[humaine news] The Multimedia Grand Challenge @ ACM MM 2009

[Kostas Karpouzis]

The Multimedia Grand Challenge @ ACM MM 2009 - http://tinyurl.com/aqzkqx

What problems do Google, Yahoo, HP, Radvision, CeWe, Nokia and other
companies see in the future of multimedia? The Multimedia Grand
Challenge is a set of problems and issues from these (and other)
industry leaders, geared to engage the Multimedia research community in
solving relevant, interesting and challenging questions about the
industry's 2-5 year horizon for multimedia. The Grand Challenge is
initially presented as part of ACM Multimedia 2009. Researchers will be
encouraged to submit working systems in response to the challenge to win
the Grand Challenge competition!

Can you solve these problems?

We encourage you to consider the challenges and submit your contribution
or solution to the ACM Multimedia 2009 Grand Challenge track (submission
details forthcoming on this blog).

The top submissions will be presented in a special event during the MM
2009 conference in Beijing. Based on the presentation, winners will be
selected for Grand Challenge awards. Yes, there will also be prizes (TBD
– watch for details on the Grand Challenge web site).

A submission will consist of a two-page summary to the ACM MM Grand
Challenge track; the authors may include a link to an online demo or
video. The submissions must:

    1. Significantly address one of the industry challenges posted on
the Grand Challenge web site.
    2. Depict working, presentable systems or demos.

At the conference, you (if accepted) will introduce the idea shortly to
the audience, give a quick demo, and take short questions from the
judges. Based on your presentation, a team of judges and the attending
crowd will select the top contributors.

Specific submission instructions will be made available on the Grand
Challenge blog. Submission of extended description of the work to other
MM 2009 tracks is highly recommended; Grand Challenge submissions that
are accompanied by other MM 2009 accepted publications would receive
priority.
Key Dates

June 15th, 2009: Submission deadline
July 2nd, 2009: Notification of acceptance
July 24th, 2009: Final camera-ready version
Oct 19-24th 2009: (exact date TBD) Conference Presentation
Learn more

The Multimedia Grand Challenge blog hosts the different challenges,
updates about the Grand Challenge, and invites discussion via comments.

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