Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Emerging Multimedia Applications and Services for Smart Cities

Abstract

We are delighted to welcome you to the 2014 ACM MM Workshop on Emerging Multimedia Applications and Services for Smart Cities -- EMASC'14. This is the first workshop we organize on the emerging concept of smart cities. We aim this workshop to be a premier forum to report on the state-of-the-art techniques, methodologies, multimedia applications, and services relevant to smart city. The mission of the workshop is to address the many challenges that arise from the proliferation of multimedia, sensors, pervasive devices, and integrated infrastructure for realizing smart city. Addressing these challenges would contribute to improve the quality of life of smart city citizens in many aspects including public safety, healthcare, transportation, or energy. Our call for papers attracted many submissions from Taiwan, Finland, Italy, Qatar, United States, Canada, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Australia. The program committee reviewed 17 full length technical papers and accepted 6 of them, having an acceptance ratio of 35%. We also invited two keynote speakers who are actively involved in IBM smart cities movement. We therefore encourage all attendees to attend the keynote presentations. These presentations will provide us valuable insights about the current status and future trends of smart cities movement in both the industry and the academia. The two keynote speeches are: Human Surrogates: Remote Presence for Collaboration and Education in Smart Cities by Charles Hughes, PhD (Professor, Computer Science, University of Central Florida, USA)Industrial and Business Systems for Smart Cities by Ben Amaba, PhD (PE, CPIM®, LEED® AP BD+C, IBM Corporation Worldwide Executive, Miami, Florida USA)