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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Second Call for Papers > > 2002 International Workshop on Multimedia Distance > Education Systems and Technologies (MDEST2002) > > in conjunction with > > The Eighth International Conference on Distributed > Multimedia Systems (DMS2002) > > San Francisco, California, USA > September 26 - 28, 2002 > > THEME AND SCOPE > > The Internet and multimedia technologies could provide new > opportunities and great potentials for education. In the recent > years, research works on distance education or the so-called > e-learning, which have been established with advanced > information and network technologies, have attracted more and > more attention. Multimedia distance education systems are highly > expected to be an innovative educational system for the 21st > century. > > This workshop serves as an interdisciplinary forum for researchers > and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss and > exchange ideas and opinions on the research, development and > applications on all topics related to multimedia distance > education systems and technologies from various perspectives > and points of view. > > Topics of interest include, but not limited to: > New distance education/learning models > Architectures and infrastructures > Distance instruction strategies > Assessment and evaluation methodologies > Intelligent tutoring > Collaborative work/learning support > Interactive learning support > Individualized learning support > XML and web-based support systems > Semantic web for distance learning > Virtual University > Online learning community > Distributed multimedia learning environments > Computer mediated communication > Human-computer interaction and human-media > interaction > Communication support in networked virtual environments > Multimedia user interface > Speech interface with VoiceXML > Interactive learning media > Educational contents design > Multimedia courseware development > Multimedia authoring tools > Educational multimedia information resources > Information sharing and knowledge management > Information design for distance education > Wireless learning web with WML > Handheld PDAs for mobile learning > Groupware tools > Software agents > E-learning and e-entertainment > > PAPER SUBMISSION > > MDEST2002 Workshop will be held in conjunction with the 8th > International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems > (DMS2002). Papers should be prepared according to the > DMS2002 requirements. > > Papers must be written in English and submitted in electronic > form. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more > than 20 pages of double-spaced text (including figures and > references). Please send the manuscript in Postscript, PDF, or > MS-Word via e-mail to: > > Dr. Qun Jin, Univ. of Aizu, Japan > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > (In case the file size is over 2M, please notify before > sending.) > > All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two referees for > technical merit and content. Papers accepted for presentation will > appear in the DMS2002 Conference Proceedings. > > Best ranked papers presented at the workshop will be suggested for > publication in a special issue of an international journal or in a > book by an international publisher, subject to a quick review by > the Program Committee. Papers suggested for further publication > will then be reviewed by external reviewers following the standard > procedure of review stipulated by the international journal or > book editor. > > WORKSHOP VENUE > > The venue for DMS2002 and MDEST2002 is Sofitel San > Francisco Bay (223 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA > 94065, USA. Tel: +1-650-598-9000, Fax: +1-650-413-1640), > in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area, and just minutes from > the San Francisco International Airport. It is located at a > strategic junction leading to the Silicon Valley, Stanford > University, the surrounding bay communities and the city itself. > > IMPORTANT DATES > > June 1, 2002 Paper submission due > July 1, 2002 Notification of acceptance > August 1, 2002 Final manuscript and early registration due > > WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS > > Honorary Workshop Chair > Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA > > Workshop Chair and Program Committee Chair > Qun Jin, University of Aizu, Japan > > Program Committee > Hanxiong Chen, University of Tsukuba, Japan > Zixue Cheng, University of Aizu, Japan > Dan Diaper, Bournemouth University, UK > Vadim A. Ermolayev, Zaporozhye State University, Ukraine > Ning Gu, Fudan University, China > Qianping Gu, Simon Fraser University, Canada > Toshihiro Hayashi, Saga University, Japan > Aiguo He, University of Aizu, Japan > Qinming He, Zhejiang University, China > Jie Huang, University of Aizu, Japan > Atsushi Kara, University of Aizu, Japan > Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan > Tatsunori Matsui, University of Electro-Communications, Japan > Nikolay N. Mirenkov, University of Aizu, Japan > Shoji Nishimura, Waseda University, Japan > Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan > Zhiyong Peng, Wuhan University, China > Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan > Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan > Albert K. W. Wu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Yoneo Yano, Tokushima University, Japan > > UPDATED CFP INFORMATION > > Workshop Web Site: > http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/~jinqun/MDEST2002.html > > CONTACT INFORMATION > > Dr. Qun Jin > School of Computer Science and Engineering, > THE UNIVERSITY OF AIZU > Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, > 965-8580 Japan > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________________________________________________________ This email (and any attachment) is private and confidential. 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