Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Visualization and Visual Languages
3D Printing Innovations
Additive Manufacturing
Aesthetic Computing
Ambient Information Interaction
Automated Generation and Layout of Visualisations
Biomedical Imagery
Computer-Assisted Visual Art and Design
Digital Modeling and Fabrication
Fusion of Vision with Audio and Other Modalities
Gestural Computing
Human-Machine Interface Design
Human Vision Systems and Models
Parallel/Distributed/Neural Computing and Representations for Visual Information
Pictorial Databases and Information Systems
Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing
Scientific Visualization
Sketch and Gesture based design
Sketch and Gesture based interaction with data
Sketch Recognition
Software to Support the use of Visual Languages
Visual and Spatial/Temporal Reasoning
Visual Computing for Expert Communities
Visual Computing in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Visual Computing on Sensed Data
Visual Languages
Visual Programming
Visualization of Computational Processes

Distributed and Sentient Multimedia Technology
media coding, acquisition and standards
QoS and QoE (quality of experience) control
digital rights management and conditional access solutions
privacy and security issues
mobile devices and wireless networks
mobile intelligent applications
sensor networks, environment control and management
Distributed and Sentient Multimedia Models and Systems
human-computer interaction
multimedia affective computing
languages for distributed multimedia
multimedia software engineering issues
semantic computing and processing
media grid computing, cloud and virtualization
web services and multi-agent systems
multimedia databases and information systems
multimedia indexing and retrieval systems
multimedia and cross media authoring
Applications of Distributed and Sentient Multimedia Systems
collaborative and social multimedia systems and solutions
humanities and cultural heritage applications, management and fruition
multimedia preservation
cultural heritage preservation, management and fruition
distance and lifelong learning
emergency and safety management
e-commerce and e-government applications
health care management and disability assistance
intelligent multimedia computing
internet multimedia computing
virtual, mixed and augmented reality
user profiling, reasoning and recommendations
Distance Education Technologies
Technology Enhanced Learning
Ubiquitous Learning
Intelligent learning
Eclipse Open source ecosystem and E-learning
Societal, Legal and Ethical Considerations
Pedagogical issues
Distance Learning for culture and arts
Virtual environment and serious game for education