HCM 2006 1st International Workshop on Human-Centered Multimedia in 
conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2006 
Santa Barbara, CA, USA, October 29, 2006 
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~nicu/HCM2006 


CALL FOR PAPERS 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 4, 2006 

This multidisciplinary workshop will focus on the multimedia aspects of 
Human-Centered Computing and introduce key concepts, discuss theoretical 
frameworks and technical approaches, challenges, research opportunities, 
and open issues in multimedia interaction, content analysis, and content 
production. We invite researchers and designers from various disciplines 
to submit original technical contributions and provocative position 
statements to explore and define ways in which Human-Centered frameworks
can transform computing. In order to break away from the traditional 
workshop format, a strong emphasis will be placed on discussions leading 
to specific goals set by the workshop organizers. 

We seek technical contributions and position statements in the three main 
human activities in multimedia: interaction, content analysis, and content 
production. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the 
following: 

* Multimodal interaction (body, gaze, gesture, audio, speech) for the 
  human-computer-interaction and the computer-in-the-human-interaction loops; 
* Experiential and affective issues in multimedia; 
* Interactive multimedia search; 
* Machine learning with a human-in-the loop; 
* User, context, and task modeling in multimedia systems; 
* Multimedia ubiquitous computing; 
* Human interaction modeling from multimedia; 
* Social network analysis from multimedia; 
* Cultural and social issues in multimedia modeling; 
* Multimedia collaboration; 
* Interactive storytelling 

WORKSHOP FORMAT 

The workshop will be divided into three sessions (interaction, content 
analysis, and content production). Each session will consist of two brief 
position statement presentations and an extended group discussion. In 
addition, there will be a panel session and a technical session in which 
authors with technical papers will present their results in poster format. 
In order to encourage active participation, the group discussions will be 
guided based on the issues raised by the selected papers, so the goal is 
to go beyond presentation of technical results, to a critical analysis of 
the main issues defining this emerging field from the perspective of the 
authors and workshop attendees. 

IMPORTANT DATES 

July 4, 2006:		Submission of full paper 
August 2, 2006:		Notification of acceptance 
August 15, 2006:	Camera-ready full paper 

ORGANIZERS 

Daniel Gatica-Perez, IDIAP Research Institute, Switzerland 
Alejandro Jaimes, FXPAL Japan, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan 
Nicu Sebe, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Please see the website for details: 
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~nicu/HCM2006 

NOTE: Separate from the workshop, there will be a special issue on 
Human-Centered Computing in IEEE Computer Magazine (to be published in 
2007). Submissions to the magazine will undergo a separate review process 
(there will be a separate call for papers with a submission deadline after 
the notification of acceptance for the workshop). However, authors who 
submit to the HCM workshop and later submit to the special issue will have 
the benefit of additional comments to prepare their magazine 
contributions.