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                            CALL FOR PAPERS
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                 MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND NETWORKING 1996

                         San Jose, California
                          Jan 29 - 31, 1996
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Conference Chairs: Martin Freeman, Philips Research; Paul Jardetzky, 
Philips Research; Harrick M. Vin, University of Texas at Austin.

Program Committee: 

H.W. Peter Beadle               University of Wollongong
Edward A. Fox                   Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Jose J. Garcia-Luna             U.C. Santa Cruz
Gita Gopal                      Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
David Greaves                   Cambridge University
Wendy Hall                      University of Southampton
Kevin Jeffay                    University of North Carolina
Dilip D. Kandlur                IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Randy Katz                      U.C. Berkeley
Thomas D.C. Little              Boston University
A. Desai Narasimhalu            National University of Singapore
Duane Northcutt                 Sun Laboratories
P. Venkat Rangan                U.C. San Diego
Arturo A. Rodriguez             Scientific Atlanta
Lawrence A. Rowe                U.C. Berkeley
Doug Shepherd                   University of Lancaster
Brian Smith                     Cornell University
Cormac Sreenan                  Bell Laboratories
Dan Swinehart                   Xerox PARC
Manu Thapar                     Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Sean White                      Interval Research
Ian Wilson                      Olivetti Research   
Hui Zhang                       Carnegie Mellon University

This conference is part of the IS&T/SPIE 1996 International Symposium
on Electronic Imaging to be held on Jan 28 - Feb 2, 1996.

Advances in computer and networking technologies have fueled the rapid
growth of research and development in multimedia computing and
high-speed networking. As emerging multimedia technologies set higher
performance levels at competitive costs, they are starting to enable
and proliferate multimedia solutions in a spectrum of commercial and
laboratory projects.

The object of this conference is to bring together researchers,
developers, and practitioners working in all facets of multimedia
computing and networking. The conference will serve as a forum for the
dissemination of state-of-the-art research, development, and
implementation of multimedia systems, technologies, and applications.
Presenters will be encouraged to make multimedia presentations and
demonstrate their solutions.

Papers are solicited in all areas of multimedia, including, but not
limited to:

Multimedia Computing 
     - hardware and software architectures
     - multimedia operating system services
     - real-time operating system services
     - data streaming and delivery mechanisms
     - media and user interaction

Multimedia Networking
     - network and transport protocols
     - quality-of-service control and scheduling algorithms
     - bandwidth management strategies
     - synchronization mechanisms
     - mobile network architecture
     - community networking architecture.

Multimedia User Interfaces
     - video widgets
     - synthetic animation
     - intelligent information access
     - interactive navigation schemes.

Multimedia Authoring Systems
     - media capture and creation
     - scripting languages
     - authoring metaphors and editing techniques
 
Multimedia Applications
     - video-on-demand servers and services
     - set-top technologies and operating systems
     - multimedia conferencing and mail
     - education and training
     - digital libraries
     - medical applications
     - cyberspace communication, presentation, and interaction
     - electronic communities
     - entertainment and games.

Multimedia Standards, Documents, and Data Interchange.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS:
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Please submit an extended abstract for review. The submissions should
not exceed 5 pages including figures, tables, and references, using a
typeface no smaller than 10 points. Electronic submissions (in
postscript format) are encouraged. To obtain detailed instructions for
electronic submission, send a e-mail to: mmcn96@cs.utexas.edu. Only if
electronic submission is not possible, please send 5 hard copies of
your extended abstract to:

        Professor Harrick M. Vin
        Department of Computer Sciences
        Taylor Hall 2.124
        The University of Texas at Austin
        Austin, TX 78712-1188

        Phone  : (512) 471-9732
        E-mail : mmcn96@cs.utexas.edu

In addition to submitting an extended abstract, please also
electronically submit a cover page to both mmcn96@cs.utexas.edu and
abstracts@mom.spie.org. Each cover page should contain:

1. Title of paper
2. Author names and affiliations
3. Name and address (both postal and electronic) of contact author
4. Abstract (500 words)
5. Keywords 
6. Submission area (from the list of relevant areas in the call for papers)


Each extended abstract will be reviewed by the members of the program
committee. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit a
camera-ready manuscript (not exceeding 12 pages) that will appear in
the conference proceedings. The Conference Chairs and Program Committee
will also ask authors of the best papers to enhance their papers and
make journal form submissions to the ACM/Springer Verlag Multimedia
Systems Journal. A special issue of the Multimedia Systems Journal will
be devoted to the theme of the conference. Similarly, authors of
selected papers will be asked to submit a tutorial style paper for IEEE
Multimedia Magazine.


IMPORTANT DATES:
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Submission deadline:            July 10, 1995
Notification of acceptance:     September 29, 1995
Camera-ready abstracts due:     November 27, 1995
Camera-ready manuscripts due:   January 1, 1996

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