MUE 2008
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Welcome to the 2008 International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE 2008). On behalf of the conference committees, we thank you for your participation, and hope that you will enjoy the presentations and social programs offered in this conference.
Based on the great success of 1st MUE 2007 conference, 2nd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE 2008) will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of advances in Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering. Multimedia and Ubiquitous is emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm to provide computing life services any time, any where. Our Conference provides a chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of multimedia and ubiquitous environment including models and systems, new directions, novel applications associated with the utilization and acceptance of ubiquitous computing devices and systems.
The goal of this conference is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Information Technology.
Topics of relevance include but are not limited to the following areas. Excellent surveying works in these areas are welcome, too.
- Ubiquitous Computing and Beyond
- Ubiquitous Computing and Technology
- Ambient and Artificial Intelligence
- Context-Aware Ubiquitous Computing
- Parallel/Distributed/Grid Computing
- Novel Machine Architectures
- Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid
- Smart Home and Natural Interfaces
- Multimedia Modeling and Processing
- AI and Soft Computing in Multimedia
- Computer Graphics and Simulation
- Content-Based Image Retrieval / QBE
- Medical Image and Signal Processing
- Multimedia Indexing and Compression
- Virtual Reality and Game Technology
- Current Challenges in Multimedia
- Ubiquitous Services and Applications
- Protocols for Ubiquitous Services
- Ubiquitous Database Methodologies
- Ubiquitous Application Interfaces
- IPv6 Foundations and Applications
- Smart Home Network Middleware
- Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID
- U-Commerce and Other Applications
- Multimedia Services and Applications
- Multimedia RDBMS Platforms
- Multimedia in Telemedicine
- Multimedia Embedded Systems
- Entertainment Industry
- E-Commerce and E-Learning
- Novel Multimedia Applications
- Computer Graphics in Industry
- Multimedia and Ubiquitous Security
- Security in Commerce and Industry
- Security in Ubiquitous Databases
- Key Management and Authentication
- Privacy in Ubiquitous Environment
- Sensor Networks and RFID Security
- Multimedia Information Security
- Forensics and Image Watermarking
- Other IT and Multimedia Applications