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2nd International Symposium on
Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services
KES IIMSS 2009

http://iimss-09.kesinternational.org/
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Journal Publications

We are pleased to announce that authors of outstanding papers presented
at IIMSS-09 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers
for a Special Edition of the Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications,
published by Springer-Verlag.


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Introduction
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We are pleased to invite participation in KES-IIMSS 2009 organized by the
Department of Information Technologies of University of Milan in conjunction
with KES International. KES-IIMSS 2009 is an international scientific symposium
for research in the fields of intelligent interactive multimedia systems and services.
The aim of the symposium is to provide an internationally respected forum for
scientific research in the technologies and applications of intelligent interactive
multimedia systems and services.
The conference will take place in Mogliano Veneto, close to the beautiful Venice.
The conference will consist of keynote talks, oral and poster presentations,
invited sessions and workshops, on the applications and theory of intelligent
interactive multimedia systems and services and related areas. It will provide
excellent opportunities for the presentation of interesting new research results
and discussion about them, leading to knowledge transfer and generation of new ideas.

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Topics
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Contributions are invited from prospective authors with interests in the indicated
conference topics and related areas of application. All contributions should be
high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during
the review period. Please see the web site for details of the required paper format.
Papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the International Program Committee, and may be
accepted for oral or poster presentation. The conference proceedings will be published
by Springer as a book in their Computational Intelligence Series.
Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in the KES Journal.
Authors will be limited to one paper per registration.

Authors are invited to submit papers and proposals on a variety of
topics, including but not limited to:

Mobile Technologies and Intelligent Services
Intelligent Educational Services
Automated and Intelligent Lecture Rooms
Intelligent Audio and Music Storage/Retrieval/Transmission/Analysis
Intelligent Video Storage/Retrieval/Transmission/Analysis
Intelligent Image Storage/Retrieval/Transmission/Analysis
Knowledge-based Multimedia Signal Processing
Security in Knowledge-based Multimedia Systems
Knowledge-based Virtual and Augmented Reality
Knowledge-based Human-Computer Interaction
Intelligent Multimodal Interactive Systems
Digital Rights Management
Intelligent Digital Library Services
Adaptive hypermedia systems
Intelligent narrative environments
User Modeling
Adaptive Recommender Services
Multimedia Notification and Decision Support Services
Intelligent Information Systems
Knowledge-based Entertainment Services
Knowledge Technologies for the Semantic Web
Intelligent e-Learning Multimedia
Intelligent e-Commerce Multimedia
Intelligent e-Government Multimedia
Intelligent e-Entertainment Multimedia
Intelligent e-Medicine
Intelligent e-Legal Services
Intelligent Environmental Multimedia Systems
Intelligent Remote Sensing and Telemonitoring Services
Intelligent GIS Services
Intelligent Devices
Smart-Home Multimedia Services
Multimedia Services to People with Special Needs
Multimedia Communication Services
Knowledge-based Applications



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Submission
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Submission information: http://iimss-09.kesinternational.org/submission.php

Papers for consideration for the conference may be submitted to the General Track
or to an Invited Session on a specific topic. Papers should not exceed 10 pages in
Springer format. Papers longer than this will be subject to an additional charge.
Shorter papers will be acceptable if they adequately convey the material to be described,
and are not so short as to be trivial or lacking in depth.
The papers will be scheduled for presentation either orally or by poster, depending
on their attributes, author preferences and referee recommendations. Please note that
poster presentations are regarded as being of equal importance and status to oral presentations.

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Important dates
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Paper submission due: January 12, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 23 February 2009
Final paper publication files to be uploaded by: 23 March 2009
Conference sessions: 16, 17 July 2009


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Organization
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General Co-Chairs:
Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy;
Jechang Jeong, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Executive Chair:
R. J. Howlett, University of Brighton, UK

Invited Sessions Chair:
L. C. Jain, University of South Australia