Advances in computer and networking technologies have fueled the rapid growth of research and development in multimedia computing and high-speed networking. As emerging multimedia technologies set higher performance levels at competitive costs, they are starting to enable and proliferate multimedia solutions in a spectrum of commercial and laboratory projects. The objective of this conference is to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in all facets of multimedia computing and networking. The conference will serve as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research, development, and implementations of multimedia systems, technologies, and applications. Presenters will be encouraged to make multimedia presentations and demonstrate their solutions.

We especially encourage papers on emerging technologies such as mobile and wireless multimedia networks, edge network technologies, content distribution networks and home networking. A new feature this year is an industrial experiences track for next-generation multimedia systems and applications. One or two sessions of the conference will be reserved for papers detailing industrial experiences in the design and deployment of multimedia systems and applications.

Papers are solicited in all areas of multimedia, including, but not limited to:

• Multimedia Computing Systems:
  • hardware support and hardware accelerators
  • multimedia operating system services
  • video-on-demand servers and services
• Multimedia Networking:
  • mobile network architectures
  • wireless networks
  • active networks
  • home networking
  • quality-of-service control and scheduling algorithms
  • access technologies and community networking
  • network and transport protocols
• Multimedia and the Internet:
  • web servers and web-based services
  • push technologies and content distribution
  • wide area caching architectures
  • data streaming and delivery mechanisms
  • compression
• Measurement and modeling:
  • performance measurement of multimedia systems
  • statistical modeling of server traffic and server software
  • multimedia system simulations
• Applications areas:
  • multimedia search engines and databases
  • entertainment and games
  • adaptive applications
  • synthetic animation
  • distributed virtual reality
  • user interfaces and authoring systems
• Case studies:
  • design studies of industrial multimedia systems
  • experience reports on the use of multimedia in real-life applications

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS:

Please submit full papers for review. The submissions should not exceed 15 single-spaced pages including figures, tables, and references, using a typeface no smaller than 10 point. To expedite the reviewing process, we strongly encourage electronic submission of your paper in PDF or postscript format (please use standard fonts and US letter format). Sumbit your papers here Detailed instructions on the electronic submission process will be posted on this page soon. In the event that electronic submission is not possible, please send 5 hard copies of your paper to:

Prashant Shenoy

Dept. of Computer Science

University of Massachusetts

140 Governor's Drive

Amherst MA 01003

email: mmcn@cs.umass.edu

fax: (413) 545 1249

phone: (413) 577 0850

Please also submit electronically (in plain text format) a cover page to mmcn@cs.umass.edu. Each cover page should contain:
1. Title of paper;
2. Author names and affiliations;
3. Name and address (both postal and electronic) of contact author;
4. Abstract (500 words);
5. Keywords;
6. Submission area (from the list of relevant areas in the call for papers).

Each paper will be reviewed by the members of the program committee. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit a camera-ready manuscript that will appear in the conference proceedings. Best papers will be forwarded to the ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal for publication.

Important Dates:

Electronic Submission deadline (full paper): June 4, 2001  (extended to June 14, 2001)
Deadline for receiving a hardcopy: June 4, 2001  (extended to June 14, 2001)
Notification of acceptance: August 24, 2001
Camera-ready manuscripts due: October 29, 2001

For further inquiries, please send an email to mmcn@cs.umass.edu