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1^st International Conference on
Advanced Multimedia Content Processing

-- AMCP'98 --

Osaka University Convention Center
Suita, Osaka, Japan
November 9-11, 1998

OBJECTIVES

With the remarkable advances made in computer and communication hardware/software system technologies, we can now easily obtain large volumes of multimedia data through advanced computer networks and store and handle them in our own personal disk devices. Sophisticated and integrated multimedia content processing technologies, which are essential to building a highly advanced information based society, are attracting ever increasing attention in various service areas, including broadcasting, publishing, medical treatment, entertainment, and communications. The prime concerns of these technologies are how to acquire multimedia content data from the real world, how to automatically organize and store these obtained data in databases for sharing and reuse, and how to generate and create new attractive multimedia content using the stored data. This conference will bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public agencies to present and discuss recent advances in the acquisition, management, retrieval, creation, and utilization of large amounts of multimedia content. Artistic and innovative applications through the active use of multimedia content are also subjects of interest. The conference aims at covering the following particular areas:

Dynamic multimedia data modeling, and intelligent structuring of content based on active, bottom-up, and self-organized strategies.
Access architecture, querying facilities, and distribution mechanisms for multimedia content.
Synthesis of virtual and augmented real environments using large amounts of multimedia data for the creation of multimedia content, and the applications of such technology to mobile computing environments.

SCOPE

AMCP'98 focuses on advanced multimedia content processing. We solicit high-quality technical papers and contest participants on any topic related, but are not limited, to the following issues:

Dynamic modeling of multimedia content
Intellectual structuring of multimedia content
Query models and languages on multimedia content and their evaluation
Access control models for multimedia content
Distribution models and systems for multimedia content
Image/video processing for multimedia content
Virtual reality and augmented reality using multimedia content
Multimedia content processing in mobile computing environments
Broadcast applications
Application systems based on multimedia standards

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

AMCP'98 plans to conduct high quality technical sessions, and a dynamic media contest of inspiration-rich artistic designs and technical innovations. Both will be reviewed by an international program committee. The proceedings of AMCP'98 will be distributed during the conference. We are also planning to publish the revised proceedings after the conference by Springer-Verlag as a volume in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Technical Paper

Send five (5) copies of the full paper which covers unpublished and original research materials, no longer than 5000 words, by June 1, 1998 to:

Prof. Shojiro Nishio
Department of Information Systems Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
Osaka University
2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Phone: +81-6-879-7820

The cover page must include authors' names, affiliations, complete postal/E-mail addresses, telephone/facsimile numbers, and keywords. Papers must be sent by regular mail or courier. We do not accept papers sent by FAX or electronic submission.

Dynamic Media Contest

AMCP'98 is a unique opportunity to present your work to the world's foremost researchers, artists and content designers in multimedia. We invite demonstrations of your original work using interactive media that envisions our augmented future. Two tracks are organized for the contest: (a) the network media content track for demonstrations which can be accessed through the network such as VRML, JAVA, and network games, and (b) the exhibition content track for demonstrations with advanced interaction techniques that can be evaluated only by actual installation at the exhibition site. Please send an abstract that includes the project title and a brief description (technical background, objectives and intentions) with system requirements of your demonstration by August 1, 1998 to:

Prof. Shinji Shimojo
Computation Center
Osaka University
5-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
Phone: +81-6-879-8793

Video (limited to 1/2 inch NTSC VHS format) or URL information of web page which clearly demonstrates your project is welcomed. The cover page must include authors' names, affiliations, complete postal/E-mail addresses, and telephone/facsimile numbers. Accepted proposals will be exhibited at the conference venue which has high-speed network capability. Excellent projects voted by the screening members and conference participants through either network or on-site, will be awarded prizes. For the detail of the Dynamic Media Contest, please visit Contest Web Page .

IMPORTANT DATES
Technical paper submission deadline:	June 10, 1998
Notification of acceptance:	August 10, 1998
Camera-ready paper due:	October 9, 1998

Committees
Program Committee Members

Go To AMCP'98 Home Page

amcp98-sec@ise.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp