CALL FOR PAPERS
European Workshop on
Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and
Telecommunication Services
(IDMS'97)
10. - 12. September 1997
Darmstadt, Germany
In Cooperation with
ACM SIGMM
Gesellschaft fuer Informatik
GMD
IEEE Computer Society
VDE ITG
This Fourth International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia
Systems and Telecommunication Services follows the successful IDMS workshop
held 1996 in Berlin. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for
the presentation, exploration and discussion of technologies and their
advancements in the broad field of interactive distributed multimedia
systems -- from basic system technologies such as networking and operating
system support to all kinds of multimedia applications. Furthermore, we are
also looking for work from related areas, including digital library, mobile
communication, VR, and software agents. Case studies and papers describing
experimental work are especially welcome.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to
* High-speed and multimedia networks
* ATM networks and applications
* Mobile multimedia systems
* Multimedia communication protocols
* Compression algorithms
* Quality of service and media scaling
* Resource management
* Multimedia operating systems
* Synchronization
* Multimedia database and storage
* Video-on-demand systems, components and architectures
* Multimedia programming languages, abstractions & APIs
* Development tools for distributed multimedia applications
* Multimedia-specific intelligent agents
* Multimedia/hypermedia applications and tools, production and authoring
* Conferencing
* Computer supported collaborative work
* Digital libraries
* Interactive television
* Virtual reality systems
IDMS'97 will consist of one day of tutorials and two days of technical
presentations in an envisaged single-track. System and tool demonstrations
will be possible throughout the workshop. In order to keep the flavor of a
"workshop", participation will be restricted to about 100 participants. The
proceedings of the workshop will be published in the Springer LNCS series
and will be available during the workshop. Selected papers will be forwarded
to a special issue of the "Computer Communications" Journal.
Information for Authors
=======================
The working language of the workshop is English.
The submission process of papers will be handled electronically.
Detailed description of the electronic submission procedures are
available in the IDMS'97 web page
http://www.th-darmstadt.de/idms97/
Authors without web access may send mail to
idms97@kom.th-darmstadt.de
requesting electronic submission information.
Authors unable to submit electronically are invited to send 5 copies of
their full paper to the program chair:
Lars C. Wolf
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Information Technology
Darmstadt University of Technology
Merckstr. 25, D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Manuscripts
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Submitted manuscripts must describe original work (not submitted or
published elsewhere). The manuscripts must be no longer than 5000 words
(including references, tables, etc.), be typed double-spaced, contain an
abstract of approximately 300 words, and include title, authors and
affiliations. The author who serves as contact person must be marked
appropriately.
Panels
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Suggestions for panels which present innovative, controversial, or otherwise
interesting ideas are welcome. Send a panel proposal of at most 3 pages
including a biographical sketch of the panelist to the general chair.
Important Dates
===============
Submissions due: 01. March 1997
Notification of acceptance: 15. May 1997
Camera-ready version due: 15. June 1997
General Chair
=============
Ralf Steinmetz, Darmstadt U., Germany
Email: Ralf.Steinmetz@kom.th-darmstadt.de
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Darmstadt University of Technology
Merckstr. 25, D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Fax: +49 6151 166152
Program Committee
=================
B. Butscher, DeTeBerkom, Germany
A. Danthine, U. Liege, Belgium
L. Delgrossi, Andersen Consulting, France
J. Eberspaecher, TU Munich, Germany
W. Effelsberg, U. Mannheim, Germany
J. Encarnacao, FhG-IGD, Germany
D. Ferrari, U. Cattolica, Italy
B. Furht, Florida Atlantic U., USA
N. Georganas, U. Ottawa, Canada
W. Hall, U. Southampton, UK
R.G. Herrtwich, RWE, Germany
A. Hopper, U. Cambridge / ORL, UK
J.P. Hubaux, EPFL, Switzerland
D. Hutchison, Lancaster U., UK
Y. Ip, Siemens AG, Germany
W. Kalfa, TU Chemnitz, Germany
T.D.C. Little, Boston U., USA
F. Mattern, Darmstadt U., Germany
E. Moeller, GMD FOKUS, Germany
K. Nahrstedt, U. Illinois, USA
E. Neuhold, GMD IPSI, Germany
S. Pink, SICS, Sweden
T. Plagemann, UNIK, Norway
R. Popescu-Zeletin, TU Berlin, Germany
V. Rangan, U. California, USA
K. Rothermel, U. Stuttgart, Germany
J. Schweitzer, Siemens AG, Germany
H. Tokuda, Keio U., Japan
F. Williams, Ericsson, Germany
L. Wolf, Darmstadt U., Germany (Chair)
General Information
===================
For program information contact the Program Chair.
For additional information see World-Wide Web:
http://www.th-darmstadt.de/idms97
Local Organization
==================
For any details on transportation, accomodation, or any other local
arrangements please contact
Martin Karsten
Email: Martin.Karsten@kom.th-darmstadt.de
(same address as general chair)
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