IMMERSCOM 2009
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2nd International Conference on IMMERSIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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[Sponsored by ICST
  in technical co-sponsorship with IEEE/SPS and
  co-operation with ACM/SIGMM]

     Website: http://www.immerscom.org
     Dates: May 27-29, 2009
     Venue: University of California, Berkeley

The aim of IMMERSCOM is to promote multi- and cross-disciplinary 
research on capturing, processing, analyzing, coding, communication and 
rendering of rich audio-visual content in order to enable remote 
immersive experiences of people, objects and environments. The body of 
technologies that enable such immersive experiences is collectively 
referred to as Immersive Telecommunications Technologies. Applications 
of these technologies are varied, and include tele-presence, industrial 
automation, health care, education, and entertainment. Many of these are 
beginning to be viewed as green technologies.

Topics under the scope of the conference include but are not limited to:

     - Scene Capture for Immersive Communication: 3D scanning, 
multi-camera and depth sensor based capture systems;  ad hoc multimedia 
sensor networks; multimodal scene capture; 3D reconstructions and other 
representations from capture data; view synthesis/interpolation; 
pervasive sensing

     - Interfaces for Immersive Experiences: Stereoscopic, 
auto-stereoscopic and multi-view displays and interfaces; 
multi-projector and projector-camera systems; mixed/augmented reality 
interfaces, interactive environment interfaces, affective user 
interfaces, haptics; handheld and wearable device interfaces, multimodal 
interfaces, tele-presence interfaces; perceptual interfaces, human factors

     - Computer Vision and Scene Understanding supporting Immersive 
Communication: 3D reconstruction and modeling, activity detection, face 
and pose detection and recognition, gesture recognition, body tracking, 
mobility issues, tele-reality, data fusion

     - Multimedia Coding for Immersive Communication: Coding of video, 
multi-view video, multi-view video with depth; coding of various 3D 
representations; distributed single- and multi-view video coding, coding 
for distributed multimedia sensor (camera & microphone) networks, 
compressed sensing, real-time coding

     - Networking/Communication for Immersive Applications: 
Communication for rich 3D visualization, tele-presence, mixed/augmented 
reality; QoS for immersive applications; robustness to loss over 
networks, low latency communication, real-time protocols, synchronization

     - Applications, Systems, and Architectures: Tele-presence; gaming; 
medical and bio-medical applications; educational systems; virtual 
museums, meetings and classrooms; social networking

PAPERS:
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We invite original technical papers – not previously published or under 
review for publication elsewhere. See submission instructions at
       http://www.immerscom.org/submission.shtml
(max 6 page, 2-col format, 9 pt font).

     Full papers due: 		        November 1, 2008
     Notification of acceptance: 	February 1, 2009
     Camera-ready manuscripts due: 	March 1, 2009

DEMOS/EXHIBITS:
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We plan to make demos and exhibits a significant part of this onference, 
and invite both academia and industry to demonstrate their prototypes or 
products before a technical audience. Bus tours to locations in the SF 
Bay area will be organized to facilitate this  process. Please send your 
proposal with a brief description of the system, setup requirements, as 
well as the intended venue (if local), to the Demo/Exhibits Chair Harlyn 
Baker (Harlyn.Baker@hp.com) by Feb 1, 2009.

PANELS:
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We are seeking panel proposals on cutting edge topics on immersive 
technologies. Please send panel proposals to the Panels Chair, Ruigang 
Yang (ryang@cvve.uky.edu) by Feb 1, 2009.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
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Steering Committee:
	Imrich Chlamtac, Chair, CREATE-NET, Trento, Italy
	Ghassan AlRegib, Georgia Institute of Technology
	Cha Zhang, Microsoft Research, Redmond

General Co-Chairs:
	Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California, Berkeley
	Charles House, Stanford University

Technical Co-Chairs:
	Debargha Mukherjee, HP Labs, Palo Alto
	Aljoscha Smolic, Heinrich-Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany

Demo and Exhibits Chair:
	Harlyn Baker, HP Labs, Palo Alto

Publication Chair:
	Ghassan AlRegib, Georgia Institute of Technology
	Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Publicity chair:
	Cha Zhang, Microsoft Research, Redmond

Panel Chair:
	Ruigang Yang, University of Kentucky

Sponsorship Chair:
	Rick McGeer, HP Labs, Palo Alto

Local Arrangements Chair:
	Lorie Mariano, University of California, Berkeley

Webmaster:
	Mashhour Solh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Finance Chair/Conference Coordinator:
	Karen Decker, ICST