Dear Colleagues,

This is an announcement on the Seventh International Workshop on Image
Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2014) to be held on Sept. 2-3,
2014. Note that the initial paper submission due has been extended by 10 days.

http://www.imqa.jp/imqa2014

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!!!!! Call for Papers !!!!! (Paper Submission Due Extended)
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The 7th International Workshop of Image Media Quality
and its Applications (IMQA2014)

2-3 September 2014
Keyaki Hall, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Organized by Image Media Quality Technical Group, IEICE
http://www.imqa.jp/imqa2014
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The Seventh International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its
Applications (IMQA2014) is a forum for leading researchers and
developers from industry and academia to discuss state-of-the-art and
novel image media quality technologies, theories, methods, and
applications of quality metrics.

((Scope))
Topics of interest for submissions from a point of ‘Image Quality’
include, but are not limited to:
A) Hardware and Systems:
* Image Capture Devices, Image Capture System, 3Dimage Input,
Intelligent Sensor
* Transcoder, Scalable Coding, QoS Control and Scheduling, IP Video/Web
Conferencing, Wireless Video Phone, Distance Learning over the Internet,
Telemedicine
* Digital Terrestrial and Satellite Broadcasting System, Two-way
Communication, 3DTV, Super-High-Definition TV, Display, Display System,
3D-Display, Holograph, Hard Copy
* Human-Machine Interface System, Welfare System
B) Software and Algorithms:
* Image Reproduction/Restoration/Archive, CG, CV, Animation, VR
* Medical Imaging
* Coding (from JPEG to H.265/HEVC)
* Multimedia Database
C) Human Perception:
* Human Perception, Psychophysics, Color Reproduction, Sensibility
Information
* Assessment Test Methodology (e.g., SSCQE), Objective Quality Metric
* Security (Data Hiding, Watermarking, Individual Identification)
* Synergistic Effect of Image and Sound

((Submission))
Prospective authors are invited to submit an electronic version (using
PDF) of an extended abstract with high-quality and original research for
rigorous peer review. The authors are required to select one from two
paper categories: Regular paper or Position paper. The authors of
accepted regular or position papers are requested to submit the final
camera-ready manuscripts that will appear in CD-ROM of the workshop
proceedings.

1) Regular Paper : 4 - 10 pages for extended abstract and camera ready
paper
2) Position Paper : 2 - 4 pages for extended abstract and camera ready
paper

((Registration Fees))
* Regular 25,000 JPY (Pre-registration) 30,000 JPY (Onsite)
* Student 10,000 JPY (Pre-registration) 15,000 JPY (Onsite)

((Important Date))
Abstract submission 28 May 2014 (* Extended Due date from 18 May)
Acceptance notification 16 June 2014
Camera ready submission 17 July 2014
Early registration due 15 August 2014

---Mitsuho YAMADA, General Chair of IMQA2014