WEBMEDIA 2003
IX SYMPOSIUM ON MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND WEB
Salvador - Brazil, 03 a 06 de novembro de 2003

PROMOTING THE LARGE-SCALE USE OF MULTIMEDIA ON THE WEB

SUBMISSION DEADLINES:
Papers: August 01st, 2003
Notification of acceptance: September 16th, 2003
Camera-ready papers: September 25th, 2003

Submission site: http://soyuz.metropoa.tche.br

The Symposium on Multimedia Systems and Web (WEBMEDIA 2003) is an international event supported by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) in the area of multimedia and hypermedia systems with a special emphasis on the Web applications scenario.

This ninty edition of the WEBMEDIA (former SBMidia) will be held in Salvador, the capital of Bahia, Brazil, from November 03-06 2003, organized by University Salvador (UNIFACS).

WEBMEDIA 2003 also includes the following topic-focused events:
- 2nd Brazilian Workshop in Games and Digital Entertainment - WJogos 2003
- III Workshop - Thesis and Dissertation in Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web
- II Workshop on Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web Tools & Applications
- Special Track 01: CSCW - Computer Supported Cooperative Work
- Special Track 02: Middleware Platforms for Multimedia

WEBMEDIA symposium provides a forum for users, web and multimedia developers and researchers in academia, industry and government to present and discuss their latest results in terms of technology, systems and applications. The emphasis proposed is to promote the large-scale use of multimedia on the Web. Authors are cordially invited to participate by submitting their work in areas included but not limited to:

- Web-based multimedia and hypermedia
- Multimedia and hypermedia intensive Web Applications: healhtcare, education, entertainment, e-commerce and government
- Multimedia and hypermedia theory, models, architectures and applications
- Web Performance
- Web technologies: languages, applications, services, architecture and models
- WebGames
- CSCW - Computer Supported Cooperative Work
- Digital Libraries
- Data mining and knowledge management for multimedia/ hypermedia contents
- Languages, metrics and evaluation methods for multimedia and hypermedia
- Multimedia and hypermedia tools, environments and infrastructure
- Quality of Service in multimedia/ hypermedia context
- Visualization, virtual environments and interfaces
- Document engineering
- Databases, storage and retrieval in multimedia/ hypermedia context
- Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia and hypermedia
- Interactive and pervasive multimedia: Digital TV, mobile systems, others
- Semantic Web
- Security in multimedia and hypermedia applications
- Distributed multimedia and hypermedia applications
- Multimedia and hypermedia contents creation, storage and distribution

Full-papers will be carefully evaluated by at least three referees. Evaluation criteria include relevance, originality, validity and importance of the described results. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and must be presented at the conference by one of the authors.

When considering traveling and extra-conference activities, Salvador outstands as a secure, beautiful, friendly and touristy city (more than 2 million tourists by year). Among other attractions, there are more than 40 km of all-year sunny beaches, well preserved historical monuments, the best and well-known five-stars hotels of the world and many options for flight connections from Europe, US and other Brazilian cities (Rio, São Paulo, Iguaçu Falls, ...). So, the idea is to associate a mix of very serious and high-level technical work with a very pleasant stay.

SUBMISSIONS:
Original full-papers (WEBMEDIA and WGames) must have up to 16 pages, in English or Portuguese. Detailed instructions about paper format, templates (latex, pdf, star-office and word) and electronic submission may be found at conference site: www.unifacs.br/webmidia2003/submission

In brief, the "Workshop on Thesis and Dissertation in Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web" accepts 6 pages work descriptions and the "Workshop on Multimedia and Hypermedia Tools and Applications" accepts 8 pages work descriptions. Additional submission details are also found at conference site.

WEBMEDIA 2003

General Chair:
Celso Alberto Saibel Santos (UNIFACS)
Joberto Sérgio Barbosa Martins (UNIFACS)

Program Committee Chair:
Guido Lemos de Souza Filho (UFPB)

Special Tracks:

Special Track 01: CSCW - Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Chairs: Renata Mendes de Araújo (UNIRIO) e Flávia Maria Santoro (NCE-UFRJ)

Special Track 02: Middleware Platforms for Multimedia
Chairs: Fabio Kon (USP) and Renato Cerqueira (PUC-Rio)

WORKSHOPS:

2nd Brazilian Workshop in Games and Digital Entertainment - WJogos 2003
Chairs: Marcelo Dreux (PUC-Rio) e Esteban Gonzalez Clua (PUC-Rio)
Program Committee Chair: Geber Ramalho (UFPE)

III Workshop - Thesis and Dissertation in Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web
Chair: Maria da Graça Pimentel (USP - São Carlos)

II Workshop on Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web Tools and Applications
Chair: Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes (ICMC-USP)

Program Committee - WEBMEDIA 2003 (in definition):

Berthier Ribeiro-Neto (UFMG)
Carlos André G. Ferraz (UFPE)
Celso Alberto Saibel Santosl (Unifacs)
César Augusto Camillo Teixeira (COC-Ribeirão Preto)
Claudio Pinhanez (TJ Watson Research Center IBM, USA)
Daniel Schwabe (PUC-RIO)
Eduardo S. Albuquerque (UFG)
Esteban Gonzalez Clua (PUC-Rio)
Ethan van Muson (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA)
Fábio Kon (IME-USP)
Flávia Maria Santoro (NCE-UFRJ)
Geber Ramalho (UFPE)
Guido Lemos de Souza Filho (DI-UFPB)
Gustavo Rossi (UNLP, Argentina)
Jean-Marie Farines (DAS-UFSC)
Jean-Pierre Courtiat (LAAS/CNRS, França)
Joberto Sérgio Barbosa Martins (Unifacs)
José Valdeni de Lima (UFRGS)
Jauvane Cavalcante de Oliveira (LNCC)
Joaquim Jorge (IST/UTL, Portugal)
Judith Kelner (UFPE)
Luiz Fernando Gomes Soares (PUC-RIO)
Marcelo Dreux (PUC-Rio)
Maria Cristina Ferreira de Oliveira (ICMC-USP)
Maria da Graça Pimentel (ICMC-USP)
Marina Teresa Pires Vieira (UFSCar)
Raimundo Macedo (UFBA)
Renata Mendes de Araújo (UNIRIO)
Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes (ICMC-USP)
Renato Cerqueira (PUC-Rio)
Riverson Rios (UFC)
Roberto Willrich (UFSC)
Thais Batista (UFRN)
Valter Roesler (UNISINOS)
Wagner Meira Jr. (UFMG)

WJogos 2003 - Organizing Committee:

Tutorials Chair: André Luiz Battaiola (UFPR)
Papers Chair: Bruno Feijó (PUC-Rio)
Posters Chair: Jefferson Valadares (Jynx/CESAR/UFPE)
Industry: Fabio Binder (UNICENP)

WJogos 2003 - Program Committee:

Kazushigue Asanome (Gamenet)
Cesar Pozzer (PUC-Rio)
Fábio Policarpo (Paralelo Computação)
Francisco Meireles (Paralelo Computação)
Reinaldo Normand (Outerspace)