MUE 2008 CFP

Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering is emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm to provide computing life services any time, anywhere. MUE 2008 conference will provide a good chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of multimedia and ubiquitous environment including models and systems, new directions, novel applications associated with the utilization, and acceptance of ubiquitous computing devices and systems.

== Conference Topics ==

Topics of relevance include but are not limited to the following areas. Excellent surveying works in these areas are welcome, too.

1. Ubiquitous Computing and Beyond Ubiquitous Computing and Technology Ambient and Artificial Intelligence Context-Aware Ubiquitous Computing Parallel/Distributed/Grid Computing Novel Machine Architectures Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid Smart Home and Natural Interfaces
2. Multimedia Modeling and Processing AI and Soft Computing in Multimedia Computer Graphics and Simulation Content-Based Image Retrieval / QBE Medical Image and Signal Processing Multimedia Indexing and Compression Virtual Reality and Game Technology Current Challenges in Multimedia
3. Ubiquitous Services and Applications Protocols for Ubiquitous Services Ubiquitous Database Methodologies Ubiquitous Application Interfaces IPv6 Foundations and Applications Smart Home Network Middleware Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID U-Commerce and Other Applications
4. Multimedia Services and Applications Multimedia RDBMS Platforms Multimedia in Telemedicine Multimedia Embedded Systems Entertainment Industry E-Commerce and E-Learning Novel Multimedia Applications Computer Graphics in Industry
5. Multimedia and Ubiquitous Security Security in Commerce and Industry Security in Ubiquitous Databases Key Management and Authentication Privacy in Ubiquitous Environment Sensor Networks and RFID Security Multimedia Information Security Forensics and Image Watermarking
6. Other IT and Multimedia Applications

== Organization ==

• Honorary Chair SeokSoo Kim, University of Hannam, Korea

• Steering Co-chairs Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam University, Korea Wai Chi Fang, NASA JPL, USA
• General Co-chairs Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C Co., Ltd., Korea Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan William I. Grosky, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
• Program Co-chairs Dominik Slezak, Infobright Inc., Canada Sang-Soo Yeo, Kyushu University, Japan Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
• Program Vice Co-chairs Track 1.Ubiquitous Computing and Beyond Hai Jin, HUST, China Track 2.Multimedia Modeling and Processing Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Track 3.Ubiquitous Services and Applications Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan Track 4.Multimedia Services and Applications Zhiwen YU, Kyoto University, Japan Track 5.Multimedia and Ubiquitous Security Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece Track 6.IT and Multimedia Applications Hangbae Chang, Daejin University, Korea
• Workshop Co-chairs Mieso Denko, University of GUELPH, Canada Ilsun You, Korean Bible University, Korea Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway
• Steering Committee Andrea Omicini, DEIS, Universita di Bologna, Italy Hamid-R Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA Daqing Zhang, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore Lionel Ni, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Haeng-kon Kim, Catholic Univ. of Taegu, Korea Sajal K. Das, University Texas at Arlington, USA Byeongho Kang, University of Tasmania, Australia Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India Kyoo Seok Park Kyungnam University, Korea Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada Cao Jiannong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Publicity Co-chairs Timothy K. Shih Tamkang University, Taiwan Deok Gyu Lee, ETRI, Korea Ing-Ray Chen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
• Publication Co-chairs Jiyoung Lim, Korean Bible University, Korea
• International Journals Coordinating Co-chairs Sajid Hussain, Acadia University, Canada Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, USA
• Program Committee : http://www.sersc.org/MUE2008/contents9.htm

== Important Dates == Submission of Papers: November 16, 2007 --> November 30, 2007 (Extended)

Notification of acceptance: December 30, 2007

Camera ready submission: January 15, 2008

== Paper Submission and Publication == Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee. The problematic (borderline) papers will be additionally evaluated by the members of the International Advisory Board and the Chairs of the conference. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings with IEEE CS (indexed by EI). Authors should submit paper with about 6 pages (regular paper submission) or 8 pages (full paper submission with 2 pages extra chage) by using online systems for review.

Distinguished papers accepted and presented in MUE 2008, after further revisions, will be published in special issues on prestigious international journals (Pending). - Special Issue on "Emerging Multimedia Applications", Multimedia Tools and Applications (indexed by SCI-E), Springer. - Special Issue on "Multimedia Services and Applications", Journal of Universal Computer Science (indexed by SCI-E). - Special Issue on "Security for Multimedia and Ubiquitous Applications", Telecommunication Systems (indexed by SCI-E), Springer.