The 7th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2009)

14-16 December, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Conference Website: http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/momm2009/
email: momm2009@iiwas.org


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IMPORTANT DATES
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July 03, 2009 : Full papers submission
September 04, 2009 : Acceptance Notification
October 02, 2009 : Camera-Ready Papers and Registration
December 14-16, 2009 : Conference


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The speed and the quality of expanding and creating a vast variety of multimedia services like voice, email, short messages, Internet access, m-commerce, to mobile video conferencing, streaming video and audio has brought true mobile multimedia experiences to mobile customers.

Due to constant changing environments, limited battery life and diverse data types, Mobile Multimedia implies considerable challenges to operators, infrastructure builders in terms of ensuring fast, reliable services and accommodating the quick growing global customer needs.

MoMM2009 aims to provide an international forum by researchers, students, and professionals for presenting recent research results on mobile computing and multimedia, and to bring together experts from both academia and industry for the exchange of ideas and discussion on future challenges in mobile computing and multimedia.


TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Conference program will include invited talks, peer reviewed technical program, demos, short papers, posters, tutorials, panels, workshops and invited sessions on the same or related topics, industrial presentations, exhibitions around but not limited to the following topics:

Mobile Computing Track

- Mobile Applications & Services
- Mobile Computing Software Architectures
- Mobile Network Traffic Engineering, Performance & Optimization
- Wireless & Mobile Network Management and Service Infrastructure
- Database and Data Management Mobile Computing
- Regulatory and Societal Issues of Mobile Computing
- Mobile Computing Markets & Business Models
- Provisioning of Mobile Services
- Personalization, Privacy and Security in Mobile Computing
- Mobility and Location Management
- Transaction Processing in Mobile Environments
- Integration and Interworking of Wired and Wireless Networks
- Distributed Systems Aspects of Mobile Computing
- Operating System and Middleware Support for Mobile Computing
- Security and Privacy of Mobile/Wireless Systems

Multimedia Track

- Multimedia Databases
- Multimedia streaming and services
- Multimedia Coding and Encryption
- Multimedia for Learning
- Multimedia Description Language and Standard
- Image Clustering
- Content-Based Image Retrieval
- Interfaces for Multimedia Creation
- Media Fusion for Communication and Presentation
- Audio Analysis, Modeling, Processing and Transformation
- Video Analysis, Modeling, Processing and Transformation
- Video Mining and MPEG
- Image Modeling and Editing
- AI and Image Recognition
- Distributed Multimedia System

Mobile Multimedia Track

- Mobile Multimedia Applications & Services
- Communication and Cooperation through Mobile Multimedia
- Mobile Multimedia Software Architectures
- Wireless & Mobile Multimedia Network Management
- Mobile Multimedia Network Traffic Engineering & Optimization
- Enabling Infrastructures for Mobile Multimedia
- Regulatory and Societal Issues of Mobile Multimedia
- Mobile Multimedia Markets & Business Models
- Provisioning of Mobile Multimedia Services
- Personalization, Privacy and Security in Mobile Multimedia

PUBLICATION
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MoMM2009 Proceedings will be published by ACM (pending approval) in cooperation with the Austrian Computer Society as a volume set in the books@ocg series and will be indexed and included in ACM Digital Library.

Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of :
[1] Journal of Mobile Multimedia (http://www.rintonpress.com/journals/jmm/index.html)
[2] International Journal of Mobile Information Systems (http://www.iospress.nl/flyers_j/1574017x.pdf)
[3] International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN) (http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?ID=4293)
[4] International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC) (http://www.igi-pub.com/journals/details.asp?ID=7684)
[5] More are pending approval


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Papers must be submitted electronically in Postscript, PDF, or RTF/DOC format at (http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/momm2009/)
Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submitted papers will be blindly peer reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM (pending approval) and the Austrian Computer Society in books@ocg book series. The submitted papers should not exceed 8 pages and must follow the ACM guidelines (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates).

COMMITTES
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Steering Committee Chair
Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

General Conference Chair
Gabriele Kotsis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

General Program Committee Co-Chair
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia

Workshops Chair
Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada

Masters and Doctoral Colloquium Chair
Karin Anna Hummel, University of Vienna, Austria

Publicity Chair
Kerstin Altmanninger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Publicity Co-Chairs
Bessam Abdulrazak, Sherbrooke University, Canada
Ruzana Ishak, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, Austria
Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore

Proceedings Chairs
Sabine Bachmayer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Thomas Grill, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

General Secretary
Hesti Sudjana, @WAS Organization

Advisory Chairs
Zaitun Abu Baker, Asia e University (AeU), Malaysia
Oras Baker, University College Sedaya International (UCSI), Malaysia
Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Mustafa Mat Deris, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Malaysia
Hamidah Ibrahim, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Ruzana Ishak, Malaysia University of Technology, Malaysia
Sellappan Palaniappan, Malaysian University of Science and Technology, Malaysia
Nurhizam Safie, Asia e University (AeU), Malaysia
Shaharuddin Salleh, Malaysia University of Technology, Malaysia
Nor Adnan Yahaya, Malaysian University of Science and Technology, Malaysia

ORGANIZATION
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The conference is endorsed by the international organization for information integration and web based applications and services (@WAS) in cooperation with ACM SIGWEB (approval pending), hosted and organized by the Asia e University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and supported by Monash University, Australia, La Trobe University, Australia and will be held in conjunction with the 11th international conference on Information Integration and Web-based applications & Services (iiWAS2009 - http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2009/).

CONTACT
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David Taniar, MoMM2009 PC Co-Chair
Clayton School of Information Technology
Monash University
Clayton, VIC 3800
Australia
Email: david at iiwas.org

Eric Pardede, MoMM2009 PC Co-Chair
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering
La Trobe University
Bundoora, VIC 3083
Australia
Email: eric at iiwas.org