MINES 2009 - The 2009 International Conference on Multimedia Information NEtworking and Security (MINES 2009)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 2009 International Conference on Multimedia Information NEtworking
and Security (MINES 2009)

18-20 November 2009 ¡ª Wuhan, China

http://liss.whu.edu.cn/mines2009


Organized by: Wuhan University
Sponsored by: NSFC
Technically Sponsored by: IEEE Communications society (pending)
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The 2009 International Conference on Multimedia Information NEtworking & Security (MINES 2009) will be held on November 18¨C20, 2009 in Wuhan, China. The conference aims to provide a platform for worldwide researchers and engineers to exchange the latest research results on multimedia information services, with the focuses on networking and security.
Mines 2009 will be organized by Wuhan University, and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee (pending) and the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Multimedia Communications (pending), and supported by the National Science Foundation of China.
The manuscripts covering the novel algorithms, architectures, implementations and experiences are welcome. The topics include but are not limited to:

* Track I: Multimedia computing and networking
* Multimedia coding
* Multimedia semantic analysis
* Multimedia indexing and retrieval
* Multimedia data mining
* Multimedia interaction
* Intelligent surveillance
* Adaptive multimedia transmission
* Multimedia broadcasting
* Wireless multimedia communication
* Ubiquitous multimedia computing
* Multimedia sensor networks
* Multimedia network convergence

* Track II: Multimedia services
* Internet based services
* TV services (Digital TV, Internet TV, Mobile TV)
* Mobile community
* Short message service (SMS)
* Multimedia message service (MMS)
* Ringtones
* E-health
* Smart home
* Location based services
* User generated content
* Media generation social networks
* Content sharing in social networks
* Intelligent interaction
* Services based on network convergence
* Broadband multimedia services

* Track III: Multimedia security
* Copyright protection
* Copyright surveillance
* Forgery detection
* Copy prevention
* Conditional access
* Digital rights management
* Piracy detection and tracing
* Secure interaction
* Biometric authentication
* Behaviour analysis based on multimedia
* Security for web services
* Security in social networks

* Track IV: Network security
* Intrusion detection and prevention
* Crime detection based on digital forensics
* Illegal content filtering
* Privacy protection
* Content analysis for credibility evaluation
* Object identification on the Web
* Forecasting Terrorism* Cryptography and security protocols
* Authentication and Identification
* Mobile System Security
* Ubiquitous Computing Security
* Sensor and Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security
* Security for Grid Computing* Peer-to-Peer Security
* Denial of Service and other attacks

* Track V: Trusted computing
* Theory and Models of Trust
* Trust Establishment
* Trust Propagation and Management
* Trusted Software and Database
* Trusted Computing Platform
* Trusted Operating System
* Trusted Network Computing
* Trusted Autonomic Computing
* Trusted Services and Applications
* Trust in E-commerce
* Trust in E-government
* Trust in Mobile Network
* Trust in Wireless Network
* Trust-related Security and Privacy
* Reliable and dependable Systems

The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, available in the conference, and indexed by EI Compendex and ISTP. High-quality Papers selected from the conference will be published by several special issues in SCI-indexed journals.

IMPORTANT DATES
* Workshop proposal due: February 20, 2009
* Workshop notification: March 1, 2009
* Special session proposal due: March 1, 2009
* Special session notification: March 10, 2009
* Manuscript Due: May 1, 2009
* Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2009
* Final Manuscript Due: August 1, 2009
* Registration Due: August 10, 2009
* Conference Date: November 18-20, 2009

PAPER SUBMISSION
All submitted papers must be written in English. Submit a standard paper should not succeed 4 pages (two columns IEEE format), including figures and references with 10-12 point font. Helpful information for paper formatting can be found on the IEEE Authors Tools.

Submission system is available on-line at
https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=mines2009


CONTACT
mines2009-AT-gmail.com
http://liss.whu.edu.cn/mines2009




ORGANIZERS

General Chairs
* Lina Wang, Wuhan University, China
* Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece

General Co-Chairs
* Zhiyong Peng, Wuhan University, China
* Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Steering Committee
* Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece
* Chang Wen Chen, University at Buffalo, USA
* Shiguo Lian, Orange Labs Beijing, China
* Xin Wang, ContentGuard, Inc., USA
* Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

Technical Committee Chairs
* Chin-Chen Chang, Feng-Chia University, Taiwan
* Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland
* Sergio Velastin, Kingston University London, UK

Technical Committee Co-Chairs
* Robert Deng, Singapore Management University, SG (Trusted computing)
* Husrev Taha Sencar, TOBB Economy and Technology University, Turkey (Multimedia security)
* Zhu Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China (Multimedia computing and networking)
* Dimitris Kanellopoulos, University of Patras, Greece (Multimedia services)
* Jiankun Hu, RMIT University, Australia (Network security)

Workshops Chairs
* Jean-Henry Morin, University of Geneva, Switzerland
* Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan
* Zheng Yan, Nokia Research Center, Finland
* Pascal Cherrier, Orange France, France

Special Session Chairs
* Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Fan Zhai, Texas Instruments Inc., USA
* Giancarlo Ruffo, University of Turin, Italy

Publicity Chairs
* Bo Zhao, Wuhan University, China
* Chin-Ling Chen, National Pingtung Institute of Commerce, Taiwan
* Yu Chen, State University of New York - Binghamton, USA
* Xinpeng Zhang, Shanghai University, China

Publication Chair
* Shiguo Lian, Orange Labs Beijing, China

Registration Chair
* Dengpan Ye, Wuhan University, China

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