CCDM 2013 - Call for Book Chapters - Cloud Computing and Digital Media: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications

Cloud Computing and Digital Media: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications
(Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer and Information Science Series)
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA
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Proposal Submission Due: **September 15, 2012**
Cloud computing has appeared as a new trend for both computing and storage. It is a computing paradigm, where hardware and network
are abstracted from the users, who no longer have need for, expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure “in the cloud” that
supports them. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption, and delivery model based on the Internet, where shared
resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like electricity grids. It has even been said
that cloud computing may have a greater effect on our lives than the PC and dot-com revolutions combined, due to the scalability, reliability, and cost benefits this technology can provide.
Digital media, which widely covers a large number of topics that includes entertainment, gaming, digital content, streaming, and authoring. Encompassed with the advancements of microprocessor and networking technologies, Digital Media is considered a niche in market
as "the creative convergence of digital arts, science, technology and business for human expression, communication, social interaction and
education".
This book seeks applications of Digital Media in Cloud Computing from three levels: infrastructure where fundamental technologies need to be developed, middleware where the integration of technologies and software systems need to be defined, and applications cases in real world. In addition, this book will point out new research issues for the Digital Media and Cloud communities.
Editors
Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan (Corresponding Editor)
Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Timothy K. Shih, National Central University, Taiwan
Target Audience
This book can prove useful to researchers, professors, research students and practitioners, as it will report novel research work on challenging topics in the area of Cloud Computing and Digital Media. Researchers and professionals in Data Centers, Multimedia Storage, Indexing, Security, and Application Industry are also targets in the pool of potential readers.
Recommended Topics
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Emerging technologies in digital multimedia
- Digital Media Infrastructure, Fundamentals, and Applications in Cloud
- Digital Content Management in Cloud
- Digital rights management in Cloud
- Digital content protection in Cloud
- Digital watermarking and inpainting in Cloud
- Multimedia systems security in Cloud
- Multimedia and digital media forensics in Cloud
- Multimedia integrity verification and authentication in Cloud
- Multimedia Information Retrieval and Management in Cloud
- Multimedia Cloud Computing
- Multimedia Technologies and Systems in Cloud
- Distributed databases and data warehousing/mining
- Dynamic object modeling
- Information theoretic analysis of secure multimedia systems
- Piracy detection and tracing in Cloud
- Workflow management and Web Services
- Service Computing
- Social Media Cloud
Submission Procedure
The submission of all chapter proposals should to be sent directly via email to the Corresponding Editor. A proposal, of 2-5 pages, for a book chapter is needed from prospective authors before the due date, describing the goals and scopes of the proposed chapter. Acceptance of book chapter proposals will be communicated to leading authors after a formal double-blind review process.
The preparation of manuscripts submitted for the book must be original and not previously published elsewhere or currently under review. Expected chapter length is between 10,000 to 12,500 words. The formatting of manuscripts should follow: A4 page format, single column with 11 point Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing, while submitting your manuscript as Microsoft Office Word document. Use the number referencing style as usually used for regular research papers, NOT APA style.
Full book chapters should be sent to the Editor by the required date in the production schedule.
Important Dates
Proposal Submission Due: **September 15, 2012**
Full Manuscript Due: December 01, 2012
Acceptance Notification: January 15, 2013
Revised Chapter Submission: March 01, 2013
Final Acceptance Notification: April 01, 2013
Submission of Final Chapters: June 01, 2013
Publication Time: 2013 (tentative)
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically by email to:
Prof. Kuan-Ching Li
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engr. (CSIE Dept.)
Providence University, Taiwan
Email: kuancli-AT-pu.edu.tw