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CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSAL
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ACM International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR)
July 7-9, 2008
Sheraton Fallsview Hotel, Niagara Falls
Canada
http://www.civr2008.org/
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Important Dates
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December 1, 2007: Proposal for special session due.
December 15, 2007: Decision for special session proposal due.
January 28, 2008: Submission of manuscripts to the organizer of the special sessions due
March 10, 2008: Feedbacks on the manuscripts provided by the special session chair due.
March 31, 2008 Camera-ready paper due.
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Overview
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ACM International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR) 2008
will take place in the Niagara Falls, Canada, July 7-9, 2008. CIVR'08
will include several special sessions in the technical program. Work
presented in the special sessions is expected to represent the
state-of-the-art, highlight the important emerging directions in image
and video retrieval. Special sessions shall address areas that do not
yet have enough critical mass to attract regular papers. These will
usually be new or emerging areas in multimedia analysis and retrieval,
but they may also be established areas that require more attention.
Example topics include but are not limited to: tagging and retrieval
in Web2.0, multimedia retrieval for domain-specific applications
(e.g. bio-medical, surveillance, consumer), retrieval system user
experience, collaborative retrieval systems, gaming, and mobile
annotation and retrieval platforms.
Each special session will consist of 5 invited papers. The organizers'
role is to invite the speakers, process the reviews for their papers
(with the same deadline and review system as the regular papers), and
chair the session itself. 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
* An introduction stating the importance of the topic and the rationale for the proposed session.
* Organizers (including brief bio and contact information)
* Tentative/Confirmed list of invited papers (titles/affiliations/authors)
* Important dates
(i) The special session organizers will be responsible for the reviews
(ii) The initial paper due date can be somewhat later than 1/28/08, but the camera-ready
papers are due at the same time as others
Proposals will be evaluated based on the timeliness of the topic,
relevance to CIVR, the degrees to which they will bring together key
researchers in the area, introduce the area to the larger research
community, further develop the area, and potentials to establish a
larger community around the area.. 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. Lexing Xie at xlx@us.ibm.com. All the
papers in the special sessions should follow the same style as the
regular CIVR papers. More details on http://www.civr2008.org/
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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. Lexing Xie
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Tel: +1 914 784 6191
Fax: +1 914 784 7455
e-mail: xlx@us.ibm.com
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