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CALL FOR PAPERS
ACM Workshop on Ambient Media Computing (iWAM09)
(Part 1: Sensory Media Systems and Applications)
(Collocated with ACM Multimedia 2009)

October 24, 2009
Beijing, China
http://crome.cs.ualberta.ca/iWAM/

IMPORTANT DATES -------------------

Paper submission: June 21, 2009
Decisions announced: July 15 , 2009
Submission of Final Paper: July 24 , 2009
Workshop date: October 24, 2009

PROGRAM CHAIRS -------------------

A. El Saddik, U. Ottawa, Canada
K. S. Candan, Arizona State U., USA
I. Cheng, U. Alberta, Canada
A. Basu, U. Alberta, Canada

SCOPE -------------------

With the widespread deployment of sensors - visual, haptic, or
otherwise - all around us, it is increasingly possible to gather and
act over information about human activities without intrusive
means. This "ambient media intelligence" allows us to develop
human-centric multimedia applications that can strongly impact our
daily lives; for example, human gestures and movements in the physical
space can be used to interact with digital, multimedia content or
conversely situational information, re-contextualized based on our
current activities can be used to adapt our physical environments to
our current needs.

The purpose of the first International Workshop on Ambient Multimedia
(iWAM) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists,
engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their
latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the
broader area of sensory media computing.


iWAM will consist of invited and contributed presentations dealing
with all aspects of ambient multimedia. In addition to the main
technical program, the workshop will include keynote speakers, and
posters sessions.

TOPICS -------------------

iWAM seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and
state of the practice in the field of ambient multimedia. Papers in
the workshop program must describe high-quality, original
research. Topics of interest include all aspects of, and areas related
to, the following:

Machine learning in behavior understanding;
Human-centered and location-aware multimedia;
Real-time, de-centralized media-processing architectures;
Sensor perception and context awareness;
System personalization;

Touch and gesture based interfaces;
Haptics and biometrics based navigation;
3D human activity recognition and monitoring;
Interacting through 3D displays;

Applications: Online browsing for heritage, e-learning and
collaborative education, tourism and e-commerce, autonomous
navigation, security and surveillance, mobile navigation.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES -------------------

Submissions to ACM iWAM 2009 must not have been previously published
and must not be currently under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Manuscripts should be submitted in camera-ready format and
should not exceed 8 pages, including figures and tables. Papers will
be reviewed with an emphasis on potential to contribute to the state
of the art in the field. Each paper will receive at least two
reviews. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas,
clarity and significance of results, and presentation quality. All
papers accepted will appear in the workshops proceedings which will be
published by ACM and available through their digital library.

Online submission will be through
http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=7769&track=7381


PROGRAM COMMITTEE -------------------

A. Argyros, ICS, Forth, Greece
Y. Aloimonos, U. Maryland, USA
P. Atrey, U. Winnipeg, Canada
P. Boulanger, U. Alberta, Canada
C. M. Brown, U. Rochester, USA
P. Cesar, CWI, Netherland
G. M. Cortelazzo, U. Padova, Italy
Y. Cui, Vanderbilt U., USA
L. S. Davis, U. Maryland. USA
R. Goebel, U. Alberta, Canada
R. Iglesias, Ikerlan, Spain
W. Kropatsch, TU Vienna, Austria
L. Peng, Brendais U., USA
G. Potamianos, ICS, Forth, Greese
M. L. Sapino, U. Torino, Italy
N. Sebe, U. Trento, Italy
C. Silva, U. Utah, USA
A. Shokoufandeh, Drexel U., USA
H. Sundaram, Arizona State U., USA

WEB SUPPORT -------------------

Feng Chen, U.Alberta, Canada