Rapid advancement of high-speed network and multimedia technologies makes virtual environment more realistic and distributed over gigabit network. Many new and innovative application fields including tele-medicine, virtual museum, electronic library, e-learning, industrial design, and entertainment are realized by using computer graphics, image processing, high-performance computing, and ubiquitous sensing technologies. The VENOA-2009 is the first international workshop to serve as a forum for exchanging information and ideas on the fields of virtual environment and network-oriented multimedia applications. This workshop will be held in conjunction with Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS-2009) International Conference to be held at Fukuoka, Japan. The workshop seeks original contributions in all relevant areas, including but not limited to the following topics.

Topics of interest

• Virtual Environment Architecture
• Distributed VR Systems
• Virtual Museum
• Electronic Library
• Tele-medicine
• RFID and Its Application Systems
• E-learning Systems
• High-quality Teleconferencing Systems
• Innovative Input and Output Devices and Interface
• Multimedia Applications for High-speed Network
• Evaluation of Network-Oriented Application Systems

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: <September 30, 2008> => October 15, 2008 the dealine has been extended !
• Author Notification: November 20, 2008
• Author Registration: November 30, 2008
• Proceedings Version: December 15, 2008
• Workshop Dates: March 16-19, 2009

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit research and application papers following the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at one of the following web pages:

• http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm
• or http://www.tinmith.net/tabletop2006/IEEE/Format/instruct.htm
  

The papers should be 6 pages long. They will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The papers should be submitted electronically via CISIS-09 website. If there is any problem during submission please contact Hiroaki Nishino (e-mail: hn at csis.oita-u.ac.jp).

Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance.

Proceedings of the Workshops will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.

General Chair

• Kouichi Utsumiya (Oita University, Japan)
  

Program Co-Chairs

• Yong-Moo Kwon (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
• Hiroaki Nishino (Oita University, Japan)
  

PC Members (*: pending approval)

• Keijiro Araki (Kyushu University, Japan)
• Makoto Fujimura (Nagasaki University, Japan)
• Nobuo Funabiki (Okayama University, Japan)
• Keiji Gyohten (Oita University, Japan)
• Yoshiaki Hori (Kyushu University, Japan)
• Hiroki Imamura (Nagasaki University, Japan)
• Hidehiro Ohki (Oita University, Japan)
• Tsuneo Kagawa (Oita University, Japan)
• Yoshiaki Kasahara (Kyushu University, Japan)
• Myoung-Hee Kim (Ewha Womans University, Korea)
• Laehyun Kim (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
• JongWon Kim (Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology, Korea)
• Hideo Kuroda (Nagasaki University, Japan)
• Byung-Gook Lee (Dongseo University, Korea)
• Jong Weon Lee (Sejong University, Korea)
• Makoto Nakashima (Oita University, Japan)
• Dahlan Nariman (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan)
• Yoshihiro Okada (Kyushu University, Japan)
• Koji Okamura (Kyushu University, Japan)
• Toshihiko Shimokawa (Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan)
• Kenzi Watanabe (Saga University, Japan)
• Kazuyuki Yoshida (Oita University, Japan)

Contact:
For any further questions or inquiries please contact:

Hiroaki Nishino Department of Computer Science and Intelligent Systems Faculty of Engineering Oita University 700 Dannoharu, Oita 870-1192 Japan E-mail: hn at csis.oita-u.ac.jp