Third International Conference on
Intelligent Multimedia Computing and Networking

September 26-30, 2003
Embassy Suites Hotel
Cary, North Carolina, USA

http://www.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~immcn03

In conjunction with
Seventh Joint Conference on Information Sciences
(JCIS 2003)

Theme and Scope

In the last few years we have witnessed an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communication and applications. The few key technologies interact in an interesting and yet useful way, bringing along the multimedia revolution. This revolution is transforming the way people live, work, and interact with each other, and is impacting the way businesses, government services, education, entertainment, and health care are operating. The enabling technology is based on the infrastructure of seamless communication, over the wired environment as well as the wireless environment. Following the rapid increase in penetration rate of the broadband services, and the imminent depolyment of the 3G wireless infrastructure, coupled with the Wi-Fi, users are beginning to enjoy multimedia services readily. Yet, several issues related to modeling, specification, analysis and design of distributed multimedia systems and intelligent multimedia applications are still challenging to both researchers and practitioners. IMMCN 2003, a constituent of JCIS 2003, serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among researchers, developers, and practitioners from around the world, contributing to all facets in the field of intelligent multimedia systems and technology. Furthermore, all participants of this conference would benefit from the communication and interaction with related research communities.

The conference organizers seek contributions of high quality papers addressing various aspects of intelligent multimedia systems and applications, especially under the Internet, Intranet and wireless network environment, for presentation at the conference and publication in the JCIS proceedings. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Papers must be written in English. Please send four copies of your 4-page extended summary (10 point, double column, and single-spaced) and your choice of a full length double-spaced complete manuscript (include figures and references) to the conference chair. The conference proceedings will publish the four pages of extended summary. The Information Science Journal will review the full length paper. Submitted papers will be reviewed by the PC members of the IMMCN 2003 conference. The conference organizers may also invite researchers to submit qualified papers related to the above topics.

Invited/Special Sessions

Papers submitted to special sessions are invited by special session chairs. Special sessions aim to collect research results from different qualified perspectives. Please contact the conference chair if you are interested in organizing a special session.

Special Issue of the Information Science Journal

Best ranked papers accepted at the conference would be published in a special issue of the Information Science Journal, subject to a quick review by the program committee.

Important Dates

Sponsored by

Duke University, USA (to be confirmed)
Association of Intelligent Machinery (to be confirmed)

Conference Organization

Honorary Conference Chair
Paul Wang, Duke University, USA

Conference Co-Chairs
Qing Li
Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology
City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
e-mail: itqli@cityu.edu.hk

Hong Va Leong
Department of Computing
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
e-mail: cshleong@comp.polyu.edu.hk

Conference Program Committee
Yuan-Chi Chang, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Su-Shing Chen, University of Florida, USA
Tat-Seng Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Ling Feng, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Schubter Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Wen-Shyong Hsieh, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Weijia Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Qun Jin, The University of Aizu, Japan
Odej Kao, University of Paderborn, Germany
Wai Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jong-Hyeok Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Wonjun Lee, Korea University, Korea
Sheng-Tun Li, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
Jonathan Liu, University of Florida, USA
Wenyin Liu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California at Davis, USA
Wei-Ying Ma, Microsoft Research China, China
Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California, USA
Jeong-Hyun Park, ETRI, Korea
Syed M. Rahman, Minnesota State University, USA
Rodolfo F. Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Antonio Si, Oracle Corporation, USA
John Smith, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Katsumi Tanaka, Kyoto University, Japan
Lilian Tang, University of Surrey, UK
Wen-Hsiang Tsai, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Alexander Vazhenin, The University of Aizu, Japan
Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada
Man Hon Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Aidong Zhang, State University of New York, USA
Yanchun Zhang, The University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Wanlei Zhou, The Deakin University, Australia
Xiaofang Zhou, The University of Queensland, Australia
Yueting Zhuang, Zhejiang University, China

Steering Committee
Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA
William Grosky, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sheng-Tun Li, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan (2002 Chair)
Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

Inquiry

For further information, please contact the conference co-chairs at itqli@cityu.edu.hk or cshleong@comp.polyu.edu.hk