ICME 2013 Call for Tutorial Proposals

ICME 2013 Call for Tutorial Proposals 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 2013 will be held in San Jose, California from July 15-19, 2013. The ICME 2013 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials to be held on the first day of the conference Monday July 15, 2013. We seek half-day tutorials on established or emerging research topics within the field of multimedia and related topics, such as: • Multimedia computing systems and human-machine interaction • Interactive media and immersive environments • 3D visualization, animation, gaming, and virtual reality • 3D imaging and 3DTV • Speech, audio, image, video, and text processing • Signal processing for media integration • Multimedia content analysis and search • Multimedia databases and digital libraries • Multimedia signal processing • Multimedia security and privacy • Multimedia analysis and social media • Multimedia communications and networking • Multimedia compression and standards • Multimedia applications and technologies • Hardware and software for multimedia systems • Multimedia quality assessment Proposals prepared in a single-column PDF file, should include the following information: 1. Title of the tutorial 2. Area of the tutorial (refer to the above list of topics) 3. 300 word abstract (for inclusion in registration materials) 4. Keywords 5. Target audience and prerequisite knowledge of audience 6. Up to 4 pages full description of the tutorial, including learning objectives, table of contents, and teaching modules in details (review, in-depth content, etc…) 7. Instructor(s) and their credentials (4-page CV for each instructor, including selected relevant publications in the proposed area of the tutorial) Important Deadlines: • Tutorial Proposal Submissions Due: January 31 2013 • Notification of Tutorial Proposal Acceptance: February 28 2013 • Tutorial Slides Due: April 30, 2013 How to Submit Proposals: Please submit Tutorial Proposals by email to all the Tutorial Co-Chairs: Aljoscha Smolic, Disney Research, Zurich, smolic@disneyresearch.com Shervin Shirmohammadi, University of Ottawa, shervin@eecs.uottawa.ca Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University, togunfunmi@scu.edu Information: Questions about Tutorial Proposals should be directed to Tokunbo Ogunfunmi togunfunmi@scu.edu