Aims of MMM Conference
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.
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3)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.