[Acpc-l] Fourth International Conference on Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2006)

[Wolfgang Schreiner]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Fourth International Conference on Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2006)
December 4-6, 2006
Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Hosted and Organized by
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Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University, Indonesia
Swiss German University, Indonesia

Conference Website: http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/momm2006/
Email: info@iiwas.org

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The speed and the quality of expanding and creating a vast variety of 
multimedia services like voice, email, short messages, Internet access, 
m-commerce, to mobile video conferencing, streaming video and audio has 
brought true mobile multimedia experiences to mobile customers.
Due to constant changing environments, limited battery life and diverse data 
types, Mobile Multimedia implies considerable challenges to operators, 
infrastructure builders in terms of ensuring fast, reliable services and 
accommodating the quick growing global customer needs.
MoMM2006 aims to provide an international forum by researchers, students, and 
professionals for presenting recent research results on mobile computing and 
multimedia, and to bring together experts from both academia and industry for 
the exchange of ideas and discussion on future challenges in mobile computing 
and multimedia.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Conference program will include invited talks, peer reviewed technical 
program, demos, short papers, posters, tutorials, panels, invited sessions, 
industrial presentations, exhibitions around but not limited to the following 
topics:

Mobile Computing Track:

	- Mobile Applications & Services
	- Mobile Computing Software Architectures
	- Mobile Network Traffic Engineering, Performance & Optimization
	- Wireless & Mobile Network Management and Service Infrastructure
	- Database and Data Management Mobile Computing
	- Regulatory and Societal Issues of Mobile Computing
	- Mobile Computing Markets & Business Models
	- Provisioning of Mobile Services
	- Personalization, Privacy and Security in Mobile Computing
	- Mobility and Location Management
	- Transaction Processing in Mobile Environments
	- Integration and Interworking of Wired and Wireless Networks
	- Distributed Systems Aspects of Mobile Computing
	- Operating System and Middleware Support for Mobile Computing
	- Security and Privacy of Mobile/Wireless Systems

Multimedia Track:

	- Multimedia Databases
	- Multimedia streaming and services
	- Multimedia Coding and Encryption
	- Multimedia for Learning
	- Multimedia Description Language and Standard
	- Image Clustering
	- Content-Based Image Retrieval
	- Interfaces for Multimedia Creation
	- Media Fusion for Communication and Presentation
	- Audio Analysis, Modeling, Processing and Transformation
	- Video Analysis, Modeling, Processing and Transformation
	- Video Mining and MPEG
	- Image Modeling and Editing
	- AI and Image Recognition
	- Distributed Multimedia System

Mobile Multimedia Track:

	- Mobile Multimedia Applications & Services
	- Communication and Cooperation through Mobile Multimedia
	- Mobile Multimedia Software Architectures
	- Wireless & Mobile Multimedia Network Management
	- Mobile Multimedia Network Traffic Engineering & Optimization
	- Enabling Infrastructures for Mobile Multimedia
	- Regulatory and Societal Issues of Mobile Multimedia
	- Mobile Multimedia Markets & Business Models
	- Provisioning of Mobile Multimedia Services
	- Personalization, Privacy and Security in Mobile Multimedia

IMPORTANT DATES
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June 15, 2006		Proposals for workshops, panels, tutorials, invited sessions
August 1, 2006		Full Papers submission
September 15, 2006	Acceptance Notification
October 15, 2006	Camera-Ready Papers
December 4-6, 2006	Conference

PUBLICATION
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All accepted conference papers will be published in the Austrian Computer 
Society book series. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be 
published in special issues of :

	[1] Journal of Mobile Multimedia
	    (http://www.rintonpress.com/journals/jmm/index.html)

	[2] International Journal of Mobile Information Systems
	    (http://www.iospress.nl/flyers_j/1574017x.pdf)


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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The MoMM2006 conference solicits full and short research papers.
For paper registration and electronic submission please use the following 
link: http://momm.cs.latrobe.edu.au/.
The length of the paper should not exceed 10 pages. Papers must be formatted 
according to the guidelines of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG). (to be 
found at       http://www.ocg.at/activities/books/Richtlinien.pdf). Submitted 
papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, 
technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.

COMMITTES
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Steering Committee Chair
Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Saad Harous, University of Sharjah, UAE

General Conference Chair
Gabriele Kotsis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

General Program Committee Co-Chairs
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia

Publicity Chair
Reinhard Kronsteiner, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

Program Committee
*** see conference web site ***

ORGANIZATION
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The conference is endorsed by the international organization for information 
integration and web based applications and services (@WAS), Austrian Computer 
Society (OCG), and the Institute of Teleccoperation, Johannes Kepler 
University, Linz, Austria and supported by Monash University, Australia, La 
Trobe University, Australia and will be held in conjunction with the eight 
international conference on Information Integration and Web-based applications 
& Services (iiWAS2006) http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2006/

CONTACT
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David Taniar, MoMM'2006 PC Co-Chair
School of Business Systems
Monash University
Clayton, VIC 3800
Australia
Email: David.Taniar@infotech.monash.edu.au

Eric Pardede, MoMM'2006 PC Co-Chair
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering
La Trobe University
Bundoora, VIC 3083
Australia
Email: E.Pardede@latrobe.edu.au