-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: Special Issue on: “Collaborative Multimedia Applications in Technology” Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:30:29 -0500 From: Abdulmotaleb El Saddik abed@discover.uottawa.ca To: multicomm@comsoc.org

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International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT)

Call For papers Special Issue on: “Collaborative Multimedia Applications in Technology” Important Dates

Deadline for paper submission: 15 May 2005 Acceptance notification: 30 June 2005 Final version due: 15 August 2005

Guest Editors: Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi and Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada Collaborative multimedia environments support interactive knowledge development, integration, and collaborative operations amongst participants with diverse disciplinary and/or cultural backgrounds. Most of the tele-collaborative applications are characterised by the fact that knowledge-related work in many organisations is carried out by teams that are distributed across buildings or countries. When a multimedia application is used in a group task, it becomes a shared artifact that will be used to assist the group's communication and coordination. Examples are joint editing, whiteboarding, and multi-user presentations used in a variety of applications such as conferencing, collaborative design, tele-training and tele-operation. For this special issue, IJCAT seeks original articles about computer software, computer systems, and computer applications that enable multi-participant multimedia collaboration. This includes the latest advancements and trends in tele-conferencing and data-conferencing, computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), collaborative virtual environments (CVE), tele-mentoring, tele-operation, tele-collaboration, and tele-haptics. The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to review the current trends and latest developments in the field, and to identify upcoming research directions for multimedia telecollaboration. The focus will be on the scientific and engineering advances made and new directions taken in the field.

Subject Coverage

Topics include, but are not limited to: Architecture, design and development of collaborative systems Collaborative virtual environments, shared virtual reality, and haptic collaboration Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) systems Tele-conferencing and shared object manipulation e-Learning and distance education Tele-operation frameworks and user interactions Issues in the design of cross-cultural collaborative systems Security and privacy in collaborative environments Notes for Intending Authors

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Papers Submission section under Author Guidelines To submit a paper, please go to Submission of Papers This is our preferred route for submitting papers; please use it if at all possible. However, if you experience any problems submitting papers in this way, an alternative route is suggested below Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submission: 15 May 2005 Acceptance notification: 30 June 2005 Final version due: 15 August 2005

Editors and Notes

As an alternative to using the Submission of Papers site, you may send THREE copies of each manuscript (in hard copy) or one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of both formats in Author Guidelines) to the following: Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi Assistant Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng., SMIEEE School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa 800 King Edward Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada Tel : 1(613)562-5800 Fax: 1(613)562-5664 Email: shervin@site.uottawa.ca or Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik Associate Professor, Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing., P.Eng., SMIEEE School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa 800 King Edward Ave Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada Tel: 1(613)562-5800 Fax: 1(613)562-5664 Email: elsaddik@site.uottawa.ca with a copy to: Editor-in-Chief IEL Editorial Office PO Box 735 Olney, Bucks MK46 5WB UK Fax: +44 1234-240515 E-mail: ijcat@inderscience.com Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor