 pages. Papers must not have been previously 
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of 
the draft paper should include: Title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal 
address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author.

EVALUATION PROCESS:

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. 
 Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area.  The 
Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person.

LOCATION OF CONFERENCE:

The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 
USA.  This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 
rooms.  The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to 
and from the airport.  This hotel has many vacation and recreational 
attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning 
decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, 
health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna,...), arcade virtual 
reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, 
shopping area, bars, ...  Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and 
most are suitable for families and children.  The negotiated hotel's room rate 
for conference attendees is very reasonable for the duration of the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES:

February 16, 2004 (Monday):             Draft papers (about 4 to 5 pages) due
March 22, 2004 (Monday):                Notification of acceptance
April 21, 2004 (Wednesday):             Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due
June 21-24, 2004:                       PDPTA'04 Conference

All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference.

SESSION CONTACT:

Seon Ho Kim
Computer Science Department
University of Denver
2360 S. Gaylord St.
Denver, CO 80208
U.S.A.

Tel: (303) 871-3309
Fax: (303) 871-3010
E-mail: seonkim-PvWgVySnxlmHXe+LvDLADg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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