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                         CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
    The 18th International MultiMedia Modeling Conference (MMM2012)
                          January 4-6, 2012
               Klagenfurt University, Klagenfurt, Austria.
						 http://mmm2012.org/
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				Early registration deadline : November 8, 2011 
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The International MultiMedia Modeling (MMM) Conference is a leading 
international conference for researchers and industry practitioners to 
share their new ideas, original research results and practical 
development experiences from all MMM related areas. The conference 
program committee has selected a fascinating program of research papers 
reporting original investigation results and demonstrations, mainly in 
the following areas related to multimedia modeling technologies and applications:

1. Multimedia Content Analysis
2. Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications
3. Multimedia Applications and Services

Keynote-Speakers:
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* Alan Hanjalic, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
* John R. Smith, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
* Ralf Steinmetz, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Program:
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The conference program can be found here: http://mmm2012.org/program/

Conference Location:
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The conference will be held in Klagenfurt, Austria, in the heart of a 
beautiful nature reserve next to the delightful Lendkanal, 500 metres 
from the eastern shore of Lake Wˆrthersee. The Lindner Seepark Hotel 
will provide all facilities to the conference attendees, at a modest 
conference rate. 

To take advantage of the EARLY REGISTRATION RATE, please register BEFORE 
November 8, 2011. 

We hope to see you all in Klagenfurt.

General Chairs:
* Klaus Schoeffmann, Klagenfurt University, Austria
* Bernard Merialdo, Eurecom, Sophia-Antipolis, France
* Alexander Hauptmann, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Program Co-Chairs:
* Chong-Wah Ngo, City University of Hong Kong
* Yiannis Andreopoulos, UCL, London, UK
* Christian Breiteneder, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Local Organizing and Finance Chair:
* Laszlo Boeszoermenyi, Klagenfurt University, Austria

Special Session Co-Chairs:
* Mathias Lux, Klagenfurt University, Austria
* Marco Bertini, University of Florence, Italy

Demo Co-Chairs:
* Cees Snoek, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Frank Hopfgartner, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Publicity & Sponsorship Co-Chairs:
* Tao Mei, Microsoft Research Asia, China
* Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria

Publication Co-Chairs:
* Werner Bailer, Joanneum Research, Austria
* Hermann Hellwagner, Klagenfurt University, Austria

US Liaisons:
* Oge Marques, Florida Atlantic University, USA
* Ketan Mayer-Patel, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA

Asian Liaison:
* Tat-Seng Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore
* Tao Mei, Microsoft Research Asia, China

European Liaison:
* Cathal Gurrin, Dublin City University, Ireland
* Harald Kosch, University of Passau, Germany

Steering Committee:
* Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, La Trobe University, Australia
* Tat-Seng Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore
* Tosiyasu L. Kunii, University of Tokyo, Japan
* Wei-Ying Ma, Microsoft Research Asia, China
* Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland


Sponsors:
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We want to thank our sponsors: 
* FascinatE project
* Förderverein Technische Fakultät
* Lakeside Labs
* MediaEval

http://mmm2012.org/