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ICCIMA'98

        International Conference on Computational Intelligence
                    and Multimedia Applications

                         9-11 February 1998

        Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Australia


                C A L L      F O R     P A P E R S

    The International Conference on Computational Intelligence and 
Multimedia Applications will be held at Monash University on 9-11 
February 1998. The conference will provide an international forum for 
discussion on issues in the areas of Computational Intelligence and 
Multimedia for scientists, engineers, researchers and practitioners.

    The conference will include sessions on theory, implementation and
applications, as well as the non-technical areas of challenges in
education and technology transfer to industry. There will be both oral
and poster sessions.  Several well-known keynote speakers will address
the conference.

Conference Topics Include (but not limited to):
  Artificial Intelligence 
  Artificial Neural Networks 
  Artificial Intelligence and Logic Synthesis
  Functional decomposition
  Pattern Recognition
  Fuzzy Systems 
  Genetic Algorithms
  Intelligent Control 
  Intelligent Databases
  Knowledge-based Engineering 
  Learning Algorithms 
  Memory, Storage and Retrieval 
  Multimedia Systems
  Formal Models for Multimedia
  Interactive Multimedia
  Multimedia and Virtual Reality
  Multimedia and Telecommunications
  Multimedia Information Retrieval


Special Sessions:

  Artificial Intelligence and Logic Synthesis: intelligent algorithms 
for logic synthesis; functional decomposition in machine learning, 
pattern recognition, knowledge discovery and logic synthesis;
evolutionary and reconfigurable computing with FPGAs. Chair: Lech
Jozwiak, Eindhoven University, Netherlands.

  Multimedia Information Retrieval: segmentation of audio, image and
video; feature extraction and representation; semi-automatic text
annotation techniques; indexing structure; query model and retrieval
methods; feature similarity measurement; system integration issues;
prototype systems and applications.  Chair: Guojun Lu, Monash 
University, Australia.


Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorial:

Proposals for pre-conference workshops and tutorials relevant to the 
conference topics are invited. These are to be held on Saturday 7th 
February and Sunday 8th February at the conference venue. People 
wishing to organise such workshops or tutorials are invited to submit 
a proposal at the same time as submission deadline for papers. The 
accepted proposals will be advertised. 


Special Poster Session:

ICCIMA'98 will include a special poster session devoted to recent 
work and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited for this session 
(2 page limit) in camera ready form, and may be submitted up to 30 
days before the conference date. They will not be refereed and will 
not be included in the proceedings, but will be distributed to 
attendees upon arrival. Students are especially encouraged to submit 
abstracts for this session. 


Invited Sessions

Keynote speakers (key industrialists, chief research 
scientists and leading academics) will be addressing 
the main issues of the conference.

Important Dates:

Submission of papers received latest on:  7 July  97

Notification of acceptance:  19 September 97

Camera ready papers  & registration received by:  24 October  97


Submission of Papers

Papers in English reporting original and unpublished research results
and experience are solicited. Electronic submission of papers via
e-mail in postscript or Microsoft Word for Windows format directly to
the General Chair are acceptable and encouraged for the refereeing
process. If not submitting an electronic version, please submit three
hard copy originals to the General Chair. Papers for refereeing
purposes must be received at the ICCIMA 98 secretariat latest by 7
July 1997. Notification of acceptance will be mailed by 19 September
1997.

Page Limits

Papers for refereeing should be double-spaced and must include an
abstract of 100-150 words with up to six keywords.

The accepted papers will need to be received at the ICCIMA 98
secretariat by 24 October 1997 in camera ready format. As a general
guide the camera ready paper will need to be in a single-spaced two
column page format using 10 point fonts. A final preparation format
for the camera-ready papers will be provided upon notification of
acceptance. Camera ready papers exceeding 6 pages (including abstract,
all text, figures, tables and references etc.) will be charged an
extra fee per page in excess to the normal registration.

Evaluation Process

All submissions will be refereed based on the following criteria by
two reviewers with appropriate background.

    originality 
    significance 
    contribution to the area of research 
    technical quality 
    relevance to ICCIMA 98 topics 
    clarity of presentation 

Referees  report will be provided to all authors.

Check List

Prospective authors should check that the following items are attached
and guidelines followed while submitting the papers for refereeing
purpose.

    * The paper and its title page should not contain the name(s) of 
      the author(s), or their affiliation
    * The paper should have attached a covering page containing 
      the following information 

        -title of the paper 
        -author name(s), Affiliation, mail and e-mail addresses, phone
         and fax numbers
        -Conference topic area 
        -up to six keywords 

    * The name, e-mail, phone, fax and postal address of the contact
      person should be attached to the submission 


Visits and Social Events

Industrial and sight seeing visits will be arranged for 
the delegates and guests. A separate program will be 
arranged for companions during the conference.


General Chair: 
       
Henry Selvaraj               
Gippsland School of Computing 
& Information Technology
Monash University,        
Churchill, VIC, Australia 3842
Henry.Selvaraj@fcit.monash.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9902 6665 
Fax: +61 3 9902 6842



International Programme Committee:

Abdul Sattar, Griffith University, Australia 
Andre de Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 
Bob Bignall, Monash University, Australia
Brijesh Verma, Griffith University, Australia (Programme Chair)
Dinesh Patel, Surrey University, UK
Henry Selvaraj, Monash University, Australia
Hyunsoo Lee, University of Yonsei, Korea 
Jan Mulawka, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Jong-Hwan Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & 
Technology, Korea
Lech Jozwiak, Eindhoven Univ. of Tech, Netherlands
Marek Perkowski, Portland State University, USA
Michael Bove, MIT Media Laboratory, USA 
Mikio Takagi, University of Tokyo, Japan 
Nagarajan Ramesh,Tencor Instruments, USA 
Ramana Reddy, West Virginia University, USA 
Regu Subramanian, Nanyang Tech University, Singapore 
Sargur Srihari, State University of New York, USA
Shyam Kapur, James Cook University, Australia 
Sourav Kundu, Kanazawa University, Japan
S. Srinivasan, IIT, Madras, India
Subhash Wadhwa, IIT, Delhi, India 
Tadeusz Luba, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Vishy Karri, University of Tasmania, Australia 
Xin Yao, University of New South Wales, Australia

International Liaison
Asian Liaison: 
Regu Subramanian, Network Technology Research 
Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

U.S. Liaison: 
Marek Perkowski, Portland State University, USA 

European Liaison:
Tadeusz Luba, Warsaw University of Technology, 
Poland


Organising Committee:

Bob Bignall,  Monash University, Australia
Baikunth Nath, Monash University, Australia
Vishy Karri, University of  Tasmania, Australia
Syed M. Rahman, Monash University, Australia
Bala Srinivasan, Monash University,Australia
Cheryl Brickell, Monash University, Australia
Andy Flitman, Monash University, Australia
Lindsay Smith, Monash University, Australia

  Further Information:

  Conference Email :        
     iccima98@fcit.monash.edu.au
  Conference WWW Page:
     http://www-gscit.fcit.monash.edu.au/~iccima98