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The International Conference on
An annual conference
held since 1993
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Address:
MMM, School of Computing, National
Email: mmm@comp.nus.edu.sg;
Web: http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~mmm
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Upcoming MMM Conference
(MMM'05) The 11th International conference on multimedia modeling Submission of full papers: Thur,8 July 2004 For further information, contact: Dr. Phoebe Chen |
Aims of MMM Conference
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The world is inherently complex and multimedia in
nature. Recent advances in computing, networking and multimedia technologies
have facilitated the construction of large and complex multimedia systems To fully comprehend the complexity of such undertakings,
proper modeling of multimedia information and systems must be carried out.
The models should address three important aspects of
multimedia systems -- systems and technologies, contents and users.
At systems and
technology level, the model provides high-level abstractions of systems, and
permits the desirable properties of the system to be extracted and analyzed. It
thus facilitates the development of uniform framework for integrating different
systems, and for supporting effective interactions between the system and human
users.
The model
for the information contents supports the processing of information at semantic
level and enables the media to be active, in which the users may
interact and manipulate the media contents directly to carry out high-level
tasks such as the retrieval of additional information or the control of
real-world entities.
The model for
users captures the interactions between the systems and the users. This
includes the use of systems to retrieve information, and the use of tools to
create contents.
MMM conference series aims to provide a forum to
discuss the effective modeling of multimedia systems, information and users.
The theme is modeling. In particular, it will discuss the efficient
representation, processing, interaction, integration and retrieval of
multimedia information, systems and users, and the associated issues.
The conference is organized under the umbrella of the
Computer Graphics Society. It is targeted at researchers, academia, software
and application developers and information technologists in the field of
multimedia, modeling and their applications.
History of MMM
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The inaugural MMM conference was held in
MMM' 1996 Nov 1996: Toulouse, France
MMM' 1998 Nov 1998: Lausanne, Switzerland
MMM' 1999 Nov 1999: Ottawa, Canada
MMM' 2000 Nov 2000: Nagano, Japan
MMM’ 2001 Nov 2001: Amsterdam, Netherlands
MMM’ 2003
Jan
2004: Taipei,
Taiwan
MMM’ 2004 Jan 2004:
Brisbane, Australia
The coming MMM:
MMM’ 2005: Melbourne, Australia, 12-14 Jan 2005
Topics of
Interests to MMM
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MMM
differs from other multimedia conferences in its emphasis on the modeling
aspects of multimedia systems, information and users. The topics of interests
to the conference series includes, but not limited to, the followings:
Modeling of systems
Formal models and verification
Hypermedia and the web
Multimedia information retrieval and authoring
systems
Virtual reality and augmented reality systems
Collaborative authoring environment
Modeling of physical/biological/geographical
systems
Advanced UI systems
Modeling of information
Representation & modeling of multimedia
information
Fusion of multi-modal multi-media information
Analysis and indexing and multimedia contents
Authoring and visualization of metadata
Content recognition and understanding of
multimedia data (data mining)
Model-based Graphics, Video and Vision
Design and authoring of multimedia information
for mass communications
Modeling of Users
User interface and usability of systems
Mental model and cognitive aspects of users
Interaction models
Authoring of multimedia information
Others
Multimedia Standards (SMIL, MPEG4, MPEG7,
...)
Applications
Each conference may
have its own theme and emphasis on different aspects of modeling.
Conference Formats
and Organization
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The conference is typically held over 4 days, with
the first two days devoted to tutorials of emerging topics, and the last two
days on technical presentation. It also includes poster session and exhibition
of products.
The conference consists of a local organizing
committee and an international technical program committee. Each submitted
paper is reviewed by at least three reviewers.
Further
Information
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We welcome proposals for organization and
collaboration of future MMM conferences.
For details, please e-mail: mmm@comp.nus.edu.sg.