Call for papers: QUAMUS 2014
First Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Services
https://sites.google.com/site/quamus2014/

Collocated with:
SITIS 2014 - The 10h International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET BASED SYSTEMS
November 23-27, 2014 - Marrakesh, Morocco

Scope of the Workshop:
Today, there is an explosion of multimedia data production and consumption, through a multitude of new services in our connected world. The way users perceive the quality of these services is critical for the content providers and consumers. It is therefore necessary to relate the user centric perspective to the service’s Perceptual Quality and QoE (Quality of Experience) to the network-level QoS (Quality of Service). This workshop is dedicated to the relationship between QoS, Perceptual Quality and QoE in general. It will bring together researchers from academia and industry, to identify and discuss technical challenges, exchange novel ideas, explore enabling technologies, and report latest research efforts.

Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:
QoE relation and mapping to QoS
QoE-driven network and service management
Network QoS and QoE modeling
QoE and QoS for emerging pervasive applications
QoE-aware Wireless Sensor Networks
Integration of QoS and QoE models
QoS and QoE correlation
Objective QoE metrics for audiovisual and various media
Novel subjective evaluation techniques for assessment of QoE
QoE evaluation methodologies for metrics
QoE for Mobile Multimedia Devices
QoE and Visual attention
QoE in ubiquitous scenarios
QoE for 3D Multimedia, web and IPTV content
QoE metrics for novel applications (e.g. augmented reality, cloud-based online gaming)
Standardization issue

Important dates
Submission deadline: September 22, 2014
Acceptance/Reject notification: October 10, 2014
Camera-ready: October 15, 2014
Author Registration: October 19, 2014

Submission
Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices, and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format available at:
Microsoft Word DOC
LaTex Formatting Macros
Paper submission will only be online via: EasyChair. Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.
All submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of expression by at least two reviewers. The organizers will examine the reviews and make final paper selections.

Publication
All the papers accepted for the workshop will be included in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library and major indexes. They will be available at the conference.

Registration
At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop. Workshop registration fee is determined by SITIS. A single registration for the workshop or the conference allows attending both events.

Program Co-Chairs
Mohammed El Hassouni, University of Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
Hocine Cherifi, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France

Program Committee
Driss Aboutajdine, CNRST, Morocco
Faouzi Alaya Cheikh, Gjovik University College, Norway
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Chokri Ben Amar, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Amel Benazza, SupCom, Tunisia
Amine Berqia, ENSIAS, Morocco
Fernando Boronat, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Alan Bovik, Texas University, USA
Periklis Chatzimisios, ATEITHE, Greece
Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Mohamed Deriche, King Fahd University, KSA
Touradj Ebrahimi, EPFL, Switzerland
Tiago Falk, INRS-EMT, Canada
Anil Fernando, University of Surrey, UK
Rachid Jennane, University of Orleans, France
Mohamed-Chaker Larabi, University of Poitiers, France
Guillaume Lavoué, University of Lyon, France
Patrick Le Callet, University of Nantes, France
Mikolaj Leszczuk, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Jaime Lloret, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Juan M. Lopez-Soler, University of Granada, Spain
Mohammed Rziza, Univesity of Mohammed V-Agdal, Morocco
Dietmar Saupe, University of Konstanz, Germany
Amina Serir, USTHB, Algeria
Lea Skorin-Kapov, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria
Stefan Winkler, ADSC/UIUC, Singapore
Tatsuya Yamazaki, University of Niigata, Japan

Contact
mohamed.elhassouni@gmail.com
hocine.cherifi@gmail.com