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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
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Digital Imaging in Multimedia
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The British Computer Society will hold an international two-day meeting
on this theme to take place 11-12th September, 1997 at the Cheltenham &
Gloucester College of Higher Education in Cheltenham, England. A book
based upon, but not restricted to, papers presented at the event will be
published after the meeting. Other electronic publication channels will
also be considered (Web, CD-ROM, journals, etc.). The event is
sponsored jointly by the BCS Computer Graphics and Displays Group and
the BCS Electronic and Multimedia Publishing Group.
Multimedia has become an integral part of mainstream computing, with
every new desktop computer equipped with CD-ROM, and high quality colour
display and sound capabilities. With the explosive growth of the
Internet and World Wide Web, the pressure to produce applications that
make effective use of multimedia facilities is now intense. The key
enabling technology for such applications is digital imaging, covering
the capture, processing, generation, coding, transmission and
reproduction of realistic colour images. Yet from the user's viewpoint
much still needs to be done to enhance the quality of presentation, in
terms of response times, fidelity, continuity and the feeling of 'being
there'.
This meeting will bring together leading researchers and developers of
new approaches and tools for producing, accessing and analysing imagery
in multimedia systems. Contributions are invited on the following
themes:
Technology - what sort of imagery can multimedia deliver?
New digital imaging and multimedia technologies
Publishing in networks and electronic media
Virtual environments and augmented reality
Display technologies, measurement and calibration
Image coding, compression and transformation
Applications - What requirements do applications place on imaging
systems?
Computer graphics, animation and image synthesis
Collaborative working, video conferencing and telepresence
Colour management systems and colour image reproduction
Home shopping, interactive television and video editing
All multimedia applications in which imagery plays a significant part
Design and evaluation - How to measure, assess and standardise image
quality?
Visual psychology and human factors
Effective use of imagery in Internet and WWW applications
Multimedia systems design and authoring tools
Design of image-rich human-computer interfaces
Usability assessment techniques
Ethical, legal and social issues in multimedia
A number of distinguished researchers and developers from Europe and
the USA have already expressed their interest in contributing to the
event and to the book, so the project is assured of a high quality and
an international profile. Selection of papers for presentation at the
meeting will be by invitation or by review of abstracts by the Programme
Committee. Chapters for the book will be selected by review of full
papers and will be subject to stringent refereeing procedures.
Initial interest should be expressed by contacting Prof. Lindsay
MacDonald at the address below, preferably by email. If a paper is
accepted for the meeting, one or more of the authors will be expected to
attend to present it. In this case the registration fees will be waived
for the presenter.
Schedule of dates:
* Receipt of abstracts 25 April 97
* Notification of draft programme 16 May 97
* Receipt of papers for meeting 11 July 97
* Meeting 11-12 September 97
* Receipt of final book chapters 1 November 97
* Publication of book June 98
The meeting will be preceded by a day of tutorials and an exhibition
will be mounted to run concurrently with the event. The venue in
Cheltenham is modern and well equipped with full multimedia presentation
facilities and offers easy access to the beautiful countryside of the
Cotswolds. A full social programme will be organised to complement the
meeting.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Prof. Lindsay MacDonald, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher
Education
Prof. Rae Earnshaw, University of Bradford
Prof. John Vince, University of Bournemouth
Programme Committee:
Huw Jones, University of Middlesex
Dr Roger Green, University of Bradford
Dr Brian Collins, IBM Research Laboratories, Hursley
Dr David Travis, System Concepts Ltd., London
Bill Davy, Synectix Ltd., Cheltenham
Dr Sohrab Saadat, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
For further information or to submit an abstract, please contact:
Prof. Lindsay MacDonald
Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
Broadlands, The Park
Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 2QF
England, UK
Tel: +44-1242-544-002
Fax: +44-1242-544-032
Email: LMacDonald@chelt.ac.uk