*************************************************************** * SAMT 2010 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * 5th International Conference on * * Semantic And digital Media Technologies * * Saarbrücken, Germany, 1-3 December 2010 * *************************************************************** In cooperation with DFKI, CCSW, and SMaRT. Herewith we would like to encourage you to participate at the SAMT 2010 conference held in Saarbrücken on 1-3 December 2010. The rich technical and social program of this event together with useful registration information can be found at the conference web site: http://www.samt2010.org/ . Please register via https://www.conftool.net/samt2010 . --------------- Important Dates --------------- Early registration Nov 30 (Regular: 80 EUR, Student: 30 EUR) On desk registration Dec 1-3 (Regular: 100 EUR, Student: 50 EUR) Conference Dec 1-3 --------------------- Objectives and Topics --------------------- Large amounts of multimedia material, such as images, audio, video, and 3D/4D material, as well as computer generated 2D, 3D, and 4D content, already exist and are growing at increasing rates. While these amounts are growing, managing distribution of and access to multimedia material is becoming ever harder, both for lay and professional users. The SAMT conference series tackles these problems by investigating the semantics and pragmatics of multimedia generation, management, and user access. The conference targets scientifically valuable research tackling the semantic gap between the low-level signal data representation of multimedia material and the high-level meaning that providers, consumers, and prosumers associate with the content. ---------------- Invited Speakers ---------------- During the conference two interesting invited talks will be given. The first one by Werner Haas, head of the Institute of Information Systems at JOANNEUM RESEARCH in Graz, Austria. The second one by Philipp Slusallek, Scientific Director at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) ------------------ Oral Presentations ------------------ In a selective review process, from 31 full paper submissions 13 have been chosen for oral presentation. ----------------------- Workshops and Tutorials ----------------------- The conference program includes two interesting workshops, namely * Second Workshop on Semantic Multimedia Databases http://smdt2010.fim.uni-passau.de * Special Session: CASAM (Computer-Aided Semantic Annotation of Multimedia) http://www.casam-project.eu ------ Events ------ There will be social events offered to the participants during the SAMT 2010 conference. Apart from a tour through the Xmas Market in the city, a Dinner will be organized on individual registration. ----- Venue ----- The conference will take place at the brand new DFKI Building D3_2 on the Campus of Saarland University. Please visit: http://www.dfki.de/web/kontakt/dfki_sb_campus.jpg for details. ------------ Accommodation ------------ Some hotels one can consider (but you can check your usual hotel reservation service): * City Hotel http://www.aranoltels.de/home.html bus stop: Haus der Zukunft, ca. 17 min. to university, 10 min. to central station * Madeleine http://www.hotel-madeleine.de bus stop: Johanneskirche ca. 16 min. to university, 6 min. to central station * Gästehaus Weller http://www.hotel-weller.com bus stop: An der Trift, ca. 12 min. to university, 12 min. to central station * Ibis Hotel http://www.ibis-saarbruecken.de bus stop: Roonstraße, ca. 25 min. to university, 13 min. to central station * Hotel Leidinger http://www.domicil-leidinger.de (bus stop: Landwehrplatz, ca. 25 min. to university, 11 min. to central station * Youth Hostel http://www.jugendherberge.de/de/jugendherbergen/visitenkarte/jh.jsp?IDJH=420 bus stop: Prinzenweiher/DJH, ca. 11 min. to university, 13 min. to central station -------------------- Organizing Committee -------------------- General & local chairs: Thierry Declerck, DFKI GmbH, Germany Michael Sintek, DFKI GmbH, Germany Marcin Grzegorzek, University of Siegen, Germany Massimo Romanelli, DFKI GmbH, Germany Publicity chair: Susanne Thierfelder, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Program chairs: Michael Granitzer, Graz University of Technology, Austria Stefan Rüger, Open University, UK
