August 23-25, 2010
Beijing, China

Updates:

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Update 2: Results announced. Details have been sent to the authors via e-mail.
Update 1: New date for sending the notification of acceptance to the authors: July 31, 2010.

The 5th Beijing-Hong Kong International Doctoral Forum-2010 invites you to experience both the vibrant and cosmopolitan atmosphere of Beijing while enjoying the high quality forum programme. The objective is to bring together Ph.D. students from all over the world, contributing to all facets of the web, network and rich media computing etc. Expenses within the forum for the attendees will be covered by Tsinghua University. This includes registration, meals, accommodation, local transport, etc.
The Forum-2010 will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing.

IMPORTANT DATES:
- Paper submission deadline July 15, 2010 (4 pages IEEE format)
- Notification of acceptance July 30, 2010
- Registration August 10, 2010
- Camera-ready paper due date August. 15, 2010
- Forum August 23-25, 2010

EXACT TIME ISSUES: Kindly note that the submission system on EasyChair will remain open until 11:59PM (local Hong Kong time i.e. GMT+8) on July 15, 2010.

AWARDS:
Best paper, Best Poster, Best Presentation and Best Demonstration awards will be selected and announced during the forum.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Invited talks
- Oral presentations and poster sessions
- Research demonstrations
- Social activities
- Local tours

Authors are invited to submit research papers on original work (including recently published work) describing current research and novel ideas in Cloud Computing, Data Management, Network Modeling and Design, Rich Media Computing, Systems and Applications, Web Intelligence and Social Computing. Papers whose contributions are supported by experimental evaluations are strongly encouraged.

Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair conference web site at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=idf2009.

Call for paper: bjhk2010_cfp_poster.pdf

Copyright of the submitted work is held by the author/owner.

Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Cloud Computing
- Infrastructure/ Software/ Application/ Business Cloud
- Virtualization, Maintenance, Management, Architectures, Consulting and algorithms in Cloud Computing
- Cloud Applications

Data Management
- Extracting knowledge from data and its applications in decision making
- Developing community databases: lessons from biodiversity, geochemistry, neurology, health, and other disciplines
- Data security in information and communication systems

Network Modeling and Design
- Network architectures and algorithms and next generation networks
- Network security, quality, reliability and fault-tolerance
- Home, mobile, wireless, ad-hoc, and broadband networks

Rich Media Computing
- Processing, coding, streaming and learning of rich media
- Rich media content analysis, indexing, authoring and retrieval
- Multi-modal human-computer interaction and integration
- Multi-modal biometric authorization
- Computer graphics, computer vision and pattern recognition

Systems and Applications
- System performance measurement and benchmark
- Rich media in e-learning, entertainment and virtual reality
- Telecommunication

Web Intelligence and Social Computing
- Web mining, information clustering and classification, recommender systems
- Web metrics and statistics
- Social dynamics: modeling and analysis

- Tsinghua University
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong

ORGANIZATION: –Professors–
General Co-chairs
- Prof. Jianhua Feng, Tsinghua University
- Prof. Juanzi Li, Tsinghua University
- Prof. Helen Meng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Anthony So, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Organizing Committee
- Prof. Yongjin Liu, Tsinghua University
- Prof. Guoliang Li, Tsinghua University
- Prof. Jia Jia, Tsinghua University

Faculty Advisors
- Prof. Lei Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Prof. Qin Lu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic university
- Dr. Chuan Wu, Hong Kong University
- Prof. Manwai Mak, The Hong Kong Polytechnic university
- Prof. Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong

Steering Committee
- Prof. David Cheung, The University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Mounir Hamdi, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Prof. Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Prof. Maosong Sun, Tsinghua University
- Prof. Nenghai Yu, University of Science and Technology of China
- Prof. David Zhang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Prof. Chong-Wah Ngo, City University of Hong Kong

–Students–
Organizing Chairs
- Rongfei Zeng, Tsinghua University
- Wenjie Liu, Tsinghua University
- Zhen Ma, Tsinghua University
- Wanli Ouyang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Programming Chairs
- Kai Wang, Tsinghua University
- Xuan Yang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Track Chairs

Cloud Computing
- Yu WU, University of Hong Kong

Data Management
- Shoaib Jameel, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Network Modeling and Design
- Xiaowei CHEN, Hong Kong Baptist University

Rich Media Computing
- Xiaojun QIAN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Zenglu QIN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Systems and Applications
- Benyun SHI, Hong Kong Baptist University

Web Intelligence and Social Computing
- Shang XIA, Hong Kong Baptist University

SPONSORS:
- CUHK MoE-Microsoft Key Laboratory for Human-Centric Computing and Interface Technologies

Program Committee Student Advisors:
Zhang Wei

Program Committee members:
Angel Wong, Benyun Shi, Bing Lidong, Bo CHEN, Boyang Gao, Caihong KAI, Cewu Lu, Chao Gao, Chao Li, haiqin yang, Hong Jia, Hui Liang, Huisi Wu, Ida Hui, Jian Zhao, Jie Lu, Joe Chen, Josh Lam, Keith Wong, Kun Zhang, Lailei Huang, Lei Jiang, Li Tao, Li Xu, Liansheng Wang, Linling Zhang, LIU Xin, Lu Lu, Priyanka Garg, Pui King Wong, Qiong Yan, Qiu Hongjun, Shang Xia, Shaoxu Song, Shoaib Jameel, Shuaiqiang Wang, Tom Chao Zhou, Wei Huang, Weixiong Rao, Wilman Zou, wy Chan, Xiang Lian, Xiaodong Yue, Xiaofei Zhang, Xiaopei LIU, Xiaowei Chen, Xin Liu, Xueting Liu, Yi Xu, Yingcheng Lin, You Li, Yu Wu, Yuwang CHEN, Zenglu QIN, Zhang Wei, Zhizheng Wu, ZOU Weiwen

Organizing Committee Student Advisors:
Ida Hui, Josh Lam

Organizing Committee Members:
Xiaowei Chen, Shoaib JAMEEL, Benyun SHI, Shang XIA, YU Wu

Please download the following sample papers:

• tex sample paper
• word sample paper
• bib style file
• bib example file
• tex style file
• sample file in pdf format
• all of above in .zip file format paper_format.zip

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION: Kindly note that the submission of paper requires your supervisor's approval. Authors should complete the form and hand it over to their respective supervisors, who subsequently will forward a signed copy at the following e-mail address phdforum@se.cuhk.edu.hk (kindly include author's name(s) and paper title in the approval e-mail) or fax the form to the number provided in the form. Papers “will not” be reviewed without a signed copy of the supervisor's approval form. Additional details of submission are given in the form

supervisor_s_endorsement_form.doc

In case you have any queries, please write to: phdforum@se.cuhk.edu.hk