Welcome
You are kindly invited to attend WebMedia 2011 to be held in Florianópolis/SC - Brazil from October 03 to 06. The Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) annually promotes several national symposia in diverse computer science fields. Since its first edition, in 1995, WebMedia has become the most important Brazilian forum for researchers and professionals in the areas of Multimedia, Hypermedia and the Web.

In 2011, in its seventeenth edition, WebMedia is being organized in conjunction with the Brazilian Symposium on Database (SBBD 2008).

WebMedia will host the following events:

Workshop on Tools and Applications;
Workshop on Ongoing Thesis and Dissertations;
Workshop on Undergraduate Research;
Tutorials;
Short Courses.
The event’s current organization is under the responsibility of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC).


Full and Short Paper Submissions
Authors are invited to submit papers which will be evaluated in terms of: originality, technical content and accuracy, significance of the work, presentation (organization, style and clarity), and appropriateness of references to papers presented in earlier editions of the event. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format and comply with the ACM format (described at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Authors must make use of the EASYCHAIR System for all submissions (Submission page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=webmedia2011). Papers can be written in either English or Portuguese. One author per paper is required to register and attend the conference to present the paper if accepted for publication. The accepted papers will be published by ACM(1) (http://portal.acm.org/event.cfm?id=RE446). Full-Papers (between six and eight pages) should report on substantial research supported by complete results.

ShortPapers (4 pages) should describe ongoing work and contain partial results.


Topics and technologies relevant to the symposium include (but are not limited to):

Architectures, services, and applications
Browsers and presentation engines
Computer supported cooperative work
Content creation, analysis, storage and distribution
Databases, storage and retrieval
Digital libraries
Digital TV
Document engineering, including authoring, analyzing, editing and user interface
Document standards, models, representation languages
Document synchronization and temporal aspects
Electronic commerce
Internet multimedia services (IPTV, VoIP, etc.)
Metadata
Mobile and pervasive/ubiquitous computing
Multimedia networking and QoS
Multimedia operating systems
Peer-to-peer multimedia systems and streaming
Performance and reliability metrics and evaluation methods
Security and privacy
Semantic Web
Signal processing and coding
Software development using multimedia techniques
Visualization
Web engineering
Important dates:

Full paper deadline: May 08,2011
Author notification (full paper): June 28, 2011
Camera-ready full paper: July 10, 2011
Short paper deadline: July 10, 2011
Author notification (short paper): August 08, 2011
Camera-ready short paper: August 15, 2011


VII Workshop on Ongoing Thesis and Dissertations
The VII Workshop on Ongoing Thesis and Dissertations of WebMedia (WTD 2011) is a forum dedicated to the presentation and discussion of ongoing MsC and PhD work in the areas of Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web. The main goal of this track is to stimulate discussion and to provide students with feedback on their current work. In addition, the community will have an overview of the national research status in the area. The track also aims at stimulating integration and cooperation of researchers giving a wider visibility of the current research for the academic and industrial community.

All papers submitted to the WTD-WebMedia will be peer-reviewed by members of an Evaluation Committee. The selected papers will be presented during the Workshop and will receive feedback from experienced researchers. We expect to favor, at the end of the event, the integration amongst Universities, students and professors.

Authors are invited to submit original work, containing the proposals and partial results of their scientific or technological research activities. The topics are the same as in the main conference, which can be found above.

Authors must use the EasyChair system (Submission page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=webmedia2011) to electronically submit their MsC/PhD work overview. Paper can be written in English or in Portuguese, but only the PDF format is accepted. Papers must follow the style guidelines from ACM (see http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html) and should contain up to 5 pages. The accepted papers will be published by the ACM(1).

The first page should contain the follow information: Title, Student name, Advisor name, Program (MsC or PhD), University / Graduation Program, Starting date, Expected date for conclusion, and Abstract.

Paper acceptance requires that the student registers for the conference in order to present the work, since the workshop aims at promoting the discussion about the ongoing work.

Important dates:

Submission deadline: July 10,2011
Notification: August 08, 2011
Final Version: August 18, 2011


IV Worshop on Ongoing Undergraduate Research
The Workshop on Ongoing Undergraduate (WTIC - Workshop de Trabalhos de Iniciação Científica) is a forum dedicated to the presentation and discussion of undergraduate ongoing researches in the Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web areas. The main goal is to stimulate the integration of undergraduate students with the academic and industrial members.

Authors are invited to submit their ongoing work, including proposals and partial results of their technological or scientific research. Papers will be peer-reviewed by a Technical Committee and the selected papers will be presented during the WTIC. Therefore, the paper acceptance requires the student registration for the Symposium to present the work.

Authors should use the EasyChair system (Submission page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=webmedia2011) to submit their papers. Papers can be written in English or in Portuguese, but only papers in the PDF format will be accepted. The papers must follow the ACM style guidelines ( see http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html) and should have up to 3 pages. The accepted papers will be published by the ACM(1).

Important dates:

Submission deadline: July 10,2011
Notification: August 08, 2011
Final Version: August 18, 2011


VI Worshop on Tools and Applications
Tools and Applications Workshop have been traditionally promoted as an integrating event of WebMedia as a session. The session is an important forum where both academic and industrial members can present their latest tools or prototypes. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by members of the Tools and Applications Program Committee. The selected tools/applications selected will presented and demonstrated during the symposium.

You are cordially invited to submit works on the topics of interest of WebMedia2011, as listed here.

The papers describing the tools/applications must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair system (Submission page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=webmedia2011). It is strongly recommended that authors make the tool/application (or a suitable version) available for downloading during the paper evaluation period. Papers submitted to the Tools and Applications Session of WebMedia 2011 must be original, and can not be simultaneously submitted to other conferences or journals, neither previously published. The paper acceptance requires that at least one author will register for the conference in order to present the work.

The paper describing the tool/application should explain, at least, and clearly:
(i) the tool/application goal;
(ii) its architecture; and
(iii) its main functionalities.

Papers should have up to 3 (three) pages, including all figures, references and appendices, and must follow the ACM style (see http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Papers can be submitted in English or in Portuguese. All papers must be in PDF format.

Important dates:

Submission deadline: July 10,2011
Notification: August 08, 2011
Final Version: August 18, 2011
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(1)The ACM In-Cooperation Technical Meeting Request Form (TMRF) is in approval process.