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UMC-08 Call for Papers =========================================================== The 2008 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing

http://www.sersc.org/UMC2008

Wrestpoint Hotel, Hobart, Australia, October 13 - 15, 2008 ********************************************************************************************* -- Submission Due: May 31, 2008 (Extended Deadline)

-- Special Issues: Distinguished papers accepted and presented in UMC-08, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of international journals indexed by SCI-E (Confirmed). * COMPUTING AND INFORMATIONS - ¨ÏInstitute of Informatics * Mobile Networks and Applications - Springer ==============================================================================================

The 2008 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing (UMC-08) will be held in Australia on October 13 - 15, 2008.

UMC-08 will be the most comprehensive symposium focused on the various aspects of advances in Computer Science.

UMC-08 will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of UMC. In addition, the symposium will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories and practical applications in UMC. Furthermore, we expect that the symposium and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject.

Topics ------------------------------------ Topics for submission include but are not limited to: -Ubiquitous multimedia services and applications -Pervasive and interactive multimedia systems -Intelligent context-awareness for UMC -UMS for human communication interation -Multimedia systems, architecture, and applications for UMC -Multimedia networking and QoS for UMC -P2P multimedia systems and streaming for UMC -Security issues on UMC -Content protection and digital rights management for UMC -Software development using multimedia techniques in UMC -Multimedia and multimodal user interfaces and interaction models in UMC -Multimedia file systems, databases, and retrieval for UMC -Mobile multimedia systems and services for UMC -Multimedia modeling and processing for UMC -Emerging standards and technologies for UMC -Ubiquitous multimeida business model

Organization ------------------------------------ Honory Chairs:

Kay-Seob Han, Tongmyong University, Korea SeokSoo Kim, University of Tasmania, Australia

General Chairs:

Man-Gon Park, Pukyong National University, Korea Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea

Program Chairs:

Hangbae Chang, Daejin University, Korea E-mail: hbchang@paran.com

Byeongho Kang, University of Tasmania, Australia E-mail: Byeong.Kang@utas.edu.au

Mieso Denko, University of GUELPH, Canada E-mail: denko@cis.uoguelph.ca

Program Vice-Chairs:

Jemal Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia Dae-Hoon Hwang, Kyungwon University, Korea

Special Session Chairs:

Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Marquette University, USA E-mail: iq@mscs.mu.edu

Pubudu N. Pathirana Deakin University, Australia E-mail: pubudu.pathirana@deakin.edu.au

Invited Speakers: TBA

International Advisory Board:

Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA Chin-Chen Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Dong-Sub Cho, Ewha women's University, Korea Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada Min-Hwan Kim Pusan National University, Korea Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam University, Korea Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, USA

Publicity Chairs:

Zhiwen YU, Kyoto University, Japan Wenjing Jia, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Agustinus Borgy Waluyo Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Yoon-Chul Choy,Yonsei University, Korea

Program Committee: http://www.sersc.org/UMC2008/comm.php

Important Dates ------------------------------------

Special Session Proposal due: May 15, 2008 Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2008 --> May 31, 2008 (Extended) Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2008 Camera Ready Due: July 15, 2008 Symposium Dates: October 13 - 15, 2008

Special Session Proposal ------------------------------------ http://www.sersc.org/UMC2008/ss.php

Paper Submission and Publication -------------------------------------------------- Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be included in the symposium proceedings published by IEEE CS (indexed by EI).

Authors should submit paper with about 4 pages (short paper), 6 pages (regular paper) or 8 pages (full paper: 2 pages extra charge) by using online systems for review. Please use IEEE CS paper format.

Submission system: http://submission.sersc.org/UMC2008/

Contact Information ------------------------------------

If you have any question about the CfPs and papers submission, please email to PC chairs or Secretary of UMC-08 (sersc@sersc.org).

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