[sigcomm] [CFP:MobiMedia] ONE WEEK REMINDER

[Ali Bilgin]

*******   M o b i M e d i a 2006 ****************

Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference
               (formerly MSAN)

September 18-20, 2006 :: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy

           http://www.mobimedia.org
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Submission of extended summaries:       April 30, 2006

Notification of acceptance:             June 15, 2006

Submission of camera-ready papers:      July 10, 2006



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keynote speeches:
- Roberto Cencioni (Head of Unit INFSO E2, EC) and Albert Gauthier (DG Information Society,
   EC) on the 7th Work program and the EU IST vision 
- Leonardo Chiariglione on future standards on mobile multimedia

Publication of accepted papers:
- Conference proceedings will be available through IEEExplore (approval pending)
- Extended versions of high quality papers on mobile video will be reviewed and 
considered for a special issue in the Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal.


Workshops/symposiums/special sessions:
- International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Access for ubiquitous Networking (BWAN 2006)
- European Symposium on Mobile Media Delivery (EuMob 2006)
- Special Session on 4G FORTHCOMING STANDARS AND MOBILE MULTIMEDIA SERVICES




SCOPE
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The successful development of multimedia services and applications in mobile environments requires 
adopting an interdisciplinary approach where both multimedia and networking issues are addressed jointly. 
Multimedia data characteristics, coding standards functionalities, as well as network protocols 
performance and channel behavior are some of the key aspects that need to be carefully examined when 
proposing new solutions. Many are the applications that are going to be enabled by the new standards 
for mobile networking, such as packet telephony, video mail, video streaming, audio conferencing, 
interactive gaming, conversational navigation services, digital television, infomobility, and 
immersive communications in virtual environments. Some of these novel networking protocols and 
technologies include IEEE 802.11 (infrastructured, mesh, and sensor networks), 802.15, 802.16, UWB, 
DVB-H, Bluetooth, Mobile IP and its variants.

Within this scope, MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers 
working in multimedia and mobile networking fields to study new applications, solutions, and standards. 
Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the 
integrated design of efficient technologies and the relevant provision of advanced mobile multimedia applications.

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS
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The technical program features two key-note speeches: from Roberto Cencioni (Head of Unit INFSO E2, EC) and 
Albert Gauthier (DG Information Society, EC) on the 7th Work program and the EU IST vision and from Leonardo
Chiariglione on future standards on mobile multimedia.
The conference will also include invited panels, to facilitate for exchanging ideas and discussion, and specific 
sessions and workshops on focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special sessions on 
emerging topics are invited. Please submit proposals to Technical Program Chairs and Workshop Chairs.

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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Prospective authors are invited to submit extended summaries of not more than five pages including figures 
and references. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference web site. 
Conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be available through IEEExplore (approval pending). 
Extended versions of high quality papers on mobile video will be reviewed and considered for a special 
issue in the Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal.

STUDENT AWARD AND GRANTS
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A student prize of 1000Euros will be awarded to the best paper authored by a full time student as first author. 
Travel grants will be provided to students attending the conference. Additional information can be found at 
the conference website.


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Co-Chairs:
Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, ITA
Ebroul Izquierdo, University of London, UK

Steering Committee Chair:
Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, ITA

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Ozgur B. Akan, Middle East Technical University, TUR
Pascal Frossard, EPFL, SUI

Publications Chair:
Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA

Workshops Chair:
Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA
Radha Poovendran, University of WA, USA

Panels Chair:
Daniele D. Giusto, University of Cagliari, ITA

Local Chair:
Giaime Ginesu, University of Cagliari, ITA

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Gozde Bozdagi Akar, Middle East Technical University, TUR
Ali Bilgin, The University of Arizona, USA

Conference Management:
Anna Rieger, ICST, Europe


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA 
Fatih Alagoz, Bogazici University 
Tricha Anjali, Illinois Tech., USA 
John Apostolopoulos, HP Labs, USA 
Mauro Barni, University Siena, ITA 
Gary Chan, HK University 
Raouf Boutaba, University Waterloo, CAN 
Homer Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 
Trista P. Chen, Intel Corporation, USA 
Reha Civanlar, Koc University, TUR 
Ed Delp, Purdue University, USA 
U.B Desai, IIT Bombay 
Christos Douligeris, University Piraeus, GRE 
Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA 
Minoru Etoh, Docomo Labs 
Moncef Gabbouj, Tampere University of Technology, FIN 
Zhihai He, University of Missouri, USA 
Paola Hobson, Motorola Research Labs, UK 
Markus Kampmann, Ericsson Research, GER 
Reginald Lagendijk, Delft University, NED 
Juan-Carlos de Martin, Politecnico Torino, ITA 
Giacomo Morabito, University Catania, ITA 
Jaudelice De Oliveira, Drexel University, USA 
A. Pakstas, London Metrop. University, GBR 
Fernando Pereira, IST, POR 
Beatrice Pesquest-Popescu, ENST, FRA 
Ramon Puigjaner, University Balears, SPA 
Guy Pujolle, LIP6, FRA 
Thomas Sikora, Technical University Berlin, GER 
Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Tech, USA 
Eckehard Steinbach, TUM, GER 
Thomas Stockhammer, Nomor Research, GER 
M. Tekalp, Koc University, TUR 
Tuna Tugcu, Bogazici University, TUR 
Haohong Wang, Qualcomm Inc, USA 
Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA 
Yao Wang, Polytechnic University, USA 
Jiang Xie, University North Carolina, USA 
Heather Yu, Panasonic Research, USA 
Avideh Zakhor, UC Berkeley, USA 
Magda El Zarki, UC Irvine, USA 
Qian Zhang, HK University, HK