Call for Papers

IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2006)

Special Track on

Adaptive Video Streaming over Networks

December 11-13, 2006
Paradise Point Resort & Spa, San Diego, California, USA

Special Track Abstract:

Modern multimedia communication applications such as mobile television, movie on demand, distributed video conferencing, streaming and gaming over wired and wireless networks have stimulated research for new technologies in the area of multimedia architectures, processing, and networking. Current communications networks, which consist of channels with various throughputs, quality of services (QoS), and protocols, and heterogeneous terminals with wide range of capabilities, accessibilities, and user preferences, have escalated the need for efficient and effective techniques for streaming and adapting compressed videos in such heterogeneous environments. Considerable amounts of research and development activities in industry and academia have been devoted to answering the many challenges in making better use of video content across systems and applications of various kinds. The special track will include overview papers as well as previously unpublished research in this area.

Call for Papers

We solicit original and overview papers in theoretical study, architecture design, performance analysis, complexity reduction, and real-world applications relevant to the following topics. For formatting and submission guidelines, please see the submission guidelines available on the ISM2006 web page.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

1. Video streaming over the Internet and wireless networks

2. Video adaptation in heterogeneous networks

3. Video coding for video streaming applications

4. Network-aware delivery of video content

5. Resource/content/channel-aware adaptation and transmission

6. Cross-layer optimization for video streaming

7. Video multicasting and layered multicasting

8. Security and copyright protection for streaming video

9. Crossmedia techniques for adaptive video streaming

Important Dates

• August 15, 2006: Paper submission deadline
• September 10, 2006: Notification of acceptance
• September 25, 2006: Camera-Ready copy of full-paper due

Organizers

Prof. Chia-Wen Lin

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering

National Chung Cheng University

Chiayi 621, Taiwan

Tel. +886-5-272-0411 #33120; Fax. +886-5-272-0859

E-Mail. cwlin@cs.ccu.edu.tw

Prof. Homer Chen

Department of Electrical Engineering,

National Taiwan University,

Taipei 106, Taiwan

Tel. +886-2-3366-3549; Fax. +886-2-2368-3824

E-Mail. homer@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw