MUE-14 Call for Papers (Springer-LNEE Proceedings)
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The 8th FTRA International Conference on
Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE-14)


http://www.ftrai.org/mue2014


Zhangjiajie, China, May 29-31, 2014


Published by Springer-LNEE (indexed by EI and SCOPUS)
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**MUE 2014 submission due was finally extended to **Nov. 30, 2013 **

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The new multimedia standards (for example, MPEG-21) facilitate the seamless integration of multiple modalities into interoperable
multimedia frameworks, transforming the way people work and interact with multimedia data. These key technologies and multimedia solutions interact
and collaborate with each other in increasingly effective ways, contributing to the multimedia revolution and having a significant impact across
a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare, education, and governmental domains.

This conference provides an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of multimedia
and ubiquitous environment including models and systems, new directions, novel applications associated with the utilization and acceptance of ubiquitous computing devices and systems.

The goals of this conference are to provide a complete coverage of the areas outlined and to bring together the researchers from
academic and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of this field.

MUE-14 is the next event in a series of highly successful the International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE-13 (Seoul, Korea, May 2013),
MUE-12 (Madrid, Spain, July 2012), MUE-11 (Loutraki, Greece, June 2011), MUE-10 (Cebu, Philippines, August 2010), MUE-09 (Qingdao, China, June 2009), MUE-08 (Busan, Korea, April 2008), and MUE-07 (Seoul, Korea, April 2007).



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Topics
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We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:


1. Multimedia Modeling and Processing
- Media Representation and Algorithms
- Audio, Image, Video Processing, Coding and Compression
- Computer Graphics and Simulation
- Image and Signal Processing
- Multimedia Information Retrieval
- Multimedia Indexing
- Multimedia network transmission/streaming
- Multimedia Standards and Related Issues
- Multimedia Databases, Content Delivery and Transport
- Current Challenges in Multimedia



2. Multimedia and Digital Convergence
- Home Entertainment Devices
- 3D Video, Recording, Storage, Compression, Transcoding
- Cooperative Driving and Associated Automotive Technologies
- Advances and Challenges in HD Device Interconnects
- Green-Home Consumer Electronics Technologies
- Gesture and Expression Recognition
- Smart Grid
- Power Line Communication
- Robot control, Mobile robotics
- Consumer Electronics (CE) device platform
- CE operating system
- CE device driver/firmware


3. Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing
- Ubiquitous Computing and Technology
- Context-Aware Ubiquitous Computing
- Physical model of UI & SW
- Ubiquitous database methodologies
- Embedded systems and softwares
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Human centric computing
- High-performance computing and simulation and modeling
- Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems
- Context modeling and reasoning
- Adaptive and context-aware computing
- Smart object
- Multimodal sensing
- Intelligent platforms
- Internet of Things
- Parallel/Distributed system
- Grid and cloud computing
- Novel Machine Architectures


4. Ubiquitous Networks and Mobile Communications
- Tiny Operating systems and Middleware supports
- Peer to Peer Network
- Machine-to-Machine Communications
- Mobile system performance
- Wireless communications
- Wirless Sensor Network
- Wireless Body Area Network
- Internet access and mobility
- Trustworthy Internet and communications
- Mobile data management and processing
- Cross-Layer Design and Optimization
- Algorithms and protocols for cognitive wireless networks
- Ad hoc and sensor network
- Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks and Vehicular Technology
- WiMax / Wi-Fi, UWB, Bluetooth Technology
- Mobility Management
- Smartphone and mobile devices
- Social networks and computing


5. Intelligent Computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Pattern and Speech Recognition
- Fuzzy logic and soft computing
- Neural networks and applications
- Expert systems
- Decision support systems
- Automated problem solving
- Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid
- Knowledge discovery and representation
- Knowledge acquisition
- Intelligent web-based business
- Intelligent agents and user interface
- Intelligent information fusion


6. Multimedia and Ubiquitous Computing Security
- Key Management and Authentication
- Authorization and Access Control
- Privacy and Trust Management
- Sensor Networks and RFID Security
- Security in Ubiquitous Databases
- Multimedia Information Security
- Intellectual Property & Licensing
- Digital Right Management
- CAS/STB Security
- Digital Forensics
- Watermarking
- Security in Commerce and Industry


7. Multimedia and Ubiquitous Services
- Multimedia RDBMS Platforms
- Multimedia in Telemedicine
- Multimedia Embedded Systems
- Multimedia standards
- Mobile Multimedia system and services
- U-City and U-Town
- Smart highway
- Smart work
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- Location Based System
- Telematics
- Virtual Reality and Game Technology
- Mobile Gaming and entertainment
- Location Based Services
- Ambient Intelligence
- Smart Home/building/spaces
- Green IT services
- Semantic Web and Grid Services
- Smart-Camera and Multi-View Systems
- Surveillance System
- Entertainment Industry for MUE
- Ubiquitous Database Methodologies
- U/E Healthcare services
- U/E-Commerce and Education


8. Multimedia Entertainment
- Music and Movie Distribution
- QoS and Security Support for Entertainment
- 3D TV for Entertainment
- Computer Animation
- Technology for Entertainment
- Agent-based Entertainment
- Interactive Television and Theatre
- Massive Multiplayer Games
- Mobile and Wireless Entertainment
- Digital Interactive Storytelling
- Pervasive Entertainment
- Personalized and User-Adapted Television
- Sport, News and Entertainment
- Wearable Entertainment
- Wireless and Mobile Gaming
- Digital Entertainment and Sports
- Digital Entertainment and Pleasure
- Games for Special Audiences
- Human Computation Games

9. Other IT and Multimedia Applications



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**Call for Workshop Proposals**

In conjunction with MUE-14, we will organize some workshops.
The workshop proposals should be submitted to the Leading Workshop Chair - Prof. Namje Park (namjepark@jejunu.ac.kr) or
FTRA Conference Manager - David Kang (ftraconf.manager@gmail.com) by **Oct. 1st, 2013**.

Several workshops will be held in conjunction with MUE-14 with the aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot topics on Future Information Technology.
Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome.
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).
In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day workshops are welcome.

The workshop proposal should include following information:

1. Title of the workshop: International Workshop on ...
2. Workshop Organizers(s): name, affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail.
3. Brief description of the workshop (several hundred words)
4. Expected number of papers to be submitted
5. Call for paper of the workshop (draft version - 1 page CFP MS Word version)
6. Tentative list of program committee members (Name, affiliation, country, email address)
7. Your workshop web address (Tentative)

Financial Support for Workshop Organizer:
We will provide workshop organizers to some honorariums for their contribution (at least 6 registed papers).


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Organization
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Steering Chair
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James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea


General Chairs
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Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
Timothy K. Shih, National Central University, Taiwan
Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea
Qingguo Zhou, Lanzhou University, China


Program Chairs
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Joon-Min Gil, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea
Neil Y. Yen, The University of Aizu, Japan
Shingchern You, National Taipei Universiy of Technology, Taiwan


Workshop Chairs
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Namje Park, Jeju National University, Korea
Shijian Li, Zhejiang University, China
Michele Ruta, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Vincent Huang, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chengcui Zhang, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Ka Lok Man, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China



International Advisiory Committee
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Young-Sik Jeong, Dongguk University, Korea (Leading Chair)
Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
Seok Cheon Park, Gachon University, Korea
Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway
Roger Zimmermann, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan
Weijia Jia, City U. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Bin Hu, Lanzhou University, China
Yi Pan, Georgia State University USA
Koji Nakano, University of Hiroshima, Japan
Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
Martin Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea



Publicity Chairs
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Kehua Guo, CSU, China
Mohamed Gaber, University of Portsmouth, UK
Jason C. Hung, Oversea Chinese University, Taiwan
Ryan Leong Hou U, Universidade De Macau, China
Chengjiu Yin, Kyushu University, Japan
Jian-Lian Chen, Aletheia University, Taiwan
Junbo Wang, University of Aizu, Japan
Bong-Hwa Hong, Kyung Hee Cyber University, Korea
Nan-Chen Hsieh, National Taipei University and Health Sciences, Taiwan
Deok-Gyu Lee, ETRI, Korea
Young-Ae Jeong, Sunmoon University, Korea


Publication Chair
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Hwa Young Jeong, Kyung Hee University, Korea



Local Arrangement Chairs
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Kehua Guo, CSU, China
Ryan Leong Hou U, Universidade De Macau, China




== Program Committee ==
- See http://www.ftrai.org/mue2014/programcommittees.html



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Important Dates
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Workshop Proposal Submission Due: October 1, 2013
Paper Submission Due: November 17, 2013 (Extended)
Accept Notification: December 15, 2013 (Extended)
Camera-ready paper Due: December 30, 2013
Registration Due: December 30, 2013
Conference/Workshop Dates: May 28-31, 2014




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Submission and Publication
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There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentations in any of the areas of interest for this conference. Authors should submit a paper with 5~6 pages at both two types in length, including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate fee payment.
Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows.

?Regular Paper: 6 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost : by 8 pages)
?Cyber Presentation Paper: 5 page (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost : by 7 pages)
Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review.


Please use the Springer Proceedings format for submission. Template is available here: Manuscript Templates
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings as one of Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) series published by Springer (indexed by EI & SCOPUS).

Type 1. Regular Paper Submission : http://www.editorialsystem.net/mue2014
Type 2. Cyber presentation paper submission : http://www.editorialsystem.net/mue2014cyber


Distinguished papers accepted and presented in MUE 2014, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals: (Pending)
?The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) - Springer (SCI)
?Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP) - Springer (SCIE)
?Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer
?International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience
?Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA


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Venue
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Pending


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Contact Information
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If you have any questions about the CFPs and papers submission, please email to Profs. James Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com) or Neil Yen (neil219@gmail.com).


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