DM: SEMA 2000: Call for Papers

[Jaffer Li (TanSheng Li)]

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                              Call for Papers

                    The Second International Workshop on
        Software Engineering and Multimedia Applications (SEMA2000)

                         August 1 - August 2, 2000

                            in conjunction with

                               InterSymp'2000
                    The 12th International Conference on
               Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetice
                          July 31 - August 5, 2000
                       The Markgraf-Ludwing-Gymnasium
                            Baden-Baden, Germany

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Theme

Software development is a complicate process. It requires a systematic
approach in different phrases of the development. From the analysis of
system requirements, to the design of software architecture,
implementation, testing, and maintenance, each step has its goal. Software
Engineering, as one of the most interesting research areas of computer
engineering, still plays an important role. On the other hand, there has
been an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communication and
applications in the last few years. This revolution is transforming the way
people live, work, and interact with each other, and is impacting the way
businesses, government services, education, entertainment, and health care
are operating. It is safe to say that the multimedia revolution is
underway. The purpose of this workshop is to serve as a forum for the

exchange of ideas among practicing engineers and researchers from around
the world, as well as highlight current activities and important topics in
the fields of software engineering and multimedia computing. The workshop
organizers seek contributions of high quality papers, addressing various
aspects of software tools and multimedia systems, for presentation at the
workshop and publication in the proceedings. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:

Software Engineering:

   * software development life cycle
   * project management
   * project cycle time reduction and cost-effectiveness
   * software metrics and testing
   * software reuse
   * CASE tools
   * distributed software engineering
   * training and competency development
   * the "people" aspects of software development
   * strategic and tactical aspects of quality journey
   * approaches to product quality management
   * reverse engineering and re-engineering
   * object-oriented software engineering
   * formal specification issues in software engineering
   * software maintenance
   * software development in UML

Multimedia Computing:

   * distributed multimedia databases and computing
   * multi-paradigmatic information retrieval
   * modeling and analysis of distributed multimedia systems
   * OS support for distributed multimedia systems
   * multimedia communications and networking
   * multimedia digital libraries and mail systems
   * multimedia human-computer interaction
   * multimedia applications for CSCW
   * distance education
   * electronic commerce, tele-conferencing, tele-medicine.
   * visual and multidimensional languages for multimedia applications
   * multimedia workflows
   * multimedia stream synchronization
   * mobile agent technologies in multimedia communication
   * multimedia data mining
   * intelligent multimedia applications
   * Web-based multimedia information systems
   * Java computing

Please visit http://www.ai.nkfust.edu.tw/~sema2000 for latest information.

SEMA2000 Organization (Tentative)

Honorary Workshop Chair

   * Joe Yang, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and
     Technology, Taiwan

Steering Comittee

   * Nikitas Assimakopoulos, University of Piraeus, Greece
   * Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
   * George E. Lasker, University of Windsor, Canada (Chair)
   * Franc Solina, University of Ljubljana, Solvenia

General Co-Chairs

   * Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
     Email: abed@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de
   * Sheng-Tun Li, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and
     Technology, Taiwan
     Email: stli@ccms.nkfu.edu.tw

Program Committee Chair

   * Carsten Griwodz, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

International Advisors

   * Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
   * Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Paper Submission

Paper must be written in English. Please send your submission either
electronic (preferable) in pdf or postscript format or four copies of the
complete manuscript with a 200-word abstract and no more than 5 pages of
single-column and single-spaced text (include figures and references) by

April 1st, 2000 to:

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
Industrial Process and System Communications (KOM)
Darmstadt University of Technology
Merckstr. 25
64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-166158
Fax: +49-6151-166152
Email: abed@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de

Important Dates

   * Paper submission due: April 1, 2000
   * Acceptance Notification: April 25, 2000
   * Final manuscript due: May 15, 2000

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