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      EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 8, 2005, 12.00pm GMT+0.
        (This is a strict deadline.)        

                           EURO-PAR 2005 
      TOPIC 11 - Distributed and High-Performance Multimedia
                 
                     August 30 - September 2, 2005 
                 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
	
                 Web site: http://europar05.di.fct.unl.pt/
                     Email: [log in to unmask]  
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                      TOPIC 11 - DESCRIPTION

Efficient resource management in service of multimedia data is one of
the most important challenges of the next decade. A number of novel and
hard questions arise, which can be answered only by applying techniques
of parallel and/or distributed computing. The scope of this topic
embraces issues from high-performance coding and retrieving over
parallel architectures for multimedia servers, databases and information
systems (including grids), up to highly distributed architectures in
heterogeneous, wired and wireless networks. "Proof of concept"
implementations and case studies are particularly solicited.

Key focus areas are as follows

High-Performance Multimedia, in particular:
- Parallel and distributed algorithms for fast coding and retrieval of
  multimedia data and metadata
- Architectures and algorithms for multimedia servers, databases and
  information systems (including grids)
 
Distributed Multimedia, in particular:
- Architectures and algorithms for QoS- and context-awareness in
  heterogeneous (wired and wireless) networks
- Distributed Architectures related to MPEG, including novel ideas
  regarding MPEG-21 "Universal Media Access"

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                             KEY DATES

                  February 8, 2005: Full papers due
                  May      3, 2005: Notification of acceptance
                  May     30, 2005: Camera-ready papers 
                                    and author registration due

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                         SUBMISSION DETAILS

Authors are invited to submit full papers (10 pages, Springer LNCS
style) to this topic, by using the online submission site:

         http://europar05.di.fct.unl.pt/papersubmission.html

Online submission is OPEN.
(When submitting, please indicate this topic.)

All accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings
in the Springer Verlag LNCS series.
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                     TOPIC 11 - PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Global Chair:
 Prof. Dr. Laszlo Boeszoermeny
 Institute for Information Technology
 Klagenfurt University
 Klagenfurt, Austria

Vice Chair:
   Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser
   Technical University of Darmstadt
   Darmstadt, Germany
 
Vice Chair:
   Prof. Geoff Coulson
   Computing Department
   Lancaster University
   Lancaster, UK
  
Local Chair:
   Prof. Nuno Correia
   Department of Informatics
   Faculty of Sciences and Technoogy
   Universidade Nova de Lisboa
   Portugal

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                    MISSION STATEMENT - EURO-PAR

Euro-Par is an annual series of international conferences dedicated to
the promotion and advancement of all aspects of parallel and distributed
computing. Each year, the conference normally attracts more than 300
participants coming from universities, research centres and industry.
Euro-Par 2005 will represent 16 topics
(http://europar05.di.fct.unl.pt/topics/topics.html) in the categories of
hardware, software, algorithms and applications, and will also include
tutorials, invited talks, and co-located workshops.
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