Syndicate: ACM Multimedia '98 - Call for Demos/Posters - Deadline May 29

[Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@v2.nl>]

Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:23:17 -0400
From: Michael Vernick <vernick@bell-labs.com>
Organization: Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies

Greetings from the Multimedia '98 committee.

We cordially invite you to take part in Multimedia '98 by submitting
your work as a poster or demonstration. It will be an excellent
opportunity for you to showcase your work at a conference that will
bring together researchers, artists, developers, educators, performers,
and practitioners of multimedia.  Submission instructions can be found
below or at our web site, http://www.acm.org/sigmm/MM98/index.html.

Please forward this announcement to your colleagues and we look forward
to seeing you in Bristol in September (12-16) for what will be a most
rewarding and exciting experience!

Our apologies if you've received multiple copies of this announcement.

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CALL FOR DEMOS AND POSTERS
     deadline May 29th
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The ACM Multimedia conference goes to Europe

     The sixth ACM Multimedia Conference (Multimedia 98) will be held at

the University of Bristol in the UK. The conference is devoted to
presenting and exploring technological and artistic advancements and
innovations in the field of multimedia. Technical issues, theory and
practice, business, artistic and consumer market applications will be
presented and discussed.


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TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS
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     In 1998, there will be a focus on interdisciplinary systems.
The definition of interdisciplinary is up to the authors. Examples
could be the combination of multimedia technology with teaching
experiences, content processing tools working together with retrieval
engines and many other demonstrable ideas. As in any year, the
constraints are equipment and space. As we can supply only limited
equipment, you should assume that you will have to supply your own.
Due to space constraints all proposals for demos will be refereed
to assure quality.

     Please submit your work by email to:
     David Slatter, HP Labs
     Email: dns@hplb.hpl.hp.com

     ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than May 29th, 1998.

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ART DEMONSTRATIONS
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     Are artists doing with multimedia what the technologists did not
think of? And, will it be the artists who define the paradigms and
metaphors that are the solutions of the problems the technologists have
yet to identify? The ACM MULTIMEDIA '98 ART PROGRAM challenges you to be

relevant and timely; exploiting what technologies you can find to use,
combining media in ways beyond just voice/video/data, squeezing more
from the standard authoring tools and languages, to be creative and
imaginative. Let's show that the only place to be is in that hot mix of
art and technology -- not safely planted on either side peering in. And
let's demonstrate that while even though we can all use everyone else's
tools, it takes more than learning a paint program to create.

Submit. What? Something you can bring. Something we can access via the
Internet.  Something that is best shown on a video (such as a
non portable installation or one-time event). But most of all, something

that shows the research community why you are indispensable.

Format of submissions:
A description no longer than 5 pages of text describing your work, a
video tape if appropriate, and images (digital or other). You are
encouraged to write about what you have done: discuss the relevance of
your work to current uses of technologies, the problems it addresses,
and what you feel is important.

 Please submit your work by email to:

     Doree Duncan Seligmann, Bell Labs
     Email: doree@bell-labs.com

     If needed (e.g. video tape) submit your work to:

          Doree Duncan Seligmann
          Bell Labs
          Room 4G-608
          101 Crawfords Corner Road
          Holmdel, NJ 07733-3030
          USA

          ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than May 29th, 1998.




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POSTERS
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     The POSTER SECTION will give a chance for researchers in the
field of multimedia to present new work and ideas that are not yet
ready for the full technical program. The deadline for submission
is scheduled later than the deadline for full technical papers to
allow the incorporation of the latest developments in the field.

Please submit your work described in app. 2 pages - either as a
URL (you must have the rights to all the material there, and
guarantee stability of the files until the conference), or - as
a postscript file, formatted for US letter paper (8.5 by 11 inches) to:

     Dr. David C. De Roure, University of Southampton
     Email: dder@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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For more information, please the see the web site at
http://www.acm.org/sigmm/MM98/index.html

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