ACM Multimedia 2010 Topics

Topics of ACM Multimedia 2010 tracks include but are not limited to:
Multimedia Systems track
Networks and System support

• Multimedia Networking
• Multimedia Operating Systems
• Multimedia Databases and Digital Libraries
• Real-Time Support For Multimedia
• Networked GPUs, graphics, and virtual environments
• Networked games, real-time immersive systems
• Systems support for Web 2.0 and social networks
• Media sensor and ad hoc networks, embedded systems
• Multimedia communications
• Multimedia security and content protection

Streaming and Multicasting Techniques

• Multimedia distribution
• Media streaming, distribution and storage support
• 3D and Multiview Streaming
• Overlay Systems and Peer-to-Peer Architectures
• End-to-end quality of service support for Universal Multimedia Access

Architectures

• Large-Scale Architectures
• Cloud-based Multimedia Processing
• Multi-core Support for Multimedia
• Wireless and mobile multimedia systems
• Network processor support

Content track
Retrieval and mining

• Content-based retrieval from Audio, Image, Video and 3D digital libraries
• Multimedia Data Mining
• Audio/Image/Video Segmentation
• Multimedia Concept Detection and Annotation
• Video analysis and event/behaviors recognition
• Content indexing
• Retrieval in large digital libraries
• Advanced descriptors and similarity metrics for audio, visual and 3D data

Content representation

• Feature Extraction and Representation
• Machine Learning, Context, and Knowledge Modeling
• Multimedia Metadata Extraction
• Multimedia standards and related issues
• Semantic mapping and ontologies

Content exploitation

• Multi-Modal Fusion and Processing
• Content-based copy detection
• Multimedia content adaptation tools, transcoding and transmoding
• Multimedia and Social Networks

Application track
Context-based and mobile

• Context-based multimedia applications
• Ubiquitous/Pervasive multimedia applications
• Mobile multimedia applications
• Location-based multimedia applications

Applications of Multimedia technologies

• Semantic web and social networks
• Digital TV
• Interactive games
• Surveillance and identity checking
• Sensor networks with Multimedia processing
• Tools for Multimedia supported collaboration and conferencing
• Rich media enabled E-commerce, training, learning
• Social networking Multimedia applications
• Artistic works exploiting Multimedia technologies
• Access and management of large digital libraries

Specialized tools

• 3D virtual environments and tele-presence
• Tools for Multimedia authoring, editing, and sharing
• Multimedia signal processing applications
• Visualization and browsing of Multimedia data

Human Computer Interaction track
Advanced interaction systems

• Natural language and speech–based interactivity
• Gesture and handwriting interactivity
• Haptic technology and interaction
• Modeling of user behaviors
• User-adaptivity in interactive systems
• Interaction technologies for mobile devices
• Context-aware interaction
• Interaction technologies for large wall-size displays
• Multi-touch interfaces and technologies
• Natural interaction and smart environments
• Immersive environments
• Web-based social interaction
• Solutions for collaboration in multiuser environments

Presentation tools

• Interaction metaphors and techniques for management of digital media
• Interaction metaphors and techniques for the analysis of multimedia content
• Interactive visualization of multimedia data

Interfaces and design methodologies

• Affective and aestethic interfaces
• Proactive user interaction
• Solutions for personalization of system interactivity
• Solutions for generation of multimedia presentations
• Solutions for social Multimedia interactivity
• Solutions for extensive interactivity with mobile devices
• User studies and evaluations of interactive multimedia systems and applications
• Contributions from psychology, cognitive science and sociology to improve knowledge in Multimedia