From: mac@sei.cmu.edu (Michael Christel)
Subject: CONF/CFP: IEEE Tutorial-Workshop on Multimedia Computing
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 18:48:40 GMT
Organization: Software Engineering Institute



			   Call for Participation

			IEEE Tutorial and Workshop
			  On Multimedia Computing
				Pittsburgh, PA
			     March 22 - 24, 1993

High bandwidth networks combined with advanced workstations are beginning to
merge the functionality of bi-directional television and computing to form
another stage in the computer revolution. The past, present, and future of
multimedia computing is the focus of The IEEE Computing Society's Tutorials
and Workshop on Multimedia Computing. The Tutorials and Workshop will be held
on the Campus of Carnegie Mellon University, March 22-23, 1993 and March
23-24, 1993 respectively.

The Tutorial

The Tutorials are designed for participants who may be well read in one area,
but have a desire to broaden their knowledge in other sub-fields of multimedia
computing. In keeping with this theme, the Tutorial consists of short (1 hour
to 1.5 hour) lectures, each surveying a sub-field of multimedia computing.
Sufficient time in between lectures will be provided to facilitate interaction
between all members of the Tutorial.

Representative lecture topics include Multimedia:
1.	Operating Systems
2.	Networks
3.	Tools and Environments
4.	Database Systems
5.	Human Computer Interaction
6.	Standards
7.	Workstations
8.	Applications

The Tutorials will begin at 9:00 AM on March 22, 1993 and end at 12:00 PM on
March 23, 1993.

The Workshop

The principal goal of the Workshop is to further refine and define the field
of multimedia computing. The workshop will be a participatory, collaborative
workshop whose participants are assumed to have a general background in the
sub-fields of multimedia computing identified in the Tutorial topics. The
principal output of the workshop will be an IEEE Multimedia Computing Task
Force technical report and may be used to begin structuring a potential IEEE
Conference on Multimedia Computing.

To meet these goals the attendance will be limited to 50. It is anticipated
that most Workshop participants will have attended the Tutorial. Short, one to
two page, non-refereed position papers are requested from all Workshop
participants.  Position papers may include participants' descriptions of their
work in progress, predictive descriptions of the field of multimedia computing
over the next five years, and biographical information. Position papers will
be distributed to the participants prior to their arrival. It is expected that
all participants will be familiar with these papers.

Involvement with the Workshop will provide participants with a unique
opportunity to influence an emergent field while interacting with leading
researchers in multimedia computing.

The Workshop will begin at 2:00 PM on March 23, 1993 and end at 4:00 PM on
March 24, 1993. Workshop participants are requested to submit position papers
by March 5, 1993.

For registration materials contact:

Dr. Scott Stevens
Tutorial/Workshop Chair
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-7796; sms@sei.cmu.edu