Corpora: CFP - IFIP Conf. on "Multimedia Systems"

Dr Zahir Tari (zahirt@cs.rmit.edu.au)
Thu, 09 Apr 1998 10:14:04 +1000

[WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES]

.--. ,--. .---. Data Semantics - 8 (DS-8):
| | | | | "Semantic Issues in Multimedia Systems"
| | `--. >--< IFIP TC-2 Working Conference, organized by
| | | | | Working Group 2.6 (Database)
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Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-8 January 1999
(http://zulu.cs.rmit.edu.au/~ds8)

SCOPE
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Multimedia technology has been capturing the popular imagination in recent
times. It is clear that the success of multimedia systems is going to be
dependent not only on the technology of these systems but also on the
quality of the underlying databases and supporting processes. To date
insufficient attention has been focussed on such issues. Whilst database
studies have achieved considerable success in the wider market place, the
main effort has been on tools and techniques for high volume but fairly
simplistic record management. These modern advanced multimedia systems
require a paradigm shift to allow the representation and manipulation of
complex text, image, audio and video information. This requires the
development of complex methodologies environments and tools to allow one to
easily understand the underlying structure to facilitate access manipulation
and modification of such information. An essential characteristic to gain
understanding is a clearly defined semantics for multimedia databases.

Multimedia objects are now considered unavoidable key features of such
future database applications. Multimedia database technology involves the
integration of different existing technologies, including classical
databases, distributed computing, multimedia, and mobile computing.

Therefore in this eighth Data Semantics Working Conference the focus is on
those issues of multimedia systems that involve the semantics of the
information represented, stored and manipulated by multimedia systems.
This includes methodologies for application domain modelling, formal
representations of multimedia aspects of knowledge, the role of semantics
in data models, etc. but also issues in user interfacing, architectures
that better enable integrity, consistency, interoperation reuse of
multimedia systems, or reports on prototypes illustrating new aspects of
such systems from a semantically relevant viewpoint.

The purpose of the DS-8 international IFIP Working Conference, as its
predecessors since 1985, is to provide an active forum for researchers and
practitioners for presentation and exchange of research results and
practical management of databases, this time applied to systems containing
multimedia information. By organising this conference, we want to
encourage researchers and practitioners to submit original contributions
and case studies that elucidate semantic issues.

TOPICS
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

. Data modelling and query languages for databases media
such as audio, video, computer image
. Semantic foundations for multimedia and hypermedia
. Methodological aspects of multimedia database design
. Information retrieval, knowledge discovery, and data mining
. Temporal and spatial issues in multimedia databases
. Semantic issues in standardisation
. Interoperability of multimedia databases
. Relationships with high-level domain modelling approaches
. Multimedia user interfaces
. Industrial application challenges for multimedia databases

Authors are invited to submit contributions that are directly
relevant to these issues. Four copies of the submission (from
6000 to 8000 words, not including abstract and references)
should be sent to

Zahir Tari
(DS-8 Working Conference)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Dept. of Computer Science
Bundoora East Campus, Plenty Rd.
VIC 3083, Australia
(ph): +61-3-9407-6125
(fax): +61-3-9407-6139

Each copy should have a cover page with the name, title,
and address (including e-mail address) of authors, and an abstract
of no more than 200 words. Electronic or fax submissions
will not be accepted. The proceedings will be
published as a book by Chapman & Hall.

Proposals for panels should include a one-page description
of the subject matter and should be submitted electronically to
Prof. Robert Meersman (meersman@vub.ac.be).

FORMAT
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The DS-8 conference, following the tested format of the previous
successful Data Semantics conferences, will be a five-day
live-in conference with limited attendance, including tutorials,
keynotes stimulating discussion, and single-stream presentation
of research and industrial papers. The conference will start
with one day of tutorials and will continue with four days of
technical presentations. Several panel discussions are planned
during the conference. Special sessions will also be held which
address the development of multimedia database systems and
new applications and use of multimedia database systems in
industry.

A highlight of the event will be three invited talks by the leading
figures in multimedia systems

- Prof. Ramesh Jain (University of California at San Diego, USA)
- Prof. Hermann Maurer (University of Graz, Austria)
- Prof. Masao Sakauchi (Tokyo University, Japan), and

DATES
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June 30, 1998: Deadline for arrival of submissions
August 28, 1998: Notification of acceptance
September 30, 1998: Camera ready for final version to be
published by Chapman & Hall
January 5--8, 1999: Conference

ORGANISATION
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CONFERENCE CHAIR

Tharam Dillon
Dept. of Computer Science and Computer Engineering
LaTrobe University, Bundoora
VIC 3083 Australia
(Fax) +61 3 9479 3060
(E-mail) tharam@latcs1.cs.latrobe.edu.au

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

(Europe)
Robert Meersman
Dept. of Computer Science
VUB, Building F-G 10, Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
meersman@vub.ac.be

(Far-East Asia)
Zahir Tari
Dept. of Computer Science
RMIT, Bundoora East Campus
Plenty Rd, VIC 3083
Australia
zahirt@cs.rmit.edu.au

(America)
Scott Stevens
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Wean Hall, Pittsburgh
PA 15213 USA
sms@cs.cmu.edu

TUTORIAL CHAIR

Omran Bukhres
Purdue University
Computer Science Department
723 W. Michigan St.
SL 280, Indianapolis
Indiana 46202
bukhres@cs.iupui.edu

ORGANISING CHAIR

Justo Diaz
Dept. of Management Science and Information Systems
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
New Zealand
(Fax) +64-9-373- 7430
j.diaz@auckland.ac.nz

PUBLICITY CHAIR

Arkady Zaslavsky
Monash University
School of Computer Science and Software Engineering
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, Vic 3145, Australia
A.Zaslavsky@monash.edu.au

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Amr El Abbadi (UC Santa Barbara, USA)
Rakesh Agrawal (IBM San Jose, USA)
Peter Apers (Univ. of Twente, Netherland)
Elisa Bertino (Univ. of Milano, Italy)
Tiziana Catarci (Univ. of Rome, Italy)
Elizabeth Chang (LaTrobe Univ., Australia)
Stavros Christodoulakis (Univ. of Crete, Greece)
Michael Christel (Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA)
Alex Delis (Polytechnic Univ., USA)
Simon Gibbs (GMD-VMSD, Germany)
Forouzan Golshani (Arizona Univ., USA)
William Grosky (Wayne St. Univ., USA)
Tadao Ichikawa (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)
Ramesh Jain (UCSD, USA)
Moon Kim (Konkuk Univ., Korea)
Roger King (Univ. of Colorado, USA)
Wolfgang Klas (Univ. of Ulm, Germany)
Peiya Liu (Siemens Corporate Research, USA)
Jim McGovern (RMIT, Australia)
Erich Neuhold (GMD-IPSI, Germany)
Tamer Ozsu (Univ. of Alberta, Canada)
Mike Papazoglou (Tilburg Univ., Netherland)
Edwige Pissaloux (Univ. of Rouen, France)
Calton Pu (Oregon Graduate Inst., USA)
Ron Sacks-Davis (RMIT, Australia)
Hanan Samet (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
Timos Sellis (National Technical Univ., Greece)
Amit Sheth (Univ. of Georgia, USA)
Stefano Spaccapietra (EPFL, Switzerland)
V.S. Subrahmanian (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
Makota Takizawa (Tokyo Denki Univ., Japan)
A Min Tjoa (Vienna Univ. of Techn., Austria)
Michalis Vazirgiannis (Nat. Univ. of Athens, Greece)
Gerhard Weikum (Univ. of Saarland, Germany)

OTHER DETAILS
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VENUE

Rotorua is the world famous hot springs area of New Zealand, with geysers,
mineral springs, mud pools, and volcanoes. It is a unique opportunity to visit
this extraordinary tourist attraction during the summer of the southern
hemisphere. It is timed to be a welcome relief from the winter of the northern
hemisphere. Rotorua is a scenic two hour drive from Auckland.

ACCOMMODATION

It is in the hotel that overlooks Thermal Geyserland and is relatively cheap.
(around US$70 per night including breakfast).

SECRETARIAT

We will be happy to answer any question and provide you
with additional information about the conference. Please contact:

Sue Labe
Dept. of Computer Science and Computer Engineering
LaTrobe University, Bundoora
VIC 3083 Australia
(phone) +61 3 9479 2598
(fax) +61 3 9479 3060
(e-mail) sue@cs.latrobe.edu.au

More information about the conference and about IFIP WG2.6
can be found at URL: http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/dbis/IFIP-WG2.6.