Writing a Proposal and Conference Organisation

1. Writing a Proposal and Conference Organisation Paul Lewis

2. What is a proposal? Conference Themes Types of proposal with examples Deadlines Questions Proposal surgery and forming of the committee Today’s plan

3. Brief description of the paper you would like to write • Approx 150-300 words • Should contain • Title • Idea of the type of paper • Brief description • You need to supply TWO distinct proposals, clearly indicating which is your first choice • Designed to help us avoid overlapping papers What is a proposal?

4. 1 Computer Games and Interactive Fiction 2 Virtual Worlds 3 Augmented and Mixed Reality 4 Emerging Representations and Display Technologies (e.g.3D, Holographic, Digital Paper) 5 Novel Interfaces ( e.g. touch, gesture, haptic) 6 Web and Mobile Multimedia Interactive MM Systems Conference Themes

5. Research Issues Comparison Experiences Evaluation Technical Briefing Social Implications Types of Paper • NB there is a lot of overlap. For example, some activities may be evaluations in which you compare experiences!!

6. Interactive Image retrieval as an example of Multimedia retrieval • Issues include • Use of metadata • Use of Content • Types of feature vector • Types of indexing • Getting at the semantics A Running Example

7. For any topic in the interactive multimedia domain Identify the current research issues Review current research results Evaluate the importance of this work. (This involves reading the research literature – journals and conference papers) Research Issues

8. Bridging the semantic gap • Extracting useful representations from images • Using knowledge representation schemes to represent semantics of image • Developing a good HCI with relevance feedback Example: Research Issues in Interactive Image Retrieval

9. Take two or more related technologies or different approaches to a particular problem • Compare and contrast them • advantages disadvantages etc Comparison

10. Different approaches to image retrieval eg content based techniques vs metadata based techniques. Different feature vectors for image representation (colour histograms or salient regions) How do they differ in their functionality? How do they differ in their philosophy? What factors will affect which approach wins over the long term? Example: Comparison Topics in Interactive Image Retrieval

11. Analyse the design of some multimedia software/courseware you have produced or used Or Describe and assess some experiments you have conducted using interactive multimedia hardware, software or systems Experiences

12. There are many experimental interactive image retrieval systems accessible on the web • You might try some of them and analyse the results you get. A bit like compare and contrast but with actual experience rather than just reading. • Or just choose one and study its performance. Describe your results. Example: Experiences with Image Retrieval System

13. Consider some multimedia interface or artefact Conduct a scientific evaluation of its design Evaluation

14. Evaluate the effectiveness of relevance feedback in interactive image retrieval systems( by reading the literature or by experimenting with an actual system) and evaluate the performance. Or Evaluate the effectiveness two virtual world systems. Important to identify the CRITERIA for evaluation. Example: Evaluation

15. Take a piece of interactive multimedia technology and provide an overview of key aspects of it • Its history • The design motivations • The technical details • Its evolution over time • The standards it adheres to • Its current state of the art • Its usage patterns Technical Briefing

16. How have they evolved? What is the current state of the art? What are the key issues? How are they being used? Where is the technology heading? NB You must base your paper on academic sources Example: Technical Briefing on Image Retrieval Systems

17. Analyse the social implications of some interactive MM technology. NB: this can be the hardest type of paper Your analysis will need to be fully supported by evidence from the research base Social Implications

18. Is social tagging having an effect? How are systems like Flickr and facebook influencing image retrieval? Is image retrieval impacting on people’s lives? What new social interactions have come about as a result of these technologies? How might the world look in ten years time wrt this activity? You must base your paper on academic sources not just personal reflection Example: Social Implications of interactive image Retrieval Systems

19. Some from the past What ever happened to Virtual Reality? Digital and Interactive TV – Where does it fit in? How advanced animation and artificial intelligence techniques can increase the realism of virtual graphical environments. The Human and Computer Vision Gap: A survey of our proximity to the goal of computer vision Steganography - Messages Hidden In Bits GPRS and 3Gen: What Does the Future Hold for Multimedia on Mobile Devices Implications of biometrics used in image processing for enhanced sporting performance. Hurdles on the Highway: Are we Ready for Xanadu? How Multimedia Has Affected And Will Affect Education And The Way We Learn. You’ll need a title

20. Brief description of the paper you would like to write • Approx 150-300 words • Should contain • Title • Idea of the type of proposal (Research Issues, Comparison, Experiences, Evaluation, Technical Briefing, or Social Implications) • Brief description • You need to supply TWO distinct proposals, clearly indicating which is your first choice. To recap

21. Do not hand in late!!! You lose marks Deadline Tuesday 22rd October

22. TWO proposals to be provided Use the School handin system A simple text file please Feedback will be given by email Proposal surgery during the next slot What to hand in?

23. Initial Committee Meeting surgery Building 32 level 3 South End (airport lounge) outside David Millard’s office (room 3031) 2.00 pm Proposal surgery Building 32 level 3 South End (airport lounge) outside David Millard’s office (room 3031) 2.30pm Any Questions? Up Next

24. Choose and book the location Plan the day (or afternoon) Arrange any keynote speaker(s) Choose papers to be presented orally and papers to be presented as posters Plan finances Arrange sponsorship via Joyce Lewis Arrange publicity Arrange website Book food/drink Local arrangements on the day (name badges, seating, projectors etc) Conference Organisation

25. General Chair Programme Chair Local Arrangements Publicity Webmaster Finance Catering Conference Committees

26. It is (almost) all in your hands Useful contacts Teresa Binks tb1206@ecs.soton.ac.uk Paul Lewis phl@ecs.soton.ac.uk (particularly for contacting anyone outside the University) Conference Organisation