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CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSAL
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Pacific-rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2007)
December 11-14, 2007
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~pcm2007/
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Important Dates
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June 1 2007: Proposal for special session
June 15 2007: Decision for special session proposal
July 8 2007: Decision for special session proposal
Aug 1 2007: Feedbacks on the manuscripts provided by the special session chair
Aug 22 2007: Camera-Ready Paper
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Overview
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Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia 2007 will take place in the City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, December 11-14, 2007. PCM'07 will include several special sessions in the technical
program. Work included in the special sessions is expected to represent the state-of-the-art
and highlight the important research directions in multimedia research.
Each special session will consist of 5 invited papers. The session organizer will be responsible
for the selection of these papers. It is encouraged that the session begins with an overview
paper on the topic being addressed and remaining papers follow up with technical contributions
on the topic.
The following information should be included in the proposal:
•- Title of proposed session
•- Session abstract (state the importance of the topic and the rationale for the session)
•- Name/affiliation of organizers (including brief bio and contact information)
•- List of the invited papers, each with author names / Title / an abstract (300–500 words).
Proposals will be evaluated based on the timeliness of the topic, relevance to PCM, as well as
qualifications of the organizers and quality of the paper abstracts in the proposed session.
Please note that all papers in the proposed session will be reviewed to ensure the quality
of the contributions. Once the proposal has been approved, the organizer(s) will organize the
review process. Each paper should receive at least three reviews. The organizers send their
recommendations to the Special Session Co-Chairs for final approval. If a significant number
of the papers are rejected after peer-review for an approved Special Session, this Special
Session may be cancelled. If a proposal is not accepted, papers in that proposal can still
be submitted to the regular sessions.
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Submission Procedure for Special Sessions
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Those who are interested in organizing a special session should submit a proposal adhering
to the above requirements by email to Dr. Qi Tian at qitian@cs.utsa.edu and Dr. Timothy Shih
at tshih@cs.tku.edu.tw. All the papers in the special sessions should follow the same style
as the regular PCM papers. More details on http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~pcm2007/authorguide.htm.
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Contacts
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Dr. Qi Tian
Department of Computer Science
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Tel: +1-210-458-5165
Fax: +1-210-458-4437
email: qitian@cs.utsa.edu
Dr. Timothy K. Shih
Department of CSIE
Tamkang University
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: (02) 26215656 Ext. 2743, 2616
Fax: (02) 26209749
e-mail: tshih@cs.tku.edu.tw