Deadline Extension: Dec. 21, 2007

Deadline extension for WIAMIS2008 - new important dates:

• Paper Submission: December 21, 2007 ***extended***
• Review Results: January 18, 2008
• Submission of Camera-ready Papers: February 08, 2008

Keynote Speakers at WIAMIS'08

First keynote speakers confirmed. Horst Bischof from TU Graz will give a keynote about "Robust Person Detection for Surveillance using Online learning" and Jens-Rainer Ohm from RWTH Aachen will also give a keynote (title to be announced). Further information can be found at http://www.wiamis2008.org/invitedTalks.html.

Special Sessions at WIAMIS 2008

WIAMIS 2008 will host a number of special sessions.

Invited Special Session:

Title: COST 292 - Towards Automated Robust Vision-based Surveillance
Chairs: Noel E. O'Connor (DCU) and Marzia Corvaglia (Uni. Brescia)
URL: http://www.wiamis2008.org/specialSessionCOST292.html

Accepted Special Sessions:

Title: ADVISE - Advanced Video Services Delivery over Heterogeneous Network
Chairs: Toufik Ahmed (CNRS LaBRI Lab. - University Bordeaux 1, France), Ingo Kofler (Department of Information Technology (ITEC), Klagenfurt University, Austria), Olimpiu Negru (Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia, France)
URL: http://www.wiamis2008.org/specialSessionADVISE.html

Title: Multimedia Metadata Management & Retrieval
Chair: Mathias Lux (Department of Information Technology (ITEC), Klagenfurt University, Austria)
URL: http://www.wiamis2008.org/specialSessionMM.html

Title: Rushes - Multimedia Indexing and Retrieval of Unedited Audio-Visual Footage
Chair: Oliver Schreer (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications / Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Image Processing Department)
URL: http://www.wiamis2008.org/specialSessionRUSHES.html

Paper Registration/Submission Online

The paper registration/submission will be handled through EDAS. In order to register, upload, and manage your submissions, follow this link.

Further details can be found on WIAMIS 2008 paper submission site.