Call for Workshop Papers - IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2012 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2012 - 9th-13thJuly, 2012 o MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Main conference website: http://www.icme2012.org/ - Workshop website: http://www.icme2012.org/TechnicalProgram_Workshops.php - 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 workshop 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. The submission site is now opened at https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICMEWS2012/. Please select the corresponding workshop in the submission site. ICME 2012 will have the following 13 workshops: - Human-Focused Communications in the 3D Continuum (HFC3D) - Tangible Edutainment Media for Playful Evolution of Knowledge and Understanding - International Workshop on Emerging Multimedia Systems and Applications - Workshop on Hot Topics in 3D Multimedia (Hot3D) - Advances in Large-Scale Multimedia Data Collection, Mining and Retrieval - The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Automated Multimedia Surveillance for Public Safety - Hot Topics in Mobile Multimedia (HotMM) - Integrating User Generated 3D Contents Into Large-scale Digital Maps - The First International Workshop on Social Multimedia Computing (SMC) - The Second International Workshop on Interactive Ambient Intelligence Multimedia Environments - 1st workshop on (re)creating lively cities through ambient technologies: arts, culture, and gasteronomic experiences - Multimedia Services and Technologies for E-health - Cloud-Centric Media System (CCMS) Important Dates: - Workshop paper submission due: 5th March 2012 - Workshop paper acceptance: 26th March 2012 - Camera-ready paper due: 9th April 2012 ICME 2012 Workshop Co-chairs: - Jorge E. Caviedes (jorge.e.caviedes@intel.com), Intel Corporation, USA - Tao Mei (tmei@microsoft.com), Microsoft Research Asia, China