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Call for Papers

The 1st International ICST Conference on User Centric Media, (UCMEDIA 2009) seeks original research-based contributions that will improve our understanding of recent and anticipated advances in user centric media for entertainment, education, information and as art and to its distribution over The Future Media Internet. Contributions may relate to technology, to business, to the creative process and to user-based studies. Research based on cross disciplinary approaches is particularly welcome.

UCMedia welcomes contributions from academics, technologists, artists, designers, industry representatives and analysts.

Contributions are invited that may relate to:

• User Centric Media - Forms and production

  • User centric media services in the extended home

  • New forms of interactive storytelling

  • Framed communication experiences

  • Enhanced content representations (3DTV, Ultra HD TV, holograms, etc).

  • Implementation and experimentation of future Internet applications e.g. virtual 3D worlds, collaborative platforms and holograms

  • User generated content creation, management and consumption systems

  • Novel Networked Media Systems to support human creativity at the cross roads of ICT and arts/design research

• User Centric Media – Delivery (over The Future Media Internet)

  • Content distribution and distributed caching for multimedia content streaming

  • Peer-to-peer streaming prototypes and their implementation in the Future Media Internet

  • Innovative, adaptive and self-configuring mobile and wireless applications

  • Adaptive, polymorphic and reconfigurable systems for Future Media Internet environments

  • Cross-layer dynamic adaptation and end-to-end QoS issues for heterogeneous networks

  • Encoding technologies for maintaining the integrity and optimise the quality of experience.

  • Content aware networks and network aware content/applications

  • Open Future Internet network architectures for seamless, scalable multimedia content delivery

• User Centric Media - Access, discovery and consumption

  • User Communities Systems and Platforms

  • Content adaptability

  • Search and retrieval of networked multimedia content

  • Personalized Access to Media Systems

  • Trust, privacy, security and protection

A number of the best papers of the conference contributions will be asked to submit versions extended to 8-10 pages for publication in ACM Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal Special Issue on Mobility and User-Centric Media.

Type of Submissions

UCMedia will accept submissions in the following categories:

1. Full Papers (up to 8 pages submissions) - Full papers are submissions describing results and original research work not submitted or published elsewhere. Full papers should properly place the work within the field, cite related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work and its contribution to the field.
2. Short Papers (up to 4 pages submissions) - Authors are invited to submit work in progress whose preliminary results are already interesting to UCMedia audience. Short papers will be also included in the proceedings and will be presented during the conference as posters. The poster track will give UCMedia attendees a way to learn about ongoing research initiatives and will provide presenters with an excellent opportunity to receive invaluable direct feedback from experts.
3. Workshop Proposals & Papers - Workshop proposals are 2 pages submissions as specified in the Call for Workshops. Workshop papers will be up to 6 pages submissions.

Important dates

• Submission Deadline: June 26, 2009

• Notification to authors: September 10, 2009

• Conference Dates: December 9-11, 2009

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