IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2012 Call for Papers
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2012
9th-13thJuly, 2012 • MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Main conference website: http://www.icme2012.org/
Main conference email: icme2012@icme2012.org
The IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) has been
the flagship multimedia conference sponsored by four IEEE societies
since 2000. It serves as a forum to promote the exchange of the latest
advances in multimedia technologies, systems and applications from
both the research and development perspectives of the circuits and
systems, communications, computer and signal processing communities.
ICME 2012 will be held in Melbourne, Australia from the 9th to 13th
July, 2012. The conference venue is the Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre, a 6 Star Green Energy rated Convention and
Exhibition Centre in central Melbourne capable of hosting the whole
conference in one venue. There are abundant accommodation options
available, from student dorms to deluxe hotels within walking distance
of the Conference venue, and many of Melbourne’s famous
attractions.
Authors are invited to submit a full paper (two-column format, 6
pages) according to the guidelines available on the conference website
at http://www.icme2012.org. The review will be double blind. Only
electronic submissions will be accepted. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:
· Multimedia computing systems and human-machine interaction
· Interactive media and immersive environments
· Animation, virtual reality and 3D imaging
· Multimedia content analysis and search
· Multimedia databases and digital libraries
· Multimedia signal processing
· Signal processing for media integration
· Multimedia security and privacy
· Multimedia analysis and social media
· Multimedia communications and networking
· Multimedia compression and standards
· Multimedia applications and technology
· Hardware and software for multimedia systems
· Multimedia quality assessment
ICME 2012 will showcase high quality oral and poster presentations as
well as demonstration sessions. It will target an overall acceptance
rate of 30%. Best papers and demonstrations will be awarded at the
conference. Authors of high quality papers will be invited to submit
an extended version of their work for potential publication in a
special issue/section of the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. Accepted
papers must be registered and presented; otherwise they will not be
included in the IEEE Xplore Library.
ICME 2012 will feature IEEE society’s sponsored workshops, and
individual proposals for workshops are also invited. We encourage
researchers, developers and practitioners to organise workshops on
various new emerging topics. Industry exhibitions will be held in
conjunction with the main conference. Keynote speeches and panel
discussions will also be a conference highlight. Proposals for
Tutorials are also invited. Please visit the ICME 2012 website for
submission details.
Important Dates:
· Full paper (6 pages) submission due: 28th November. 2011
· Notification of acceptance: 27th February, 2012
· Workshop and tutorial proposal submission due: 15th October, 2011
· Proposal acceptance for workshop: 15th November 2011
· Proposal acceptance for tutorial: 15th December, 2011
· Workshop paper submission due: 5th March 2012
· Tutorial materials Due: 15th March, 2012
· Workshop paper acceptance: 26th March 2012
· Camera-ready paper (main conference and workshop) due: 9th April
2012
General Chairs:
Jian Zhang, University of Technology, Sydney and National ICT
Australia, Australia
Dan Schonfeld, University of Illinois, USA
David Dagan Feng, the University of Sydney, Australia
Program Chairs
Alan Hanjalic, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Jianfei Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Enrico Magli, Politecnicodi Torino,Italy
Mark Pickering, the University of New South Wales, Australia
Gerald Friedland, International Computer Science Institute, USA
Xian-Sheng Hua, Microsoft, USA
Call for Workshop Proposals
Workshop proposals are solicited for ICME 2012. The workshops should
be clearly focused and facilitating active discussions and
constructive interactions on current or emerging topics of
interest. They should allow members of the community to compare and
discuss approaches, methods, and new concepts on research topics
pertinent to the main conference. These topics often offer emerging
interests to the multimedia research community or bridge the community
with other areas.
Workshop proposals for ICME 2012 should include:
The title, goals, and duration of the workshop (half-day or
full-day, which will be held either on 9th or 13th July 2012) The
specific topics that will be addressed by the workshop; The
relevance and significance of this workshop to the main
conference; The history of the workshop if it is not the first
version; A draft workshop call for papers with:
- the names, affiliations, email addresses, and short bios of the
workshop organizers, who should be experts in the related topics and
preferably from multiple institutions;
- the paper selection process;
- a list of potential Program Committee members and their
affiliations.
Workshop proposals should not exceed four pages and should be
submitted to the Workshop Chairs, Jorge E. Caviedes (jorge.e.caviedes
[AT] intel.com) and Tao Mei (tmei [AT] microsoft.com). Workshop
proposals will be evaluated based on various criteria including the
quality and level of details of the proposal, the theme of the
workshop, its relevance to the main conference, and the overall
balance of the conference workshop program.
Workshop co-chairs:
Jorge E. Caviedes jorge.e.caviedes [AT] intel.com, Intel Corporation,
USA
Tao Mei tmei [AT] microsoft.com, Microsoft Research Asia, China
Call for Tutorial Proposals
The ICME 2012 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials.
ICME 2012 will take place in Melbourne, Australia from 9th to 13th
July, 2012. The tutorials will be held on the first or last day of the
ICME 2012, either on 9th or 13th July.
We seek proposals for half-day and full-day tutorials. We are
interested in tutorials on established or emerging research topics
within the field itself, but we also welcome tutorials from related
research fields or application areas. The ideal tutorial should
attract a wide audience, be broad enough to provide a gentle
introduction to the chosen research area, and should also cover the
most important contributions in depth. Proposals that exclusively
focus on the presenter’s own work or commercial presentations are
not eligible.
Topics are referred to ICME 2012 main conference (CfP)
Proposal Submission
Tutorial proposals must be in PDF format and submitted via emails to
Tutorial co-chairs Yen-Kuang Chen (y.k.chen [at] ieee.org) and
Shuicheng Yan (eleyans [at] nus.edu.sg).
Selection
All tutorial proposals may first receive peer review. Then, from the
pool of proposal deemed of the highest quality, the chairs will make
the final selection of tutorials to present the greatest variety to
conference attendees and to fit the conference schedule.
Upon Acceptance
Speakers for all accepted tutorials will be required to sign a
commitment to present at the conference within 30 days of
notification. Speakers also need to provide a 300-word abstract (for
inclusion in registration materials). Materials for the conference DVD
must be delivered by 15th March, 2012.
Proposal Format
Proposals, prepared in an one-column PDF file (no more than 3 pages),
should include the following information:
· Title of the tutorial
· Keywords
· Format of the tutorial (1/2 day or 1 day)
· Description of the tutorial
- Motivation---“Why is this topic important?”
- Objectives---“Why should one attend this tutorial?”
- Key takeaway messages---“What can the attendees learn from this
tutorial?”
- Target audience and prerequisite knowledge of audience---“Who
should attend this tutorial?”
- Outline---“What does the speaker plan to give in the
tutorial?”
- Speaker’s credentials, e.g., a short BIO, whether the speaker has
offered tutorials before---“Why should ICME choose this speaker to
teach this tutorial?”
· Materials: A description (one or two paragraphs) of materials to
be provided to attendees on the conference DVD – course slides,
annotated bibliography, code snippets etc. NOTE: the materials
themselves do not need to be provided in the proposal.
Tutorial co-chairs:
Yen-Kuang Chen (y.k.chen [at] ieee.org), Intel Corporation, USA
Shuicheng Yan (eleyans [at] nus.edu.sg), National University of
Singapore, Singapore