CALL FOR PAPERS

The 7th IASTED International Conference on
INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS - IMSA 2003 -
August 13-15, 2003
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Special Session on "Wireless Multimedia Networking"

Advances in wireless technologies enable the rapid growth of 
fixed and wireless broadband network infrastructures. Technical 
innovations in media processing, storage and networking promise 
to enable anywhere, anytime media access. This will enable 
multimedia solutions across a wide spectrum of commercial, 
consumer, and non-profit domains. 

The objective of this session is to bring together researchers, 
developers, and practitioners contributing to all facets of 
multimedia streaming across wireless networks. The session will 
serve as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research, 
development, and implementations of networked multimedia systems 
and technologies with special emphasis on wireless streaming.

MAJOR THEMES
Papers are solicited in all areas of wireless multimedia networking, 
including, but not limited to:
- wireless multimedia
- wireless peer-to-peer media systems
- QoS control and scheduling
- ubiquitous multimedia services
- peer-to-peer multimedia services
- wireless and ad-hoc networked multimedia systems
- Robust and resilient video coding and transport

More information on this special session can be found at 
http://www-vs.informatik.uni-ulm.de/WirelessMultimedia.htm 

More information about IMSA 2003 can be found at 
http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/hawaii/imsa.htm


If you have any problems linking to the conference web pages, 
or you need to send or receive additional information, 
contact: kassler@informatik.uni-ulm.de.
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EXTENDED ABSTRACTS AND PAPER DRAFTS SUBMISSION FORM

Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent taking into account the
following:

1. Major theme of the paper, related to the major themes given above.
2. Paper title.
3. Extended abstract of 1000 to 1500 words and/or paper drafts of 2000 to
5000 words, in English.
4. Authors and/or co-authors with names, addresses, telephone and fax
numbers, and e-mail addresses.

We will set up a web-based submission form. Alternatively, you may send 
extended abstracts or paper drafts as pdf or postscript files per email 
to kassler@informatik.uni-ulm.de.
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DEADLINES
April 15, 2003:   Submission of extended abstracts (500-1500 words) or 
                  paper drafts (2000-5000 words).

May 15th, 2003:   Acceptance notifications.

June 1st, 2003:   Submission of camera-ready papers.

June 15st, 2003:  Registration deadline.
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PAPERS FORMATTING AND REVIEWING

Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two experts per paper. 
Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality. The 
full papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Accepted papers should not exceed six single-spaced typed pages, two 
columns per page. More information on formatting instructions, including 
templates for MS Word and style files for Latex can be found at 
http://www.iasted.org/formatting.htm