DSMS 2009 - CFP: Multimedia Tools and Applications(Springer), Special Issue on Data Semantics for Multimedia Systems

CALL FOR PAPERS

Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer)
Special Issue on Data Semantics for Multimedia Systems
Manuscript due: December 15, 2008

http://www.springer.com/computer/information+syste... (the
second one in the listing)
http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_d...

In the last decade, substantial progress has been made in content-based
analysis and multimedia streaming to facilitate the development of
large-scale multimedia information systems. Together with the recent
progress on semantic web, it is now possible to build a new generation
of multimedia applications that enable large-scale semantic
representation, analysis, and delivery of multimedia data from
heterogeneous data sources. However, there is still a long way to go
for mature solutions of multimedia database systems that are capable of
processing semantics-rich, large-volume multimedia data. It could be
even more challenging if such systems are under stringent functional and
non-functional (e.g., QoS) requirements.

The goal of this special issue is to bring the semantic web community
and multimedia processing & computing community together and provide a
forum for multidisciplinary research opportunities, with a focus on how
to apply the semantic technologies to the acquisition, generation,
transmission, storage, processing, and retrieval of multimedia
information. Discussions on future challenges in multimedia information
manipulation, as well as practical solutions for the design and
implementation of multimedia database software systems are also encouraged.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to practical areas that
span both semantic technologies and multimedia processing & computing:
. Automatic generation of multimedia presentations
. Semantic multimedia metadata extraction
. Annotation tools and methods for multimedia semantics
. Media ontology generation/learning/reasoning
. Content-based multimedia analysis
. Multimedia indexing, searching, and retrieving
. Multimedia streaming
. Semantic-based QoS control and scheduling
. Semantic-based Internet data streaming and delivery
. Multimedia standards (e.g., MPEG-7 and XMP) and Semantic Web
. Semantics enabled multimedia applications (including
annotation, browsing, storage, retrieval, and visualization)
. Semantics enabled networking and middleware for multimedia
applications


Submission Details

Papers must be original and not submitted to or accepted by any other
conference or journal. Prospective contributors are invited to submit
papers in A4/US letter, single column, double space format, up to 30
pages long including figures, tables and references. Manuscript
submission is handled by the MTAP Online Manuscript Submission website
at: http://www.editorialmanager.com/mtap/. During submission, you should
select your article type as "SI:Data Semantics for Multimedia Systems".
Detailed information about the Journal, including an author guide and
detailed formatting information is available at:
http://www.springer.com/computer/information+syste....


Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: December 15, 2008
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2009
Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2009
Publication Date: Fall 2009 (Tentative)


Guest Editors:
Dr. Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA. shyu-AT-miami.edu
Dr. Jie Bao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. baojie-AT-cs.rpi.edu
Dr. Yu Cao, California State University, Fresno, USA. yucao-AT-csufresno.edu
Dr. Jun Kong, The North Dakota State University, USA. jun.kong-AT-ndsu.edu
Dr. Ming Li, California State University, Fresno, USA. mingli-AT-csufresno.edu
Dr. Mathias Lux, Klagenfurt University, Austria. mlux-AT-itec.uni-klu.ac.at