From: Serge Abiteboul <Serge.Abiteboul@inria.fr>
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 11:02:41 +0200
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Subject: [Malika.Smail@inria.fr: Intern. workshop on multimedia DBMS]
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			CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
			======================

 
                        1995 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
 
                                    ON
 
                     MULTI-MEDIA DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
			     (IW-MMDBMS'95) 


                       Minnowbrook Conference Center
                       Blue Mountain Lake, New York
                            August 28-30, 1995
 
Sponsored by
  - New York State Center for Advanced Technology
    in Computer Applications and Software Engineering (CASE)
    at Syracuse University
in cooperation with
   - IEEE Computing Society
   - IEEE Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing
   - The Data Management Specialty Group of the MITRE Corp.
 
The rapid advances in many facets of Computer Technology have intensified
Research and Development interests in Multi-Media Information Processing(MMIP).
Despite the current existence of some forms of Multi-Media Systems, the
true realization of MMIP rests on the ability to access and manipulate the
multi-media objects. That can only be adequately addressed and achieved via
Multi-Media Data Base Management Systems (MMDBMSs). For conventional text-based
information, data access and manipulation have advanced considerably; however,
for multi-media systems that incorporate continuous media objects, e.g., audio
and video, and other media types like images, voice, and graphics, they pose
novel problems.

The workshop will emphasize the issues relevant to designing, developing,
and utilizing MMDBMSs. The paper presentations and panel discussions will address  
the following issues as they relate to MMDBMSs:
 
 - Multi-Media Database  Model
 - Decomposition/Organization Strategies
 - Storage Structures and Techniques
 - Query Language Designs and Specifications
 - Retrieval/Search Techniques/Strategies/Algorithms
 - Access Methods and Indexing Techniques
 - Multi-media Data Synchronization
 - QoS Delivery/Presentation Issues


General Chair:
==============
Prof. P. Bruce Berra
Director, CASE Center,
Suite 2-212, CST,
Syracuse Univ.,
Syracuse, NY 13244.
 
Program Chairs:
==============
Dr. Kingsley C. Nwosu
AT&T Bell Labs.,
67 Whippany Rd., Rm. 2C-256,
Whippany, NJ 07981-0903.
Phone:(201)386-4211.
Fax:(201)386-2182.
email:nwosuck@harpo.wh.att.com
 
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
The Mitre Corp.,
K329, Burlington Rd.,
Bedford, MA. 01730.
Phone:(617)271-8873.
email:thura@mitre.org
 
 
Program Co-Chairs:
=================
Prof. Rajiv Mehrotra
Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science
Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone:(314)553-6343
email:rajiv@arch.umsl.edu
 
 
Dr. Patrick Bobbie
Dept of CIS,
Florida A&M Univ.
Tallahassee, FL 32307.
Phone:(904)599-3022.
email:bobbie@serel.cis.famu.edu
 
Publications Chair:
===================
Dr. Cyril Orji
Computer Science Dept.
Florida International Univ.
Miami, FL. 33199.
email:orji@geneva.fiu.edu
 
Local Arrangements/Registration:
===============================
Emileen Butler
CASE Center
Suite 2-212, CST,
Syracuse Univ.
Syracuse, NY 13244.
Phone:(315)443-1062.
 
Emily Yakawiak
CASE Center
Suite 2-212, CST
Syracuse Univ.
Syracuse, NY 13244.
Phone:(315)443-1060.
 
 
Program Committee:
==================
P. Venkat Rangan (UCSD)
A. Silberschatz (AT&T Bell Labs)
Arif Ghafoor (Purdue Univ.)
Philip S. Yu (IBM)
Warren Sterling (AT&T GIS)
A. Biliris (AT&T Bell Labs)
Raj Yavatkar (U. KY)
T.D.C. Little (Boston Univ.)
F. Golshani (Arizona State Univ)
Surajit Chaudhuri (Hewlett Packard)
Bill Grosky (Wayne St. U.)
Greg Speegle (Baylor Univ)
Dragutin Petkovic (IBM)
Le Gruenwald (U. OK)
Arturo Pizano (Siemens Corp. Res.)
Olivia R. Liu Sheng (U. Arizona)
Son K. Dao (Hughes Research Lab)
Ramesh Jain (UCSD)
Soon Chung (Wright St. U.)
Satya Prabhakar (Honeywell)
S. Ghandeharizadeh (USC)
Kelly Lyons (IBM)
Arding Hsu (Siemens Corp. Res.)


		PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM
	        =============================

August 28, 1995		
   7:30 - 9:30 PM	
        Opening Remarks - P. Bruce Berra, Workshop General Chair
	Opening Remarks - B. Thuraisingham, Kingsley Nwosu (Program Chairs)
			- Patrick Bobbie, Rajiv Mehrotra (Program Co-Chairs)

	SESSION 1: Panel: Government Funding for Multimedia DBMS Research
			  and Development
		Chair: Bhavani Thuraisingham
		Panelists: TBD


August 29, 1995

   8:30 - 10:00 AM	
	SESSION 2:	Multimedia Database Management
			------------------------------
		Chair: F. Golshani, Arizona St. Univ.

		"The Role of Database Systems in the 
		Management of Multimedia Database Mgmt Systems"
        	Soon M. Chung, Wright St. Univ.
		Scott Campbell, AT&T GIS

		"STORM:A Structural and Temporal Object-Oriented
             	Multimedia Database System"
       		Michel Adiba, IMAG-LGI, Grenoble University, France

		"Views of Media Objects in Multimedia Databases"
        	Greg Speegle, Baylor Univ.

10:30 - 12:30 PM	
	SESSION 3:	Multimedia Integration
			---------------------
		Chair: Arding Hsu, Siemens Corp. Research.

		"Synchronization Mechanisms for Distributed 
		Multimedia  Presentation Systems"
        	Donald A Adjeroh, Moon Lee, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong

		"Playout Management - An Integrated Service 
		of a Multimedia Database Management System"
        	Heiko Thimm, Wolfgang Klas, GMD-IPSI, Germany.

		"Integrated Multimedia Object and Application
		Modelling Based on Events and Scenarios"
        	M. Vazirgiannis, M. Hatzopoulos,  Univ. of Athens, Greece

		"An Architecture for Operating System Support of
		Distributed Multimedia Systems"
        	C. Orji, Ya Xu, N. Rishe, Florida International Univ., Miami

   1:30 - 3:00 PM		
	SESSION 4:	Query Language & Processing
			---------------------------
		Chair: Olivia R. Sheng, Univ. Arizona

		"A Multimedia Query Specification Language"
        	N. Hirzalla, A. Karmouch, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada

		"A Graphical Query Language for Identifying 
		Temporal Trends in Video Data"
        	Stacie Hibino, E. A. Rundensteiner, Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor

		"Modeling and Querying Primitives for Digital Media"
        	 M. Ghandi, E. Robertson, Dick Van Gucht
		       Indiana University, Bloomington

		"Searching and Browsing a Shared Video Base"
        	R. Hjelsvold, R. Midtstraum,  O. Sandstaa
			Norwegian Institute of Technology


7:30  - 9:30 PM			
	SESSION 5: Panel: "The Role of DBMSs in the Multimedia Information
			  Systems' Age"
		Chair: Rajiv Mehrotra, Univ. Missouri
		Panelists: 
			F. Golshani, Arizona St. Univ.
			P. Venkat Rangan, UCSD
			T.D.C. Little, Boston Univ.
			Philip S. Yu, IBM
			Arif Ghafoor, Purdue Univ.
			Ramesh Jain, USC
			Nicholas D. Georganas, Univ. Ottawa
			C. Faloutsos, AT&T Bell Labs 
			Raj Yavatkar, Univ. Kentucky
			Arding Hsu, Siemens Corp. Research
			N. Bourbakis, SUNY, Binghamton
			A. Biliris, AT&T Bell Labs.
			C.Y.R. Chen, Syracuse Univ.
			Olivia R. Sheng, Univ. Arizona


August 29, 1995
   8:30 - 10:00 AM   		
	SESSION 6: 	Multimedia Storage Issues
			-------------------------
		Chair: Thomas Little, Boston Univ.

		"Improved and Optimal Adaptive Hierarchical 
		Vector Quantization for Image Coding"
        	Sheng Zhong, Francis Chin, Univ. of Hong Kong


		"Data Placement for Continuous Media in  MMDBMS"
        	Taeck-Geun Kwon, Sukho Lee, LG Info. & Comm., LTD, Korea

		"A Market-Based Economic Model for Multi-Media
		Object Storage and Distribution"
		S. Narayan, P. Losleben, F-C Cheong, Stanford Univ., CA.

  10:30 - 12:30 PM		
	SESSION 7: 	Multimedia Retrieval & Indexing
			--------------------------------
		Chair: N. Bourbakis, SUNY, Binghamton

		"Interactive Model Retrieval for Videos  and Still Images"
        	Brigitte Simonnet, Malik Smail, CRIN/CNRS, France

		"Structured Temporal Composition of Multi-Media Data"
        	Andrzej Duda, Cherif Keramane, CNRS-IMAG, France


		"Image Data Modelling for Efficient Content  Indexing"
        	C. Leung, Z. J. Zheng, Victoria Univ. of Techn., Melbourne

		"MB+-Tree: A New Index Structure for Multi-Media Databases"
        	Qi Yang, Asha Vellaikal, Son Dao, Hughes Res. Lab.
	
======================================================================


		TRAVEL AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
		===================================

LOCATION: 
========
  Minnowbrook is located in the Central Adirondack Mountains on the north shore
of Blue Mountain Lake. It is 135 miles from Syracuse, 90 miles from Utica, 
115 miles from Albany, and 265 miles from New York City. A one-mile secondary
road to Minnowbrook conference Center leaves Route 30 just north of Blue 
Mountain Lake Village. From New York city take 87 to 28 to 30; from Buffalo,
NY take 90 to 12 to 28 to 30.

SETTING:  
=======
  The Minnowbrook Conference Center is located on 28 acres of choice wooded
land along the northern shore of beautiful Blue Mountain Lake. Attractive rustic,
but modern lodges provide gracious living accommodations for conference 
participants. Rooms are for double occupancy. A spacious central lodge, a 
meeting room for instructional sessions, and two recreation halls make
Minnowbrook ideal for professional and business conferences.

REGISTRATION:  
============
  Everyone must preregister by July 31, 1995 as there will be no on-site 
registration for this Workshop. At least one of the authors of each accepted
paper must register and attend the Workshop to present the paper. 
The total cost for this Workshop is $450 (US) for IEEE members 
and $500 (US) for non-members. This includes all Workshop costs
and materials, proceedings, meals, lodging, social functions, and use of all
Minnowbrook facilities. The registration fee of $450/$500 is payable with
attached registration form.  Please make checks payable to:
                            Syracuse University

MEALS & LODGING:    
================
  The first meal will be dinner on Monday, August 28, 1995. Try to arrange
your schedule to arrive at Minnowbrook by that time and to give yourself 
time to relax before the first session begins. The last meal will be served
on Wednesday, August 30, 1995 at 1:00 p.m.

Kindly inform us, with the return of your registration form, of any special 
dietary requirements you may have. Meals are planned in advance and we will
try to accommodate your needs if we know them in advance.

CLOTHING & RECREATION:
======================
  Those attending conferences at Minnowbrook, dress informally and
comfortably. Keep in mind that nights are often chilly, so it is advisable 
to bring a sweater.

For activities between sessions the natural beauty of the woodland setting 
can be enjoyed on hiking tails at and near the conference Center. Minnowbrook
also has facilities for swimming, boating, fishing, badminton, volleyball,
tennis, pool, shuffleboard, and ping-pong.

Each conference group has exclusive use of the Conference Center to insure 
complete privacy in an atmosphere of relaxation and good fellowship.

TRAVEL:
=======
  Check-in at Minnowbrook will begin at 4:00 p.m. If you drive, go directly 
to Minnowbrook, and plan to arrive at check-in time. The best method of
of transportation is by automobile.

MESSAGES: 
========
  Mail is collected and delivered daily at Minnowbrook. The address is:
Minnowbrook Conference Center of Syracuse University, Blue Mountain Lake, 
New York, 12812.

While the Workshop is in session, call-back messages can be left for you 
at (518) 352-9766.

Please distribute this telephone number to anyone who may have a need to 
reach you.
                               ************

We regret to inform you that due to the tax exempt status of Minnowbrook, 
families and friends of registrants cannot be accommodated.

			    REGISTRATION FORM
            --------------------------------------------------
                        1995 International Workshop
                            on Multimedia DBMS
                       Minnowbrook Conference Center
                          Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Name: _________________________________________________(Dr/Prof/Ms/Mr)                                                            
Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________________________________________

State/Province/Zip/Country:  _______________________________________________

IEEE Membership # (if applicable):  _________________________________

Telephone #: _________________________________________________________

e-mail: ______________________________________________________________

A registration fee of $450 (US) for IEEE Members and $500 (US) for non-members 
is payable with this form.  Make check payable to Syracuse University.
Mail to: 
    P. Bruce Berra, Director,
    CASE Center, 2-212 Center for Science and Technology, 
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS:  JULY 31, 1995