Call for Papers -2nd International Workshop on Human-Centered Multimedia in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2007 September 28, 2007 Augsburg, Germany http://staff.science.uva.nl/~nicu/HCM2007/ *** EXTENDED DEADLINE **** *** Research & position papers deadline July 2, 2007 *** This **multidisciplinary** workshop will focus on the multimedia aspects of human-centered computing. The goal is to discuss key concepts, 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 position papers to explore and define radical ways in which Human-Centered Multimedia can revolutionize 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. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: Multimodal interaction (body, gaze, gesture, audio and 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; Social dynamics modeling and socially aware systems; Ethnocomputing; Diversity in computing IMPORTANT DATES July 2, 2007: Submission of full paper July 12, 2007: Notification of acceptance July 15, 2007: Camera-ready full paper http://staff.science.uva.nl/~nicu/HCM2007/ Organizers Alejandro Jaimes, IDIAP Research Institute, Switzerland Niuc Sebe, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands