DMDCM 2011 Foreword

We are pleased to present a collection of high-quality papers covering all aspects of digital media, digital content, multimedia technology, visualization and transmission, computer animation, and social agents We trust that this edition will provide the digital media, digital content, and computer animation community with a varied selection of high-quality research efforts and results. The work of numerous people is essential in the success of the two events. We first thank the members of the Program Committee for their crucial role in ensuring the quality of the conference. We thank all of the local organizers for their hard work in preparation of and during the actual conference. We also thank the sponsors for their generous support. Finally, we wish to thank the staff of the IEEE Conference Publishing Services for their kind assistance in the publication of the conference proceedings.