Internet Multimedia Information
July 6-8, 1995
Minho University
Braga, Portugal
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Call for Papers
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The WWW National Conference aims to analyze the state of the art of WWW
technology, and the mid-term strategic lines of the consumer groups and
multimedia information suppliers in the Internet.
Technological aspects will be focused, as well as the emergent applications
and strategies which condition the utilization of these applications.
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Conference Topics
1. Strategy
1. WWW development perspectives
2. Commercial integration of WWW services: billing and certification
3. Legal aspects of Internet Services
4. Social, Cultural and Economical aspects of the Net
2. Technology
1. Introduction to WWW
2. Interfaces
3. WWW Services Administration
4. WWW and Education
5. New standards in the Internet
3. Applications
1. Emerging functionality on the WWW
2. Application of multimedia information systems
3. Virtual Reality
4. Virtual Communities
5. Campus-Wide Information System
6. Information discovering and retrieving
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Presentation Topics
Topics for presentation include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Strategy
1. WWW development perspectives
National and regional initiatives
Connectivity and national infrastructures
Community access to the Net
Empowering new users
Band width and Costs
2. Legal aspects of Internet Services
Which Legislation?
Who can provide services?
Warranties and Liberties
Intellectual property rights
3. Commercial integration of WWW services: billing and certification
Tools for WWW Business support
Accountancy, Fees and Payment methods
Security and Privacy
Commercial use of Internet
Emerging business opportunities
4. Social, Cultural and Economical aspects of the Net
Impact and changes
Etiquette rules
2. Technology
1. Introduction to WWW
WWW
Communication Protocols
HTML V1-3/SGML
Developments towards a Global Information Infrastructure
2. Interfaces
Existent browsers, servers, ...
What can we expect in the future?
3. WWW Services Administration
Centralization Vs Distribution
Multiple Servers management
Inter-Operationality with other services (Gateways)
Caching, Mirroring, Proxies
Agents, Robots, Spiders and Crawlers
4. WWW and Education
Case Studies / Applicability
Computer based training and teaching
Internet, Multimedia and WWW in Education
5. New standards in the Internet
Authoring tools integration
3. Applications
1. Emerging functionality on the WWW
Radio, Video
Security
2. Multimedia information systems applications
3. Virtual Reality
4. Virtual Communities
5. Campus-Wide Information System
Resources, Services and Tools
Information discovering and retrieving
Information Access
Kiosks
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Information for Paper Submission
We invite authors to present communications (based on submited papers)
on the topics above, for a foresight duration of 20 minutes, followed by
discussion.
Papers will be selected based on two to four pages abstracts. The abstracts,
in Portuguese or English, should include name, address, affiliation,
phone number, fax number, and e-mail address. They should also include a
keyword list, tied to the topics listed above. Upon acceptance, full papers
will be required.
All submissions will be refereed by at least two members of the Programme
Committee.
Extended abstracts should be submitted by 23 April 1995.
Note: Only extended abstracts in plain ASCII text, HTML or PostScript are
accepted by e-mail.
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Important dates
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| Deadline for | |
| large abstracts | 23 April |
| submission | |
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| Notification | 08 May |
| of acceptance | |
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| Camera-ready | 05 June |
| papers due | |
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| Conference | 06, 07 and |
| | 08 July |
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Publications
Conference proceedings (in CD-ROM) containing full papers will be distributed
to the participants at the conference. They will also be available in WWW at
the conference page.
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Information, Registration
The WWW National Conference - Internet Multimedia Information, will be held
at the Minho University. General information concerning the conference,
registration, and a variety of hotel accommodations booked at special rates
will be available in a separate announcement.
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Organization
o Program Committee
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Prof. Jose Esgalhado Valenca, Head of Informatics Department, U. Minho
Prof. Alberto Proenca, Head of Informatics Center, U. Minho
Prof. Altamiro Machado, Informatics Department, U. Minho
Prof. Dias Figueiredo, U. Coimbra
Prof. Heitor Pina, FCCN (National Cientific Computation Foundation)
Prof. Legatheaux Martins, U. Nova Lisboa / PUUG (Portuguese Unix Users Group)
Prof. Nuno Guimaraes, INESC / U. Tecnica Lisboa
Prof. Pedro Veiga, Faculdade Ciencias Lisboa / INESC
Prof. Ruela, U. Porto
Prof. Vasco Freitas, Informatics Department, U. Minho
o Organisation Committee
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Jose Esgalhado Valenca General Chair - Informatics Department, U. Minho
Carlos Baquero Informatics Department, U. Minho
Francisco Pinto Informatics Center, U. Minho
Jorge Portugal Andrade Informatics Department, U. Minho
Jose Pina Miranda Informatics Department, U. Minho
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Contact and Abstracts submission
CNW3
Departamento de Informatica
Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar
4710 Braga
Portugal
URL: http://www.di.uminho.pt/cnw3.html
Phone: +351 (53) 604470
Fax: +351 (53) 612954
e-mail: cnw3@di.uminho.pt