Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:58:33 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html IMAGE'COM 96

3rd International Conference dedicated to IMAGE COMMUNICATION: IMAGE'COM 96

The meeting will be coordinated with the First European Conference on MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGIES (ECMAST 96)

Location and Dates

Bordeaux, France, Palais des Congres Palatium d'Arcachon, 20 - 24 May, 1996

Call for papers

Supported by : European Union : ACTS, COST 237; EBU : European Broadcasting Union.

Organised by SEE : Societe des Electriciens et des Electroniciens, IREST : Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales sur les Telecommunications, ADERA : Association pour le Developpement de l'Enseignement et des Recherches aupres des Universites, des Centres de Recherche et des Entreprises d'Aquitaine. With the backing of France Telecom

Conference Outline

The last few years have seen technological and normative breakthroughs in the field of image computing and graphics as well as in multimedia networking. New perception and recognition techniques close to robotics are being developed. These, together with convergence of image creation, analysis and representation techniques, are leading to new developments in multimedia production and services. The access to digitised image, sound and data from the workplace and from the home relies on increasingly smarter bearer services. As added value is transferred towards production and services, strategic alliances are being built to take advantage of the multiplication of the distribution channels and media. User access is being made easier, more intuitive, by means of smarter, knowledge-based approaches. Fast retrieval of essential information and browsing ever increasing amounts of information require smart intelligent guides, software and agents, as well as multimodal interfaces. Correspondingly, adequate development of network infrastructure, architecture and protocols is essential.

This third issue of the IMAGE'COM is co-located with the first ECMAST (European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Systems and Technologies) to provide a forum to monitor and anticipate the developments that make multimedia applications possible, to exchange information and results on recent work, and to help cross-fertilisation of image and communication research activities. The following is a non exhaustive list of topics addressed.

International Steering Committee

Chairman: J. THOMPSON BT - U.K.

Members: pending constitution in cooperation with RACE/ACTS project line 4

Organising committee

Honour Members: P. CONRUYT FRANCE TELECOM - France J. GENINET PHILIPS EGP - France M. TREHEUX FRANCE TELECOM - France

Chairman: J. POUFET FRANCE TELECOM - France

Secretary: J. RIVENC ADERA - France

Members: M. BELLANGER CNAM - France L. HUMBERT UNIVERSITE BORDEAUX III - France B. MERIALDO EURECOM INSTITUTE - France C. PENN ALCATEL/SEE - France Mrs. F. SCARABIN FRANCE TELECOM - France J. P. SIMON FRANCE TELECOM - France R. VEILEX FRANCE TELECOM - France C. VEYRES FRANCE TELECOM - France K. WOLFGARTEN IREST - France

Programme Committee

Chairman: M. DUPIRE FRANCE TELECOM - France

Vice-Chairmen: A. GAGALOWICZ INRIA - France, N. GARCIA UNIV.POLITECNICA de MADRID -Spain

Secretary: D. NASSE FRANCE TELECOM - France

Members: J. BIEMOND TECHNISCHE UNIV. DELFT - The Netherlands V. CANTONI PAVIA UNIV. - Italy Mrs. F. COLAITIS FRANCE TELECOM - France P. DELOGNE UNIV. CATHOLIQUE de LOUVAIN - Belgium W. DOBBIE BT - UK G. EUDE FRANCE TELECOM - France H. HAMMAINEN NOKIA - Finland C. JUDICE BELL ATLANTIC - USA D. LECOMTE ALCATEL BS - France H. MAITRE ENST - France N. NAFFAH BULL - France S. OKUBO GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION LAB. - Japan A. PENTLAND MIT MEDIA LAB - USA F. PEREIRA INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO - Portugal P. QUEAU INA - France A. RENAULT SEMA GROUP TELECOM - France J. ROSSIGNAC IBM T.J. WATSON Research Center - USA J.L. SANCEY SAT - France R. SCH€FER HEINRICH-HERTZ-INSTITUT - Germany L. STENGER DEUTSCHE TELEKOM - Germany M. STRINTZIS UNIV. THESSALONIKI - Greece P. STUCKI ETH - Switzerland S. TANIMOTO UNIV.of WASHINGTON - USA P.J.W. TEN HAGEN C.W.I. - The Netherlands L. TORRES UNIV. POLITECNICA de CATALUNYA - Spain Ph. TOURTIER THOMSON BS - France L. VAN NOORDEN EC DG XIII - Belgium B. ZAVIDOVIQUE UNIV. D'ORSAY - France

Call for papers

Those who wish to contribute to one of these themes should send their typed summary in English (French translation optional) of between 600 to 1000 words and one or two illustrations, to the conference secretariat by October 31, 1995.

It would be appreciated if the authors could mention 3 or 4 keywords.

Proceedings

Authors must produce a text in English accompanied by a summary in French if desired. Authors will be informed by the end of December 1995 of the Programme Committee's selection from papers submitted. For the selected contributions, a full length camera ready copy in English will be required by March 30,1996. The selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings at the organisers' discretion.

Language

Official language of the Conference is English, but French can be used. Simultaneous translations (English/French or French/English) will be provided during the conference. Speakers are asked to present their audio and video material (slides, transparencies, ...) in English.

Schedule

October 31, 1995: (was previously September 30,1995) deadline for summaries.

December 30, 1995: acceptance of papers

March 30, 1996: deadline for full papers

Previous conference venues

The 1990 and 1993 venues of the IMAGE'COM conference were held in BORDEAUX (France).

In 1993, IMAGE'COM was supported by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

The IEEE, as well as eleven international scientific societies, have also offered their sponsorship.

Exhibition

Demonstration and exhibition equipment are welcome. Proposals should be addressed to the conference secretariat. A room will be made available for the exhibits.

More information

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Secretariat

Authors should provide their complete address (including fax) and send their summary to :

ADERA, IMAGE'COM 96, BP 196, 33608 PESSAC-CEDEX FRANCE

Phone (33) 56 15 11 57, Fax (33) 56 15 11 60

Abstracts from USA authors can be submitted via email to Steven L. Tanimoto, USA member of the program committee, or directly via Fax to the French organization ADERA at the number listed above.

For email submission, send abstract (600-1000 words, in English), complete address, and Fax number to tanimoto@cs.washington.edu. Please mention IMAGE'COM 95 on the subject line.


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