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The 5th International Workshop on Wireless Multimedia Networking and comPuting

http://research.cs.queensu.ca/wmunep/

held in conjunction with The 12th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM'09) 26-30 October, 2009, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

|| Scope ||

The Fifth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Multimedia Networking and comPuting (WMuNeP) will be a one-day workshop, held in conjunction with the 12th Annual ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM´09), in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

The demand for wireless multimedia communications thrives in today's consumer and corporate market. The need to evolve multimedia applications and services, and their associated protocols for emerging networks is at a critical point given the proliferation and integration of wireless systems to intelligent and broadband networks, mobility of people, data/voice convergence and the integration of computing and communication in mobile devices. This workshop is devoted to cover different aspects of wireless multimedia networking and performance modeling for WLANs, WPANs, WMANs, WWANs, MANETs, VANETs and sensor networks such as wireless video and wireless streaming, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, synchronization, analysis and performance modeling. The workshop will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects.

|| Topics ||

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Wireless multimedia network management * Wireless multimedia traffic modeling * Middleware and reflective systems support for wireless multimedia * Proxy-based systems for video transcoding and content distribution * Performance modeling, monitoring and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks and systems * Multipoint, multicast wireless multimedia services * Deployment of wireless multimedia applications, services and networks * Protocols for wireless multimedia networks * QoS and Resource Allocation in wireless multimedia networks * Integration of wireless multimedia networks to broadband networks * End-to-end IP multimedia wireless communications * Coding and transmission for wireless multimedia networks * Distributed wireless multimedia services * Content-based wireless multimedia information retrieval tools * Video, streaming, real-time wireless multimedia communications and applications * Security in wireless multimedia networks * Wireless multimedia right protection and watermarking * Pricing mechanisms for wireless multimedia networks * E-Commerce and related applications for wireless multimedia networks * Multimedia evaluation and processing for wireless networks * Cross layer design for wireless multimedia networks * Analytical modeling of wireless multimedia networks * Software tools for system performance and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks * Performance comparison of wireless multimedia networks * Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems * Wireless multimedia sensor networks

|| Important Dates ||

- Paper Submission June 15, 2009

- Author Notification July 15, 2009

- Camera-ready Paper August 1, 2008

|| Submission Guideliness ||

High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference.

Paper length should be no more than 10 pages, double column, ACM style including tables and figures. Note that the regular paper size will be 8 pages, with the possibility to obtain up to 2 additional pages (total 10 pages) by paying a fee.Short papers might be included in the technical program to complete it and foster discussion and idea exchange. For all, at least one author of accepted papers must attend the conference to present its contribution.

Papers must be submitted electronically through the EasyChair system. The complete list of authors' names must be inserted when registering the paper on the EasyChair system. In order to access the EasyChair system you need to register first. Authors should check if they already have an account on the EasyChair system; otherwise, they must create one before submitting the paper.

Detailed submission instructions can be found on the workshop's website, http://research.cs.queensu.ca/wmunep/

|| General Chair ||

Regina B. Araujo, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil

|| Workshop Co-Chairs ||

Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Queen's University, Canada

|| Technical Program Committee ||

Alireza Attar, University of British Columbia, Canada Jalel Ben-Othman, University of Versailles, France Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Raffaele Bruno, CNR, Italy Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Luca Foschini, Bolonga University, Canada Apostolos Gkamas, University of Peloponnese, Greece Alexandros Kaloxylos, University of Peloponnese, Greece Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Manuel Perez Malumbres, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada Mirela S. M. Notare, Barddal University, Brazil Jianping Pan, University of Victoria, Canada Linnyer Ruiz, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Jianping Pan, University of Victoria, Canada Shensheng Tang, George Mason University, USA Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan Tsang-Ling Sheu, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Dongmei Zhao, McMaster University, Canada

|| Publicity Chair ||

Ashraf Hamad, Microsoft, USA