CALL FOR PAPERS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
CIM'98 - Colour Imaging in Multimedia Conference
An international two-day meeting on Colour Imaging in Multimedia,
preceded by two days of tutorials, will be held on 16-20th March, 1998,
at the Colour Research Institute of the University of Derby in 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 will
be co-sponsored jointly by the British Computer Society, through the
BCS Computer Graphics & Displays Group and the BCS Electronic
& Multimedia Publishing Group.
Multimedia imaging has become an integral part of mainstream computing,
with every new desktop computer now 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 on developers to
produce
applications that make effective use of multimedia imaging facilities is
now
intense. The key enabling technologies for such applications are those
of
digital colour imaging, spanning the capture, processing, encoding,
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:
Applications - What requirements do applications place on imaging
systems?
- Computer graphics, animation, visualisation and image synthesis
- Collaborative working, video conferencing and telepresence
- Colour image reproduction, publishing and printing via the Internet
- Home shopping, interactive television and video editing
- All multimedia applications in which imagery plays a significant
part
Technology - What sort of imagery can multimedia deliver?
- Image capture through digital cameras
- Digital colour printing to paper, textiles and other substrates
- Colour management systems and cross-media colour matching
- Virtual environments and augmented reality technologies
- Colour display technologies, measurement and calibration
- Image coding, compression and transformation techniques
Design and evaluation - How to measure, assess and standardise image
quality?
- Visual psychology and human factors in colour image quality
- Effective use of colour 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. Ronnier Luo 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. Further information
can be found at the Conference Web site on:
http://colour.derby.ac.uk/colour/courses/cim98/
Schedule of dates:
* Receipt of abstracts 5 December 1997
* Notification of draft programme 5 January 98
* Receipt of papers for meeting 27 February 98
* Meeting 19-20 March 98
* Receipt of final book chapters 1 June 98
* Publication of book December 98
The meeting will be preceded by two days of tutorials in colour science
and colour image reproduction and quality assessment, and a 'cybercafe'
for multimedia imaging will be constructed to run concurrently with the
event. The venue in Derby is modern and well equipped with full
multimedia
presentation facilities and offers easy access to the beautiful
countryside
of the Peak District. A full social programme will be organised to
complement the meeting.
Conference Chairs:
General Chair: Prof. Lindsay MacDonald, University of Derby
Co-Chairs: Prof. Stephen Scrivener, University of Derby
Prof. Ronnier Luo, University of Derby
Honorary Co-Chair: Prof. Rae Earnshaw, University of Bradford
Programme Committee:
Prof. 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
Mr 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. Ronnier Luo
Colour Research Institute
Britannia Mill, Mackworth Road
Derby DE22 3BL
Tel: +44-1332-622222 ext 4041
Fax: +44-1332-622218
Email: M.R.Luo@derby.ac.uk