[Apologies if you have already received this information] = = = = = = = = ======================================================================== MUM 2009 –The 8th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia 22 – 25 November, 2009, Cambridge, United Kingdom = = = = = = = = ======================================================================== SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL Monday, August 31, 2009 (midnight PST). MUM 2009 (www.mum2009.org) is organized by Microsoft Research, Nokia Research, and University of Cambridge. DEADLINE for full and short papers and tutorials is AUGUST 31, 2009. Paper submissions are accepted in electronic form through the online conference management site: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/MUM2009/Default.aspx . Deadline for Posters and Demos, Doctoral Consortium, and Student volunteers is September 30, 2009. The poster and demo descriptions should also be submitted through the online conference site. Registration will open SEPTMEBER 25, 2009. Early bird registration ends OCTOBER 8, 2009. Previous MUM Conferences have been held in cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE, with papers published in the ACM Digital Library (pending approval for MUM 2009). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH AREAS We welcome papers submission related to but not limited to the following topics: - USER RESEARCH AND METHODS for user-centred design of new concepts, applications, and services in mobile and ubiquitous multimedia, ranging from ethnographic research and case studies to field trials and usability evaluations. - ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES for novel mobile and ubiquitous multimedia applications, including protocols, algorithms, architectures, and middleware for mobile roaming, bandwidth and connectivity management, media streaming, storage, and integration, user authentication, identity and profile management, social interaction, distributed computing, and other aspects of ubiquitous media access that are essential for emerging applications. - INNOVATIVE DESIGNS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS of user interfaces, applications, and systems that address challenging issues in mobile interaction and ubiquitous media access across devices with different form factors, seamless transition between computing platforms, context aware UI and content presentation, management of large user populations and complex service interactions. - APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES from social network analysis, machine learning, information retrieval, computer graphics, computer vision, speech processing, user interfaces and interaction design to mobile and ubiquitous multimedia. The Conference Program will include tutorials, posters, research and industry demo session, doctoral consortium, keynote presentations from academia and industry, and a discussion panel. The technical programme will be complemented by several social events to facilitate informal discussions and networking among the conference attendees and invited guest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION DATES: Full and short papers August 31, 2009 Tutorials August 31, 2009 Posters and Demos September 30, 2009 Doctoral Consortium September 30, 2009 Student Volunteers September 30, 2009 ORGANIZERS Conference Chairs Natasa Milic-Frayling, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK natasamf@microsoft.com Jonna Häkkilä, Nokia Research Center Tampere, Finland Jonna.Hakkila@nokia.com Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK Jon.Crowcroft@cl.cam.ac.uk Program Chair Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK cecilia.mascolo@cl.cam.ac.uk Eamonn O'Neill, University of Bath, UK eamonn@cs.bath.ac.uk Demo & Poster Chairs Sean Gustafson, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany sean@gustaf.ca Antti Virolainen, Nokia Research Center, Finland Antti.Virolainen@nokia.com Doctoral Consortium Chair Joerg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland jo@netlab.hut.fi Student Volunteers Chair Kharsim Yousef, University of Cambridge, UK Kharsim.yousef@cl.cam.ac.uk. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jenine Beekhuyzen, Griffith University, Australia Alastair Beresford, University of Cambridge, UK Mark Billinghurst, HIT Lab, New Zealand Jan Blom, NRC Bangalore, India Matteo Cesana, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Anind K. Dey, Carnegie Mellon University, US Adrian Friday, University of Lancaster, UK Paul Holleis, Docomo Euro Labs, Germany Pertti Huuskonen, NRC Tampere, Finland Oskar Juhlin, Mobile Life Center, Sweden Kari Kuutti, University of Oulu, Finland Kristof Van Laerhoven, TU Darmstadt, Germany Martin Mauve, Heinrich Heine University, Germany Julie McCann, Imperial Collage London, UK Roderick Murray-Smith, University of Glasgow, UK Mirco Musolesi, University of Cambridge, UK Jani Mäntyjärvi, VTT, Finland Giovanni Pau, University of California Los Angeles, US Kari Pulli, NRC Palo Alto, US Oriana Riva, ETH Zürich, Switzerland George Roussos, Birkbeck College London, UK Enrico Rukzio, University of Lancaster, UK Antti Salovaara, HIIT, Finland Albrecht Schmidt, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Junehva Song, KAIST, Korea Matt Jones, Swansea University, UK Miakael Wiberg, Umeå University, Sweden Kharsim Yousef, University of Cambridge, UK Arkady Zaslavksy, Monash University, Australia Radivojevic Zoran, NRC Cambridge, UK. Further information can be found on the conference Web site: www.MUM2009.org . For specific questions regarding the conference organization and paper submissions please contact the corresponding conference chair.