Call for Papers
Massively Multiuser Online Gaming Systems and Applications
Special Issue of
Springer's Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP)
Guest Editors:
Shervin Shirmohammadi, University of Ottawa, Canada
Mark Claypool, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.
Massively Multiuser Online Games (MMOG) are now widely used not only for
gaming, but also for socializing, business and commerce, experimentation,
and many other practical purposes. One could argue that MMOGs are the “
killer app” that can bring Virtual Reality into the realm of eSociety,
creating an environment with millions of people taking part in various
activities and daily life, but electronically. This is evident from the
fact that real companies are opening “virtual branches” in these online
gaming platforms, such as clothing manufacturers, IBM, and CNN, to name a
few companies present in Second Life. Virtual currencies such as Second
Life’s Linden (or L$) are already being exchanged for real-world money,
as are virtual items and virtual properties that are sold for real money.
Massive numbers of users spend their time with their fellow players at
online games like EverQuest, World of Warcraft, and Second Life. World of
Warcraft, for example, has over ten million (10,000,000) users with a peak
of over 500,000 players interacting at a given time in the digital world.
There is no doubt that MMOGs have a great potential to become the corner
stone of an eSociety platform bringing the massiveness of the real society
into the digital realm.
This special issue will cover enabling technologies and systems for MMOGs,
as well as applications of MMOGs outside of gaming. The focus will be
mostly on the “massive” aspect of games, but high-quality papers in
real-time interactive multiuser games (albeit not massive) will also be
considered if they address issues that can benefit massive games too.
Hence, topics include, but are not limited to:
* Networking support for massive number of players
* Networked games (non-massive)
* P2P architectures for better scalability
* Zoning techniques, Area of Interest Management, and seamless player
movement
* Application-Layer Multicasting for massive user support
* Performance evaluation and traffic/player pattern measurements
* Audio/video conferencing in games
* Latency compensation techniques
* Content adaptation for players on heterogeneous receivers
* Cheating: detection, avoidance, and repair
* Multiuser mobile games
* Case studies about applications of gaming in other disciplines such
as business, pedagogy, biology, psychology, etc.
Only papers that have not been published and/or submitted elsewhere will
be considered. Exception will be made for previously-published high-
quality conference/workshop papers, as long as they have been
substantially extended in terms of technical content and evaluation.
Papers should be no more than 20 pages, including figures and tables,
formatted according to MTAP guidelines, please see:
http://tinyurl.com/5mr6vm
PDF submissions must be emailed directly to BOTH the guest editors at
shervin@discover.uottawa.ca and claypool@cs.wpi.edu before the submission
deadline below. If the submission is an extended version of a previously-
published conference paper, authors must also include explanation of what
parts have been extended.
Please check the CFP website for possible updates and/or changes
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~shervin/mmogsi/
Important Dates
Manuscript Submission January 15th 2009
Notification of Decision February 15th 2009
Final Papers due March 15th 2009
Tentative Publication date before end of 2009
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