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IEEE Workshop on Streaming and Media Communications (StreamComm 2011)
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Barcelona, Spain, July 11, 2011, in conjunction with IEEE ICME 2011

Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Multimedia Communications of the
IEEE Communications Society

Aims and scope

Increased connectivity and processing power of end-user devices create
opportunities for development of new media streaming applications in
addition to traditional video and audio services, such as online gaming,
telemedicine, interactive arts, immersive environments, etc. At the same
time, user demands are growing beyond the basic delivery of media to their
devices. Media presentation, personalization, and relevance, are all
increasingly important factors for device manufacturers and service
providers. StreamComm 2011 aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas
among researchers working in multimedia coding, processing, and
communications, with particular emphasis on media streaming and related
Quality of Experience (QoE) issues. Specific topics of interest include:

* Media coding, decoding, and processing for streaming applications
* Media synchronization, playback, and buffer management
* Wired and wireless architectures for media streaming
* Protocols for media streaming
* In-network media stream management and processing
* Security and rights management issues in media streaming
* 3D video streaming
* Media streaming testbeds
* QoE assessment and prediction methods for media streaming
* Subjective tests and methodologies for QoE measurement
* Objective measures and methodologies for QoE
* Databases and validation of QoE models
* Online and offline QoE monitoring schemes
* QoE provisioning for media streaming
* QoE adaptation and control mechanisms for media streaming

For further information: http://sites.google.com/site/streamcomm2011/

Paper submission

Prospective authors should prepare their Workshop papers by following the
same guidelines for the ICME conference papers and use the ICME online
submission system to submit the Workshop papers. Detailed information
including author’s guidelines, paper templates, and step-by-step
instructions for using the online submission system can be found on the main
ICME website under “Author Guidelines.” Prospective authors must select the
correct subject area under the Workshops track when creating a new
submission.


Important dates

Workshop Paper Submission: March 7, 2011
Workshop Paper Acceptance: April 10, 2011
Workshop Camera-ready Paper: April 20, 2011

Organizers

Maria G. Martini (m.martini@kingston.ac.uk), Kingston University, London, UK
Ivan V. Bajic (ivan_bajic@ieee.org), Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada

Programme co-chairs

Chang Wen Chen, University of Buffalo, USA
Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, Italy

Publicity co-chairs

Lingfen Sun, University of Plymouth, UK
Jie Liang, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Christos Verikoukis, CTTC Barcelona, Spain

Keynote speaker

Philip A. Chou, Microsoft Research, USA