Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 1 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran ACM SIGMM Website URL: Reorganized some menus on website Updating and uploading SIGMM News and related documents periodically Supporting requests about SIGMM website from members Managing and maintaining the Web Server
Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 2 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran New facilities(1): Weblog WordPress (ver. 2.6.x) ( ) –One of the most popular Web bloging tools –An Open Source Project Members –Provide information, news, or commentary on a particular subject in multimedia research area Readers –Leave comments in an interactive format –Use trackback functionality containing a link to the post
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Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 4 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran New facilities(2): Forum phpBB (ver. 3.0.x) ( ) –A popular Open Source forum tool which millions of people use for on-line social networking Members –Write new topic, Reply the post, and Search specific topics –Have a discussion in a particular categorized forum section of multimedia research area –Find research papers, software tools and other resources from other members’ help –Communicate with Private Messages
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Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 6 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran Web Content Management Treat sigmm.org as a web magazine Manage the content with an Editorial Board. Identify several “content domains” May or may not be related to different “tracks” in ACM Multimedia Examples can include: “resources” – software tools, research papers Course materials: “Editable” slides, projects.. conference listings with paper, registration deadlines Doctoral theses feedback? Awards/honors
Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 7 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran Web Content Management.. Example…: Awards Editor Responsible for gathering all information/content about SIGMM awards Gather details on who in the MM community may be an ACM Fellow, Distinguished Scientist/Member, etc. Getting deadlines for all award submissions, etc. SIGMM members can write in (to the Awards Editor) and boast a bit about something nice happening in their careers.
Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 8 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran Planned Web Editorial Board Editors for various contents: Coordinate content with SIGMM e-News: upload contents for e-News, and get content from e-News. Job Opportunities: Handle job announcements, candidate resumes. Forum editor: create & manage different forums e.g., PhD proposals in doctoral symposium style, other research topics. Editors for educational efforts: compile text book reviews, course materials, programming projects. Create & manage conference announcements related to multimedia.
Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 9 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran Planned Web Editorial Board Editors for various contents….: Digital preservation of previous conference websites. Manage resource (software tools, data sets,..) repositories. Manage look and feel – making the web pages layout more “intuitive”. Awards editor (explained earlier). Manage SIGMM business: reports, presentation slides, links to home pages of SIGMM officers and Executive Council members, etc.
Multimedia System and Networking UTD 2005 Slide- 10 University of Texas at Dallas B. Prabhakaran Need Volunteers Editors expected to serve for a 3-years period. Volunteers and Suggestions: