IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo
Call for Expert Talks on Innovating the Future Leveraging the Past
(Time Machine Session)

9th-13th July, 2012, Melbourne, Australia

Multimedia research is moving ahead in leaps and bounds. In order to
pursue the most innovative and productive paths forward, we need an
in-depth understanding of where we have already been. The Time Machine
Session at the ICME 2012 is dedicated to the principle of improving
the future by leveraging valuable insights from the past. The session
will consist of a series of expert talks that re-introduce ideas that
were published "before their time" and, as a result, were never fully
exploited. A "Time Machine Topic" is distinguished by the fact that
subsequent technological and social developments have led to a renewal
of its relevance, making it currently of critical interest and value
to the multimedia research community. A Time Machine Talk covers not
only the original idea, but also explains why it currently de-serves
renewed attention and how it can influence the future of multimedia
research.  We invite the submission of proposals for oral
presentations in the ICME 2012 Time Machine Session.

Time Machine Talks should reflect expert-level understanding of the
technological and social develop-ments that have taken place in the
field of multimedia and have brought about renewed relevance of past
concepts. These developments include, but are not limited to:
o	Expansion in the volume, diversity and sources of multimedia content
o	Increase in the size, speed and sophistication of distribution networks
o	Improvement of computing infrastructures in terms of processing,
storage and distribution,
o	Growth of the variety and capacity of user end devices
o	Development of user expectations for new multimedia applications

In sum, the goals of the Time Machine Session are to stimulate the
creative thinking of today's multimedia researchers and to maintain
the breadth of the solution space in which we develop new algorithms
and approaches. Additionally, we believe that Time Machine Talks can
help streamline and defragment the innovation process, by encouraging
reproduction and reducing redundancy. Finally, we hope that the Time
Machine Session will stimulate interesting and productive discussion
in the community.

Selection

From the pool of submissions, a panel will make a selection of talks
for presentation at the Time Machine Session. The decision will be
made on using the following criteria:
o	Renewed relevance of the idea for today's multimedia researchers and
research domains as set out in the general ICME 2012 CFP
o	Scope of the potential impact of the re-introduction of the idea on
innovation in the multime-dia research community
o	Importance of re-introduction of the idea to prevent the community
from wasting time by "reinventing the wheel"
o	Presentation of the idea i.e., compelling argumentation and engaging
presentation style

Submission Format

The submission consists of three parts:
1.	The reference (i.e., bibliographic citation) of the paper that
originally introduced the idea (pub-lished at least five years ago and
still publicly available),
2.	A three minute video summarizing the idea and explaining why at the
present moment its time is finally ripe,
3.	A 300-400 word abstract to accompany the Time Machine Talk in the
ICME 2012 program.
Note that the person submitting the proposal does not necessarily need
to be one of the authors of the original paper.

The submissions email (as well as any questions on the Time Machine
Session or the submission process) should be sent to the ICME 2012
Innovation and Demo Chairs: Martha Larson (m.a.larson [at] tudelft.nl)
and Mercan Topkara (mtopkara [at] us.ibm.com)

Upon Acceptance
Speakers for all accepted submissions will be required to sign a
commitment to present at the conference within 30 days of
notification.

Important Dates:
o	Submission of Proposals Due: 5th March, 2012
o	Notification of Decision: 26th March, 2012
o	ICME 2012 in Melbourne, Australia: 9th – 13th July, 2012

Innovation and Demo Co-Chairs:
Martha Larson (m.a.larson [at] tudelft.nl), Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands
Mercan Topkara (mtopkara [at] us.ibm.com), IBM T. J. Watson Research
Center, USA

Main conference email: icme2012@icme2012.org
Main conference website: http://www.icme2012.org/