Media Informatics is a broad field spanning many research directions and topics. The Internet, Web 2.0, Social Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, Usability, Social Interaction, HCI, Privacy, and Trust are just a few examples. This seminar aims to provide an overview and a closer look at research directions and current and future challenges that are focus of active research around the world and at our Institute.

To successfully complete the seminar the following requirements have to be fulfilled:

• Paper on a selected topic
  6-8 pages, German or English (English preferred)
• Active participation
  Active participation in peer reviews and discussions
• Presentation of paper
  20-25 minutes, German or English

20.10.	Topic Discussion and Assignment
27.10.	Research and Latex Introduction
07.11.	Paper Proposal Submission
08.-12.11.	Outline Discussion with adviser
19.12.	Paper Submission
20.12.	Assignment of reviews
09.01.	Peer-Review Submission
10.-14.01.	Discussion of changes with adviser
26.01.	Introduction to proper presentations
30.01.	Camera Ready Submission
31.01.-10.02.	Slides Discussion with adviser (optional)
07./08.02.	Mini Conference

The full proceedings are available on the Uni Ulm Volltextserver.

Seminar topics will be:

TopicSpeakerAdvisor

Privacy in Social Networks	Melanie Handel	Florian Schaub
Privacy of Road Toll Collection Systems	Florian Oberlies	Naim Asaj
Security and Privacy of Smartphone Platforms	Riikka Kilpeläinen	Bastian Könings
Trusted Computing Platforms	Daniel Kopf	Frank Honold und Florian Schaub
Future Trends of User Input Devices	Sebastian Mechelke	Felix Schüssel und Frank Honold
Controller-free Gaming	Sascha Vöhringer	Jonas Beinder
Applications for Public Multitouch Information Systems	Fabian Schwab	Felix Schüssel
Novel Display Technologies	Christian Bihl	Björn Wiedersheim
Audio Fingerprinting	Carmen Vazinkhoo	Jonas Beinder
German E-Government Activities	Philipp Hitzigrath	Florian Schaub
Smart Grid	David Herges	Björn Wiedersheim
Automotive IT Services and Applications	Christoph Birk	Naim Asaj

 

All papers must be prepared in LaTeX and adhere to the IEEE Transactions LaTeX Template (IEEEtran), with documentclass options "conference,a4paper". A prepared tex file with the correct template settings for the RTMI proceedings can be downloaded from ILIAS. Submissions in other formats (e.g., Word) will not be accepted.

You are unfamilar with LaTeX? Don't worry. We will provide an introduction to LaTeX and point you in the right direction.