********************************************************************** Call for Participation 4th MCSS 2011 ********************************************************************** 4th International Conference on MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, SERVICES & SECURITY organized by AGH in the scope of and under the auspices of INDECT project http://mcss2011.indect-project.eu/ June, 2nd and 3rd 2011, Krakow, Poland ********************************************************************** TOPICS of the 4th International Conference On Multimedia Communications, Services & Security (MCSS 2011), sponsored by the IEEE, PS, include: 1. Audio-visual systems including novel multimedia architectures and management of service oriented architectures 2. Multimedia and data fusion in personal, sensor, p2p and ad-hoc networks 3. Acquisition of multimedia content and Quality of Experience management in content distribution networks 4. Seamless mobility of multimedia services including mobile and broadband wireless access networks 5. Watermarking technology and applications 6. Network measurement, monitoring and performance evaluation of multimedia services 7. Reliability, availability, serviceability of multimedia services 8. Searching methods, search engines and applications 9. Multimedia surveillance and compound security, object tracking and threat detection 10. Semantic description of multimedia data and metadata information systems 11. Intelligent monitoring of objects and areas, recognition with automatic categorization 12. Modern computing methods for multimedia systems and authentication of multimedia contents 13. Interactive multimedia applications 14. Ethical issues and law aspects in video surveillance, Internet monitoring, security research 15. Intelligent urban environment observation systems including safety monitoring and evacuation 16. Cybercrime – threats and counteracting 17. Cryptography and data protection, including quantum cryptography 18. Evaluation of security features in end-user applications Conference objectives are in conformance with objectives of the FP7 Security Research. REGISTRATION To register, please visit http://mcss2011.indect-project.eu/ PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED 61 papers were submitted from EU, Asia and USA. Consistent with standard practice, each submitted paper received rigorous peer reviewing. Papers were selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance and clarity of presentation. The selection was based on full papers. 30 papers (49%) were accepted for oral presentation, 13 for posters/demonstrations. All papers accepted to the conference are expected to be presented. One best paper award, selected by the organizing committee, based on referee reviews, will be presented to the author(s) of the best paper submitted to the conference. MCSS’11 papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book. Special Issue Journal Publication: Extended versions of the best papers of the conference will appear in a Special Issue of the Springer’s International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications. SPECIAL SESSIONS A special session on intelligent monitoring, object tracking and threat detection will be organized along with the main conference. The MCSS conference will host not only technical program sessions, but there will also be an exhibition, where research groups can present their innovative achievements and prototypes in small booths or stands. Please note there will be official guests on the first day, as well as press, radio and TV. We kindly ask for proposals of exhibition stands to present research outcomes. A parallel poster and demonstration session entitled “Demonstrations on MCSS” will be organized along with the main conference. This event encourages researchers to present and discuss the “work-in-progress” or “experience-in-practice” of their current studies/implementations and research prototypes which conform to the topics of MCSS’11. IMPORTANT DATES Early registration: May 12, 2011 Conference: June 2-3, 2011 CONFERENCE FEE Conference fee is 300 €. Conference fee includes proceedings, coffee breaks, lunches, sightseeing and conference dinner. Student registration (undergraduate): 50% reduction of the regular fee (150 €). IEEE members registration: 10% reduction of the regular fee (270 €). COMMITTEES GENERAL CHAIR Andrzej Dziech, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland @ dziech (at) kt (.) agh (.) edu (.) pl COMMITTEE CHAIRS Andrzej Dziech, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland @ dziech (at) kt (.) agh (.) edu (.) pl Andrzej Czyżewski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland @ indect (at) sound (.) eti (.) pg (.) gda (.) pl SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE * Ryszard Choras, University of Technology and Life Sciences, Poland * Anton Cizmar, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia * Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal * Andrzej Czyżewski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland * Adam Dąbrowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland * Marek Domanski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland * Andrzej Duda, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France * Andrzej Dziech, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Czesław Jędrzejek, Poznan University of Technology, Poland * Christian Kollmitzer, FHTW Wien, Austria * Bożena Kostek, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland * Anton Kummert, University of Wuppertal, Germany * David Larrabeiti, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain * Antoni Ligęza, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Wiesław Lubaszewski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Suresh Manandhar, University of York, United Kingdom * Andreas Mauthe, Lancaster University, United Kingdom * Edward Nawarecki, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Andrzej R. Pach, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Zdzisław Papir, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Thomas Plageman, University of Oslo, Norway * Władysław Skarbek, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland * Tomasz Szmuc, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland * Jakob Wassermann, FHTW Wien, Austria * Jan Węglarz, Poznan University of Technology, Poland * Jaroslav Zdralek, Vysoka Skola Banska – Technicka Univerzita Ostrava, Czech Republic PLACE OF CONFERENCE The conference will take place in Krakow, one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, the former the capital of Poland and a popular tourist destination. Krakow's historic center was included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1978. Points of interest outside the city include the Wieliczka salt mine, the Tatra Mountains, the historic city of Czestochowa and Ojcowski National Park. The venue will be at Department of Telecommunications, AGH University of Science and Technology. Address: ul. Czarnowiejska 78, 30-054 Krakow, Poland.