Call for Papers

2006 Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2006)

Nov 2-4, 2006, Hangzhou, P.R.China

( http://www.pcm2006.org )

General Information

Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia is a major annual international
conference organized as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art
technological advances and research results in the fields of theoretical,
experimental, and applied multimedia analysis and processing.

PCM 2006, the 7th in the series that has been held annually since 2000,
will be held by Zhejiang University from November 2 (Thursday), 2006 to
November 4 (Saturday), 2006 at Hangzhou, P.R.China.

Hangzhou is one of the seven ancient capitals and the key scenic tourism
and historical culture city in China, Hangzhou once was applauded as
¡°the most splendid and luxurious city in the world¡± by Marco Polo, the
Italian traveler in the 13th century. The city locates close to China
east coast (200km south to Shanghai) with convenient public transport.

 

Conference Topics

Papers presenting original research are being sought in all areas of
multimedia. Suggested areas of interest include but are not limited to:

Multimedia processing and retrieval: including multimedia data analysis
and understanding, signal modeling and representation, multi-modal data
processing, multimedia coding and compression, multimedia content
description and indexing, content-based retrieval, cross-media indexing
and retrieval.

Multimedia system support and networking: including media streaming,
multimedia content distribution, wireless multimedia, content-aware
multimedia communications, peer-to-peer data streaming, Internet
protocols, multimedia services, operating systems, middleware and QoS.

       Multimedia security: including robust watermarking of multimedia,
authentication of multimedia, informational-theoretical aspects of data
hiding, steganography and steganalysis, forensic analysis of digital
multimedia, watermarking quality evaluations and benchmarks, content
management.

       Multimedia tools, end-systems and applications: including user
interfaces, digital library, multi-modal interaction and integration,
distributed collaboration, multimedia authoring, digital protection and
restoration of rare cultural relic, mobile multimedia, multimedia in
e-learning and education, animation and entertainments, personal media,
networked appliances, wearable computing, ubiquitous multimedia,
entertainment computing, virtual environments. 

 

Paper Format & Submission Procedure

Original unpublished papers of up to 8 pages (single-spaced, 10 point
font, including figures, tables and references) are invited. Manuscripts
must be written in English. The first part of the paper should include a
title, an abstract, keywords, and author¡¯s information (name, title,
affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address). Any
animation sequences should be provided as an archive .zip file with your
manuscript. Submissions are made electronically in PDF format only (no
paper copy will be accepted).

All accepted papers will be prepared in the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (LNCS) series format.

 

 

Important Dates

Proposals for Special Sessions, Panels, Demos, and
Tutorials¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ May 15, 2006

Paper Submission Deadline ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­
June 10, 2006

Papers Notification of Acceptance ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­
July 25, 2006     

Camera Ready Papers Due¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­August
15, 2006

Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia
2006¡­¡­............¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­November 2-4, 2006

 

For more information, visit: http://www.pcm2006.org