Aims and Goals of the Conference

In recent years, Multimedia Communications, Services and Security have been contributing extensively to our life experience and are expected to be among the most important applications in the future. The objective of the Multimedia Communications, Services & Security (MCSS'15) conference is to present research and developing activities contributing to aspects of multimedia communications, systems and security. We are inviting both theoretical and experimental papers as well as work-in-progress research. The main topics of interest are as follows:

1. Acquisition of multimedia content and QoE management in content distribution networks
2. Audio-visual systems including novel multimedia architectures and SOMA
3. Biometric applications
4. Content-based Multimedia Information Retrieval
5. Cryptography and data protection, including quantum cryptography
6. Cybercrime – threats, counteracting and computer forensics
7. Ethical issues and law aspects in video surveillance, Internet monitoring, security research
8. Evaluation of security features in end-user applications
9. Intelligent monitoring of objects and areas, recognition with automatic categorization
10. Intelligent searching of multimedia content
11. Intelligent urban environment observation systems including safety monitoring and evacuation
12. Interactive multimedia applications
13. Modern computing methods for multimedia systems and authentication of multimedia content
14. Multimedia and data fusion in personal, sensor, p2p and ad-hoc networks
15. Multimedia efficient, scalable and robust delivery
16. Multimedia surveillance and compound security, object tracking and threat detection
17. Network measurement, monitoring and performance evaluation of multimedia services
18. Parallel processing of audio & video, video processing through cloud computing, video transcoding
19. Privacy protection
20. Reliability, availability, serviceability of multimedia services
21. Safety and security of critical infrastructures
22. Seamless mobility of multimedia services including mobile and wireless access networks
23. Searching methods, search engines and applications
24. Security in trusted SCADA and smart-grids
25. Semantic description of multimedia data and metadata information systems
26. Tools and infrastructure for extraction, fusion, exchange and analysis of big data including cyber-offenses generated data for forensic investigation
27. Watermarking technology and applications

Call for Papers

Download the Call for Papers: Adobe PDF, 223 kB

Paper Submission

The conference proceedings will be published in Springer's CCIS. Please adhere to the standard manuscript template of Springer-Verlag LNCS (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). The recommended paper length is 10-12 pages. The maximum paper length is 15 pages, including tables, figures and references. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and postal address.

Consistent with standard practice, each submitted paper will receive rigorous peer reviewing. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance and clarity of presentation. The selection will be based on full papers. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. All papers accepted to the conference are expected to be presented.

The copyright forms are available on the Springer's FTP server.

Detailed instructions for preparing your camera ready manuscripts will follow later on. Keep in mind that you will be required to deliver the source version of your manuscript, i.e., LaTeX sources or Microsoft Word document.

Springer's Communications in Computer and Information Sciences

The proceedings of the MCSS 2015 will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series from Springer. You can find more information about the series at http://www.springer.com/series/7899. The proceedings from previous editions of the conference are available at:

• MCSS 2011, http://www.springer.com/978-3-642-21511-7.
• MCSS 2012, http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-30720-1.
• MCSS 2013, http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-38559-9/page/1.
• MCSS 2014, http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-07569-3.

Submission System

Submissions are handled by EDAS: http://edas.info/N20853 .

Special Issue of Multimedia Tools and Applications

A special issue of the journal Multimedia Tools and Applications on the topic of Multimedia Communications, Systems, and Security will be open for submission after the conference. Selected highest quality papers from the conference, will be invited to prepare extended versions of the manuscripts for consideration to the journal. The extended papers will receive rigorous peer review, performed by experts in the field.

Important Dates

Submission: August 14, 2015
Notification: September 1, 2015
Camera ready: September 15, 2015
Conference: November 24, 2015

Conference Program

Tuesday, 24 November 2015
08:00-09:15	Registration
09:30-10:00	Special INSIGMA and IMCOP Session		Andrzej Dziech
10:00-11:30	Session 1: Multimedia Services Chair: Remigiusz Baran	An Overview of the IMCOP System Architecture with Selected Intelligent Utilities Emphasized	Remigiusz Baran, Andrzej Zeja, Przemysław Ślusarczyk
		Detection of Lip Synchronization Artefacts	Ignacio Blanco Fernandez, Mikołaj I. Leszczuk
		Image Encryption Using Koblitz’s Encoding and New Mapping Method Based on Elliptic Curve Random Number Generator	Omar Reyad, Zbigniew Kotulski
		Ranking based approach for noise handling in Collaborative Recommender Systems	Latha R, Nadarajan R
11:30-11:45	Coffee Break
11:45-13:15	Session 2: Intelligent Monitoring of Objects and Areas, Recognition with Automatic Categorization Chair: Grzegorz Dobrowolski	Agent-based multi-variant crisis handling strategies for SCADA systems	Leszek Siwik, Grzegorz Dobrowolski, Aleksander Byrski
		A multi-agent approach for intrusion detection in distributed systems	Agostino Forestiero
		A Reconfigurable Prototyping Platform for iBeacon Service	Janusz Tomasik, Michał Berant; Zbigniew Piotrowski
		Modelling and Analysis of Spatial Conflicts with Layered Competitive Cellular Automata	Antoni Robert Ligęza, Bernadetta Stachura-Terlecka
13:15-13:45	Lunch Break
13:45-15:15	Session 3: Audio-visual systems including novel multimedia architectures/platforms and management of service oriented architectures Chair: Andrzej Czyżewski	Facial Expression Analysis as a Means for Additional Biometric Security in Recognition Systems	Dustyn Tubbs
		Analysis of Urban Noise Frequency Characteristics Using a Smartphone	Paweł Tarsa, Jacek Dańda, Jacek Wszołek, Marek Sikora
		Enhanced Method of Near Duplicate Detection for Red Carpet Photographs	Michał Grega
		Survey on applications of multimedia technology to examine impact of roadside advertising on drivers	Andrzej Czyżewski, Adam Korzeniewski, Piotr Odya, Piotr Szczuko; Bozena Kostek
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-16:15	Session 4: Biometric Applications Chair: Matus Pleva	Static Audio Keystroke Dynamics	Patrick Bours, Eva Vozarikova Kiktova, Matus Pleva
		Continuous User Verification via Mouse Activities	Khandaker Rahman
16:15-17:00	Session 5: Experiments/Lessons from Recent Deployments Chair: Wojciech Chmiel	The Concept of Co-operation of INSIGMA Event Reporting System with National Emergency Notification System	Damian Duda, Tomasz Podlasek, Piotr Pyda, Andrzej Stanczak
		Learning Fuzzy Cognitive Map for Traffic Prediction Using an Evolutionary Algorithm	Wojciech Chmiel, Piotr Szwed
17:00-17:30	Best paper and closing remarks
20:00-…	Dinner

General Chair

• Andrzej Dziech, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  dziech (at) kt (.) agh (.) edu (.) pl

Committee Chairs

• Mikołaj Leszczuk, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  leszczuk (at) kt (.) agh (.) edu (.) pl
• Remigiusz Baran, Kielce University of Technology, Poland
  r (.) baran (at) tu (.) kielce (.) pl

Technical Program Committee

• Laurie Basta, Assystem E&OS
• Alexander Bekiarski, technical University - Sofia
• Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra
• Eduardo Cerqueira, Federal University of Para & UCLA
• Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra
• Andrzej Czyzewski, Gdansk University of Technology
• Anne Demoisy, Skynet Belgacom
• Magdalena Diering, Poznan University of Technology
• Charalampos Dimoulas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Andrzej Duda, Grenoble Institute of Technology
• Krzysztof Dyczkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University
• Enrico Francesconi, Legal Information Institute of the National Research Council of Italy
• Apostolos Gkamas, University Ecclesiastical Academy of Vella of Ioannina
• Burak Gorkemli, Argela · Research and Technology
• Michał Grega, AGH University of Science and Technology
• Nils Johanning, InnoTec Data
• Eva Kiktova, Technical University of Kosice
• Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki, AGH University of Science and Technology
• Zbigniew Kotulski, Warsaw University of Technology
• Anton Kummert, University of Wuppertal
• David Larrabeiti, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Antoni Ligęza, AGH University of Science and Technology
• Tomasz Marciniak, PUT
• Rafael Molina, Universidad de Granada
• Cecilia Occhiuzzi, University of Palermo
• George Papanikolaou, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
• Anna Paulson, NTIA/Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
• Kamisetty Ramamohan Rao, University of Texas at Arlington
• Thomas Sablik, University of Wuppertal
• Emanuele Salerno, ISTI-CNR
• Stefano Salsano, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
• Ovidio Salvetti, ISTI-CNR
• Irena Stange, U. S. Department of Commerce
• Nikolai Stoianov, Technical University of Sofia
• Piotr Szczuko, Gdansk University of Technology
• Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology
• Cedric Tavernier, Assystem E&OS
• Manuel Uruena, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Joerg Velten, University of Wuppertal
• Jaroslav Zdralek, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava

Organization Committee

• Remigiusz Baran, Kielce University of Technology, Poland
• Jacek Dańda, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Jan Derkacz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Sabina Drzewicka, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Michał Grega, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Piotr Guzik, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Agnieszka Kleszcz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Paweł Korus, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Mikołaj Leszczuk, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Andrzej Matiolański, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Krzysztof Rusek, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

Venue

The conference will take place in Krakow, one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, the former the capital of Poland and a popular tourist destination. The venue will be at the Department of Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology.

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Conference Fees

The conference fee is € 350. This includes the proceedings, coffee breaks, lunches, and a conference dinner. Student registration (for undergraduate authors of accepted papers): 50% reduction of the regular fee (€ 175). IEEE member registration: 10% reduction of the regular fee (€ 315).

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