CALL FOR PAPERS

Seventh IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2003) August 13 - 15, 2003 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Submissions due-----------------------------------------April 15, 2003 Notification of acceptance------------------------------May 15, 2003 Final manuscripts due-----------------------------------June 1, 2003 Registration and full payment due---------------------June 15, 2003

SPONSORS International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on the Web, Internet and Multimedia

PURPOSE The International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications is a major contact venue for research scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research, ideas, developments and applications in this field. IMSA 2003 will include keynote addresses, contributed papers, and tutorials on a wide range of topics. The full papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality.

IMSA 2003 will be held in conjunction with the IASTED International Conferences on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2003) and Signal and Image Processing (SIP 2003).

LOCATION IMSA 2003 will take place at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel on beautiful Waikiki Beach, located in the city of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Historically, Waikiki was the playground of the Hawaiian ali'i (nobility), and has since become the most famous strip of beach in the world, ringed with high-rise hotels and accessible to travelers from across the globe. Waikiki Beach is actually a string of beaches stretching two and a half miles along the ocean. The soft sand bottom and turquoise waters make it an attractive spot for swimmers, surfers, and other water enthusiasts. The city of Honolulu itself is the commercial and government center for Hawaii, filled with many fine restaurants, shopping centers, and cultural and historical attractions. Other nearby attractions include Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head Crater, and the Polynesian Cultural Center.

SCOPE This conference covers all aspects of Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications including:

Internet Tools Internet Architectures Internet Search Technologies Web Page Design Tools Web Servers Software Engineering over the Internet Java Technology and Applications Distance Learning Collaborative Learning Collaborative Systems and Applications Educational Multimedia Digital Libraries Databases and the Web Computer Vision Information Systems Virtual Reality E-commerce Financial Services Search and Optimization Techniques Internet and Software Control Protection and Security Software Agents Multimedia Performance and Management Multimedia Tools and Architectures Multimedia Broadcasting Systems on the Web Operating System Support for Multimedia Mobile Multimedia M-commerce Multimedia Database Systems Multimedia Networking and Communications Video-on-Demand Distributed Multimedia Systems Internet Medical Applications Telemedicine

QoS and Transport Protocols for IP Multimedia Mobile Streaming Systems Web Applications

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE * K.C. Almeroth - University of California, USA A.C. Boucouvalas - Bournemouth University, UK S. Chalasani - University of Wisconsin - Parksdale, USA E. Chow - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA I.D.D. Curcio - Nokia Mobile Phones, Finland C. Djeraba - University of Nantes, France C. Dorai - IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA S. Dustdar - Vienna University of Technology, Austria A. Eskicioglu - Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, USA L. Ferrario - ITC-Irst, Italy S.-U. Guan - National University of Singapore, Singapore N.M. Guimaraes - University of Lisbon, Portugal W.A. Halang - University of Hagen, Germany W.-S. Hsieh - National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan J.F. Jensen - Aalborg University, Denmark R. Lai - La Trobe University, Australia P. Lorenz - University of Haute Alsace, France C.-S. Lu - Academia Sinica, Taiwan E. Montoya - EAFIT University, Colombia T. Nakajima - Waseda University, Japan C.E. Palau - Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain A. Prodan - Iuliu Hatieganu University, Romania M. Roccetti - University of Bologna, Italy Y.S. Ryu - Hallym University, South Korea E. Schikuta - University of Vienna, Austria N. Sharda - Victoria University of Technology, Australia T.K. Shih - Tamkang University, Taiwan Y.P. Singh - Multimedia University, Malaysia W.-T. Song - National Central University, Taiwan S.R. Subramanya - University of Missouri - Rolla, USA W.-T. Sung - National Central University, Taiwan B. Veeravalli - National University of Singapore, Singapore P. Vuorimaa - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland D. Wang - Communications Research Centre, Canada S. Yoon - Soong-Eui Women's College, Korea S. Zeadally - Wayne State University, USA Z.-L. Zhang - University of Minnesota, USA

*At time of printing

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Submit your paper via our website at http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/hawaii/submit-400.htm . All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Postscript (.ps), or MS Word (.doc) format. The IASTED Secretariat must receive your paper by April 15, 2003. Do not send hard copies of your paper. Receipt of paper submissions will be confirmed by e-mail.

Please provide four key words to indicate the subject area of your paper. One of the key words must be taken from the list of topics provided under Scope. Please designate a principal author, and provide the full name, affiliation, address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address.

Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by May 15, 2003. Final manuscripts are due by June 1, 2003. Registration and full payment is due by June 15, 2003. Late registration fees or paper submissions will result in the papers being excluded from the conference proceedings. Please send final manuscripts via e-mail to: calgary@iasted.com . The subject line for the final manuscript submission must include the six-digit paper number. The formatting instructions for final manuscripts can be found on the web and must be strictly followed. Formatting instructions are available at: http://www.iasted.org/formatting.htm . The page limit for final papers is six pages (single-spaced, double-column, 10 point Times New Roman font). Only one paper of up to six pages is included in the regular registration fee. The additional page and paper charge is USD $75.00 per page.

TUTORIALS

Proposals for half-day tutorials (three hours) should be submitted online by April 15, 2003 via the following website address: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/hawaii/tutorialsubmit-400.htm .

A tutorial proposal should clearly indicate the topic, background knowledge expected of the participants, objectives, time allocations for the major course topics, and the qualifications of the instructor(s).

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Persons wishing to organize a special session should submit a proposal to: calgary@iasted.com by April 15, 2003. Proposals should include a minimum of five papers, a session title, a list of the topics covered, qualifications and a brief biography of the session organizer(s). The name of the session organizer will appear in the program and proceedings provided five or more papers are presented. More information on special sessions is available online at the following hyperlink address: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/hawaii/sessionsubmit-400.htm .

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