Subject: ICCIMA'98 Second CFP
From: Henry Selvaraj <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 16:34:05 +1100
Newsgroups: comp.ai

ICCIMA'98
 
        International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
               Multimedia Applications  9-11 February 1998
 
         Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Australia

                 S E C O N D     C A L L      F O R     P A P E R S
 
     The International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
 Multimedia Applications will be held at Monash University on 9-11
 February 1998. The conference will provide an international forum for
 discussion on issues in the areas of Computational Intelligence and
 Multimedia for scientists, engineers, researchers and practitioners.

     The conference will include sessions on theory, implementation and
 applications, as well as the non-technical areas of challenges in
 education and technology transfer to industry. There will be both oral
 and poster sessions.  Accepted full papers will be included in the
 proceedings  to be published by World Scientific. Several well-known 
 keynote speakers will address the conference.
 
 Conference Topics Include (but not limited to):
   Artificial Intelligence 
   Artificial Neural Networks 
   Artificial Intelligence and Logic Synthesis
   Functional decomposition
   Pattern Recognition
   Fuzzy Systems 
   Genetic Algorithms
   Intelligent Control 
   Intelligent Databases
   Knowledge-based Engineering 
   Learning Algorithms 
   Memory, Storage and Retrieval 
   Multimedia Systems
   Formal Models for Multimedia
   Interactive Multimedia
   Multimedia and Virtual Reality
   Multimedia and Telecommunications
   Multimedia Information Retrieval
 
 Special Sessions:
 
   Artificial Intelligence and Logic Synthesis: intelligent algorithms 
 for logic synthesis; functional decomposition in machine learning,
 pattern recognition, knowledge discovery and logic synthesis;
 evolutionary and reconfigurable computing with FPGAs. Chair: Lech
 Jozwiak, Eindhoven University, Netherlands.
 
   Multimedia Information Retrieval: segmentation of audio, image and
 video; feature extraction and representation; semi-automatic text
 annotation techniques; indexing structure; query model and retrieval
 methods; feature similarity measurement; system integration issues;
 prototype systems and applications.  Chair: Guojun Lu, Monash
 University, Australia.
 
 Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorial:
 Proposals for pre-conference workshops and tutorials relevant to the
 conference topics are invited. These are to be held on Saturday 7th
 February and Sunday 8th February at the conference venue. People
 wishing to organise such workshops or tutorials are invited to submit
 a proposal at the same time as submission deadline for papers. The
 accepted proposals will be advertised. 

 Special Poster Session:
 
 ICCIMA'98 will include a special poster session devoted to recent work
 and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited for this session (2 page
 limit) in camera ready form, and may be submitted up to 30 days before
 the conference date. They will not be refereed and will not be
 included in the proceedings, but will be distributed to attendees upon
 arrival. Students are especially encouraged to submit abstracts for
 this session. 

 Invited Sessions
 
 Keynote speakers (key industrialists, chief research 
 scientists and leading academics) will be addressing 
 the main issues of the conference.
 
 Important Dates:
 
 Submission of papers received latest on:  7 July  97
 
 Notification of acceptance:  19 September 97
 
 Camera ready papers  & registration received by:  24 October  97

 Submission of Papers
 
 Papers in English reporting original and unpublished research results
 and experience are solicited. Electronic submission of papers via
 e-mail in postscript or Microsoft Word for Windows format directly to
 the General Chair are acceptable and encouraged for the refereeing
 process. If not submitting an electronic version, please submit three
 hard copy originals to the General Chair. Papers for refereeing
 purposes must be received at the ICCIMA 98 secretariat latest by 7
 July 1997. Notification of acceptance will be mailed by 19 September
 1997.
 
 Page Limits
 
 Papers for refereeing should be double-spaced and must include an
 abstract of 100-150 words with up to six keywords.
 
 The accepted papers will need to be received at the ICCIMA 98
 secretariat by 24 October 1997 in camera ready format.  A final 
 preparation format for the camera-ready papers will be provided upon 
 notification of acceptance. Camera ready papers exceeding 6 pages 
 (including abstract, all text, figures, tables and references etc.)
will be 
 charged an extra fee per page in excess to the normal registration.
 
 Evaluation Process
 
 All submissions will be refereed based on the following criteria by
 two reviewers with appropriate background.
 
     originality 
     significance 
     contribution to the area of research 
     technical quality 
     relevance to ICCIMA 98 topics 
     clarity of presentation 
 
 Referees  report will be provided to all authors.
 
 Check List
 
 Prospective authors should check that the following items are attached
 and guidelines followed while submitting the papers for refereeing
 purpose.
 
     * The paper and its title page should not contain the name(s) of 
       the author(s), or their affiliation
     * The paper should have attached a covering page containing 
       the following information 
 
         -title of the paper 
         -author name(s), Affiliation, mail and e-mail addresses, phone
          and fax numbers
         -Conference topic area 
         -up to six keywords 
 
     * The name, e-mail, phone, fax and postal address of the contact
       person should be attached to the submission 

 Visits and Social Events
 
 Industrial and sight seeing visits will be arranged for 
 the delegates and guests. A separate program will be 
 arranged for companions during the conference.

 General Chair: 
 
 Henry Selvaraj               
 Gippsland School of Computing 
 & Information Technology
 Monash University,        
 Churchill, VIC, Australia 3842
 [email-masked]
 Phone: +61 3 9902 6665 
 Fax: +61 3 9902 6842

 
 International Programme Committee:
 
 Abdul Sattar, Griffith University, Australia 
 Andre de Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 
 Bob Bignall, Monash University, Australia
 Brijesh Verma, Griffith University, Australia (Programme Chair)
 Dinesh Patel, Surrey University, UK
 Henry Selvaraj, Monash University, Australia
 Hyunsoo Lee, University of Yonsei, Korea 
 Jan Mulawka, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
 Jong-Hwan Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & 
 Technology, Korea
 Lech Jozwiak, Eindhoven Univ. of Tech, Netherlands
 Margaret Marek-Sadowska, University of California, USA
 Marek Perkowski, Portland State University, USA
 Michael Bove, MIT Media Laboratory, USA 
 Mikio Takagi, University of Tokyo, Japan 
 Nagarajan Ramesh,Tencor Instruments, USA 
 Ramana Reddy, West Virginia University, USA 
 Regu Subramanian, Nanyang Tech University, Singapore 
 Sargur Srihari, State University of New York, USA
 Shyam Kapur, James Cook University, Australia 
 Sourav Kundu, Kanazawa University, Japan
 S. Srinivasan, IIT, Madras, India
 Subhash Wadhwa, IIT, Delhi, India 
 Tadeusz Luba, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
 Vishy Karri, University of Tasmania, Australia 
 Xin Yao, University of New South Wales, Australia

 International Liaison
 Asian Liaison: 
 Regu Subramanian, Network Technology Research 
 Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 
 U.S. Liaison: 
 Marek Perkowski, Portland State University, USA 
 
 European Liaison:
 Tadeusz Luba, Warsaw University of Technology, 
 Poland

 Organising Committee:
 
 Bob Bignall,  Monash University, Australia
 Baikunth Nath, Monash University, Australia
 Vishy Karri, University of  Tasmania, Australia
 Syed M. Rahman, Monash University, Australia
 Bala Srinivasan, Monash University,Australia
 Cheryl Brickell, Monash University, Australia
 Andy Flitman, Monash University, Australia
 Lindsay Smith, Monash University, Australia
 
   Further Information:
 
   Conference Email :        
                 [email-masked]
   Conference WWW Page:
                 http://www-gscit.fcit.monash.edu.au/~iccima98