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                               ACM SIGMM International Conference on
                                       Multimedia Information Retrieval
                                  (http://riemann.ist.psu.edu/mir2010)

                                                      ACM MIR-2010
                                     Call for Special Sessions Proposals
                                    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
                                                  March 29-31, 2010

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Call for Special Session Proposals

http://riemann.ist.psu.edu/mir2010/specialsession.html

ACM SIGMM International Conference on Multimedia Information Retrieval
(MIR) 2010 will include special sessions for emerging frontier
theories or applications in the program. Work included in the special
sessions is expected to represent the state-of-the-art and high-impact
research directions in multimedia information retrieval.

 
Each special session will contain 4 - 6 invited papers. The session
organizer(s) will be responsible for the selection of these
papers. The session may begin with an overview paper on the topic
being addressed and then be followed by the papers with specific
technical contributions on the topic.

The following information should be included in the session proposal:

-- Title of the proposed session
-- Session abstract (state significance of topic and rationale for proposed session)
-- Names/affiliation of the organizer(s) (including brief bio and contact info)
-- List of invited contributions, each with
-- Author names
-- A tentative title
-- An abstract (below 1000 words)

Proposals will be evaluated based on the timeliness of the topic and
relevance to MIR, as well as the qualifications of the organizers and
quality of the paper abstracts in the proposed session.

The organizers of an accepted special session will be responsible for
ensuring the quality of the final papers included in the session as
these papers would not otherwise receive peer reviews.

Important Dates

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Sep 15, 2009: Special session proposals due
Sep 30, 2009: Decisions made on special session proposals
Nov 10, 2010: Submission of manuscripts to the chair of the special sessions
Nov 25, 2010: Feedbacks on the manuscripts provided by the chair
Dec 15, 2010: Final camera-ready manuscripts due
Submission Procedure for Special Sessions
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Proposal adhering to the above requirements should be sent by email to
Jia Li (jiali at psu dot edu). All the papers in the special sessions
should follow the same style as the regular MIR papers. More details
on http://riemann.ist.psu.edu/mir2010

Jia Li

Department of Statistics

The Pennsylvania State University

(Office) +1-814-863-3074

(email) jiali at psu dot edu

(Web) http://www.stat.psu.edu/~jiali