Call for Papers (Multimedia and Telecommunications Track, MMTC)

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New applications and networks are emerging and will dominate information and communication technology in various application domains in the future. As we rely more and more on systems and networks in our daily life, system characteristics like adaptivity, context sensitivity, self-configuration and self-healing are more and more requested by service providers and users. Especially multimedia and telecommunication applications have to fulfil these demanding needs while still providing traditional functionality like safety, security and performance. This conference track attempts to present and discuss new approaches and technologies aiming to improve research and innovation of new applications and networks in various domains like automotive, manufacturing, personal healthcare, entertainment, commerce and financial services. We invite you to contribute to this conference track by submitting proposals in one or more of the categories outlined below.

Multimedia

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
(Multimedia) Information systems for emergency services
Integration of IP and broadcast services
Middleware and reflective systems support for wireless multimedia
RFID technology within multimedia applications
Ambient multimedia services
Assisted living
Home entertainment
Gaming

Telecommunications

Embracing P2P communities as a new business approach for Telcos
Optimizing user-perceived quality of services through cross-layer design
Communication networks for emergency response
Broadband access networks
Content networking
Ambient networks
Caching and content management
Self-engineering communications
Performance evaluation of fixed and mobile networks
QoS control and scheduling

We encourage submissions demonstrating the potential of new applications by providing case studies, experiments, and quantitative data.

Track Organizer

Paul Müller
University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Program Committee

Hendrik Berndt, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany
Torsten Braun, University of Berne, Switzerland
Tarik Cicic, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
Hermann deMeer, University of Passau, Germany
Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Wolfgang Effelsberg, University of Mannheim, Germany
Stefan Fischer, University of Lübeck, Germany
Carsten Griwodz, University of Oslo, Norway
Gerhard Haßlinger, T-Systems, Germany
Frank Kargl, University of Ulm, Germany
David Larrabeiti, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Prabhat Kumar Mahanti, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Laurent Mathy, University of Lancaster, UK
Andreas Mauthe, University of Lancaster, UK
Andreas Meissner, Fraunhofer IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany
Harald Müller, Siemens AG, Germany
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway
Erwin P. Rathgeb, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Ivica Rimac, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Utz Roedig, University of Lancaster, UK
Simon P. Romano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Jens Schmitt, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ralf Steinmetz, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Phuoc Tran-Gia, University Würzburg, Germany
Michael Weber, University of Ulm, Germany
Michael Zink, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Submission of Papers

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of their paper to http://www.icsy.de/EM07 (submission tool available in February 2007).

Papers should not exceed 8 pages (in IEEE/CS proceedings format; 10pt, single-space, double-column) or 6000 words and include an abstract of up to 150 words. A cover page should clearly show the name, mailing address, email address and fax number of the author to contact, as well as the topic areas of the submitted paper. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE. Selected papers will be offered the opportunity to appear as extended versions in a special issue of a scholarly journal.

The following signed statement should be included on the cover page: "Neither this paper nor any version close to it has been or is being offered elsewhere for publication. All necessary clearances have been obtained for the publication of this paper. If accepted, the paper will be made available in Camera-ready forms by June 9th 2007, and it will be personally presented at the EUROMICRO 2007 Conference by the author or one of the co-authors. The presenting author(s) will pre-register (full fee) for EUROMICRO 2007 before the due date of the Camera-ready paper."