MMSP’09 is the 11th IEEE International workshop on Multimedia
Signal Processing. This premier event will take place in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, October 5-7. Submission deadline is April 17th.

This year MMSP will introduce a new type of paper award: 
the "top 10%" paper award.

While MMSP papers are already very well regarded and highly cited,
there is a growing need among the scientific community for more
immediate quality recognition. The objective of the top 10% award is
to acknowledge outstanding quality papers, while at the same time
keeping the wider participation and information exchange allowed by
higher acceptance rates. MMSP will continue to accept as many as high
quality papers as possible, with acceptance rates in line with other
top events of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. This new award will
be granted to as many as 10% of the total paper submissions, and is
open to all accepted papers, whether presented in oral or poster form.

More details are available at www.mmsp09.org