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My life is my own. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 47757 A D V A N C E P R O G R A M 2nd ANNUAL ACM MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION October 15-20, 1994 San Francisco, California Sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery SIGBIO, SIGBIT, SIGCHI, SIGCOMM, SIGGRAPH, SIGIR, SIGLINK, SIGMM, and SIGOIS and in cooperation with SIGAPP, SIGMOD, SIGOPS and the IEEE Communications Society. =================****=================****=================****============ FOR MORE INFORMATION To receive more information about Multimedia'94 or the Advance Program, contact Danieli and O'Keefe (DOK), our conference management company. Address and phone number information on DOK is included at the end of this message. =================****=================****=================****============ CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS * Why ACM Multimedia '94? The second ACM Multimedia Conference will present an exciting mixture of technology and art. Sessions will focus on what will be the standards of the future; not what is happening today. The program of papers, panels, courses, demonstrations, videos, and exhibits will explore the breadth and diversity of this ever-changing technology. * You should be there! This conference will be vital for researchers, technical staff, software engineers, educators and artists working in any and all aspects of multimedia research and production. ACM Multimedia will draw attendees and presenters from both academia and industry, including telecommunications, fine arts, engineering, software development, multimedia production, electronic publishing, digital libraries, computer graphics, user interfaces, broadcast media, and networking. * Opening and Closing Plenaries The technical program kicks off with a debate by industry leaders from LucasArts, Philips Electronics and the new Mosaic Communications, moderated by Dr. R.W. Lucky, of Bellcore. They will debate their differing views on the evolution of the Multimedia industry. At the Closing Plenary, Tom Holman, the award-winning designer of the THX sound system and Corporate Technical Director of LucasFilm, discusses presentations standards for sound and graphics and Scott Marden, of Philips Media will give his perspective on the emerging multimedia industry. See page 14 for more details. * The Ubiquitous Art Zone The Ubiquitous Art Zone is that part of Multimedia '94 that presents the creations of artists working in multimedia. The art work ranges from "immersive environments" and "garage VR" to narrative works on interactive CD ROM and hard drive. By their use of interactive interface technologies, the artists invite the visitors to become participants in a shared experience. Come celebrate the emergence of the art made possible by the digital revolution. * Ubiquitous Art Zone/Exhibit Reception Please join us Tuesday evening for a reception that allows you to experience the full range of the arts in multimedia, as well as to spend some unhurried time in the exhibit hall. * Exhibit Hall This is the best opportunity to see and learn from companies who will share their multimedia experiences with you. Digital Equipment Corp. and IBM are just two of the companies who are eager to show their products and services. * Electronic Proceedings The conference proceedings will be available on a CD-ROM and on electronic network. Both media will include the text of the papers being presented, video clips from the video program and other material. * Conference Videotape The ACM Multimedia '94 video will feature videotapes of multimedia systems in action, and other topics relevant to the conference. The videos have been selected based on their relevance, technical content, originality, presentation quality, and clarity. The videotape will be available for purchase at the conference. * Demonstrations Program The demonstration program will feature novel research prototypes that demonstrate the latest advances in multimedia computing and communications technologies. These juried and working prototypes will be exhibited at regular intervals by their creators. Time will be provided for personal interaction with the systems. * Best Paper Awards Both the best paper and the best student paper will be presented in a special session on Thursday afternoon. Come hear the best of the best! * Vendor Track A special venue has been provided for exhibitor presentations on their products and services. This is a unique opportunity to find out about the tools and products that can help you be more productive. =================****=================****=================****============ WORKSHOPS Workshop participation will be by invitation only, based on submission of a position paper. Position papers should be kept short (3-5 pages), and should include information about the author's experience, current projects and a statement on relevant issues. Full contact details should also be included. Three copies of the position paper should be sent to the contact person by 1 August. The workshop fee is $40.00, payable to the appropriate contact person upon acceptance of position paper. Deadline for submission of position papers: 1 August Notification of acceptance: 22 August WORKSHOP W1 Telepresence in Multimedia Collaboration Saturday, October 15 Kate Finn SRI International This workshop will discuss issues in achieving a sense of telepresence in multimedia collaboration. Recent advances in real-time multimedia communications will enable people to collaborate remotely in a wide range of activities, and for some tasks and applications, a sense of telepresence may be essential for effective collaboration. Issues raised by the telepresence concept will be discussed. Topics of interest include the following: visual, verbal, or gestural cues that are good indicators of telepresence; situations where a heightened sense of telepresence is most important; which technologies may increase people's sense of telepresence; design paradigms that best support an improved sense of telepresence. Participants are encouraged to contribute short videos demonstrating aspects of telepresence. Contact person: Kate Finn SRI International Menlo Park, CA 94025 Email: finn@erg.sri.com Phone: 415-859-2124 Fax: 415-859-4812 WORKSHOP W2 Interactive Multipoint Services (organized by IEEE COMSOC Multimedia Systems Committee) Friday, October 21 Sudhir R. Ahuja AT&T Laboratories Jeff Derby IBM Corporation This workshop focuses on the challenges and roadblocks facing implementation and deployment of interactive multipoint services. In spite of significant interest in real-time interaction for applications such as distance learning and multimedia conferencing, multipoint services to support these have been hard to realize. This workshop is intended to address the research and implementation issues facing realization of such systems and services. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, multicast protocols, multimedia bridging, access control, synchronization, distributed time and multi-user applications such as whiteboards, groupware, etc. Emphasis will be put on discussion of real experiments or systems. Practicing researchers are invited to submit an abstract (< 500 words) describing their work in a topic of interest. Contact person: Sudhir R. Ahuja, 4F-601, AT&T Bell Laboratories 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733. Email: sra@research.att.com Phone: 908-949-5569 Fax: 908-949-0399 WORKSHOP W3 Multimedia Database Management Systems (M-DBMS) Friday, October 21 Bruce Berra Syracuse University Kingsley Nwosu IBM Corporation Bhavani Thuraisingham The MITRE Corporation This workshop will investigate issues in designing and developing M-DBMSs. A M-DBMS which supports distributed applications should integrate the two technologies of distributed/heterogeneous databases and multimedia data management. This integration is one of the greatest challenges faced by information systems researchers and developers, and will be the main focus of this workshop. The topics to be discussed include the following: data models; storage structures; system, schema and functional architectures; retrieval algorithms; update algorithms; metadata management for multimedia databases. Participants of the workshop will include members of the database community and the multimedia information systems community. Contact Person: Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham The Mitre Corporation K329 Burlington Road Bedford MA 01730 Email: Bhavani_Thuraisingham@star9gate.mitre.org Phone: 617-271-8873 Fax: 617-271-2352 =================****=================****=================****============ STUDENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Student Volunteers will receive: Free attendance at the Tuesday though Thursday MM '94 conference. In addition, each Student Volunteer may attend two course units (two half day courses or one full day course) for free, space permitting. The Student Volunteers who work at a course will receive all of the course materials and they may participate in the activities of the course to the extent that their work duties will allow. Requests are honored on a first come, first served basis. The conference cannot pay for student lodging, but the student volunteers co-chairs can provide minimal assistance to students with specific needs. For more information on the Student Volunteer Program, or to volunteer, contact: James D. Smith LLNL P.O. Box 808 L-665 Livermore, Ca., 94550, Email: jdsmith@llnl.gov =================****=================****=================****============ TECHNICAL PROGRAM Introduction from the Program Chair The papers selected for presentation at ACM Multimedia '94 describe research ideas, emerging technologies, innovative applications, and experience with multimedia systems. They were chosen from more than 200 submissions that came, as did the 6 Co-Chairs and the 41 members of the Program Committee, from all over the world. Only one out of every four submitted papers could be included in the program. Both in quality and coverage, the paper sessions at ACM Multimedia '94 are the best available snapshot of the state of the art and of the trends in the many facets of this exciting new discipline and of this booming new industry. Domenico Ferrari Program Chair Introduction from the Panel Co-Chairs The range of technical, artistic, and social topics covered by this year's panels reflect the inherently complex nature of the multimedia community, which continues to grow and diversify. While some panels address mostly technical issues and others mostly artistic ones, still others impart a sense of the rich interaction between the two. A common theme is the democratic notion that 500 interactive channels should deliver more than the centrally-originated content of repurposed movie plots and on-demand reruns of old television shows. Panels are real-time experiences for the panelists and the audience, where nascent ideas can be surfaced without much risk and stimulating discussions can be continued in breakout rooms after formal sessions end. Allan Kuchinsky, Steve Bulick Panel Co-Chairs *** TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 *** Welcoming Remarks Best paper awards =*= Opening Plenary Panel =*= Multimedia: Evolution of a New Industry? Multimedia is the fusion of a large number of technologies, and during the last year it mushroomed in importance. Perhaps we are witnessing the emergence of a new industry. How does multimedia in business relate to multimedia in the home? Will multimedia services to the home be delivered via the set-top? Where are the greatest opportunities games, education, information services, movies? Are all the pieces in place for an industry to take off? A panel of industry leaders will address these questions, as well as issues suggested by the conference attendees. MODERATOR Robert W. Lucky, Corporate Vice President of Applied Research, Bellcore PANELISTS Frank P. Carrubba, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Philips Electronics N. V. James H. Clark, CEO and President, Mosaic Communications Corp. Randy S. Komisar, President and CEO, LucasArts Entertainment Company =*= SESSION 1A =*= Video on Demand Chair: Gregory Wallace, The 3DO Company Scheduling Policies for an On-Demand Video Server with Batching A. Dan, D. Sitaram, and P. Shahabuddin, IBM Research Center Providing VCR Capabilities in Large-Scale Video Servers J. Dey, J. Salehi, J. Kurose, and D. Towsley, University of Massachusetts at Amherst A Statistical Admission Control Algorithm for Multimedia Servers H. Vin, P. Goyal, A. Goyal, and A. Goyal, University of Texas at Austin =*= SESSION 1B =*= Tools Chair: Lawrence A. Rowe, University of California at Berkeley SCOOT: An Object-Oriented Toolkit for Multimedia Collaboration E. Craighill, M. Fong, K. Skinner, R. Lang, and K. Gruenefeldt SRI International Direct Manipulation of Temporal Structures in a Multimedia Application Framework P. Ackermann, University of Zurich, Switzerland DAVE: A Plug and Play Model for Distributed Multimedia Application Development R. Mines, J. Friesen, and C. Yang, Sandia National Laboratories =*= PANEL P1 =*= Multimedia Databases and Information Systems Organizers: Dragutin Petrovic, IBM Almaden Research Center and Farshid Arman, Siemens Corporate Research Panelists: Charlie Judice, Bell Atlantic; Alex Pentland, MIT Media Lab; J. Normile, Apple Computer, Inc. =*= SESSION 2A =*= Compressed Stream Processing Chair: Vason Srini, DataFlow Systems The Personal Presence System - Hardware Architecture, M. Lukacs, Bellcore Fast Software Processing of Motion JPEG Video B. Smith, Cornell University Higher Bandwidth X J. Danskin, Princeton University =*= SESSION 2B =*= Presentation Issues Chair: Michael A. Harrison, University of California at Berkeley Content-Based Browsing of Video Sequences F. Arman, R. Depommier, A. Hsu, and M.-Y. Chiu Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ Towards Usability Guidelines for Multimedia Systems M. Bearne, S. Jones, and J. Sapsford-Francis University of Hertfordshire, UK PREMO: An ISO Standard for Presentation Environment for Multimedia Objects I. Herman, P. ten Hagen, and G. Reynolds Center for Mathematics and Computer Sciences, The Netherlands S. Carson, GSC Associates Inc., J. Davy, Groupe Bull, France D. Duce, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK W. Hewitt, University of Manchester, UK K. Kansy, Gesellschaft fur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung, Germany B. Lurvey, Wang Laboratories, Inc. R. Puk, Puk Consulting Services H. Stenzel, Fachhochschule Koln, Germany =*= PANEL P2 =*= Collaborative Multimedia: Getting Beyond the Obvious Organizer: Bonnie Nardi, Apple Panelists: Sara Bly, Xerox PARC; Ellen Isaacs, SunSoft; Sha Xin Wei, Stanford University; Steve Whittaker, Lotus Development Corp. =*= SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS =*= Placeholder: Landscape and Narrative in Virtual Environments Brenda Laurel and Rachel Strickland, Interval Research, Palo Alto, CA. Placeholder: Technology and the Senses Rob Tow, Interval Research, Palo Alto, CA. *** WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19 *** *=* SESSION 3A *=* Synchronization Chair: Jonathan Rosenberg, Bellcore Towards a New Multimedia Synchronization Mechanism and its Formal Definition J.-P. Courtiat, R. Cruz de Oliveira, and L. Rust da Costa Carmo LAAS/CNRS, France Synchronization of Distributed Multimedia Data in an Application-Specific Manner N. Agarwal and S. Son, University of Virginia An Automatic Lip-Synchronization Algorithm for Synthetic Faces K. Waters and T. Levergood, DEC Cambridge Research Laboratory *=* SESSION 3B *=* Documents and Authoring Chair: Richard Phillips, Los Alamos National Laboratory Enabling Hypermedia Messaging K. Lenssen, RWTH, Germany Video Mosaic: Laying Out Time in a Physical Space, W. Mackay and D. Pagani, Rank Xerox EuroPARC, UK The Walk-Through Approach to Authoring Multimedia Documents S. Hudson and C.-N. Hsi, Georgia Institute of Technology *=* PANEL P3 *=* No Multimedia Without Representation Organizer: Marc Davis, MIT Media Laboratory and Interval Research Corporation Panelists: Catherine Baudin, NASA Ames Research Center; Smadar Kedar, Institute for the Learning Sciences; Daniel M. Russell, Apple Computer *=* SESSION 4A *=* Real-Time Networking Chair: Eric Hoffert, Apple Computer, Inc. Experiments with the Tenet Real-Time Protocol Suite on the Sequoia 2000 Wide Area Network A. Banerjea, E. Knightly, F. Templin, and H. Zhang, University of California at Berkeley Capturing and Playing Multimedia Events with STREAMS, G. Cruz and R. Hill, Bellcore Predictive Prefetch in the Nemesis Multimedia Information Service H. Katseff and B. Robinson, AT&T Bell Laboratories *=* SESSION 4B *=* Retrieval Techniques Chair: Arding Hsu, Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ Content-based Retrieval of Segmented Images T.-S. Chua, S.-K. Lim, and H.-K. Pung, National University of Singapore Rx for Semantic Video Database Retrieval N. Dimitrova and F. Golshani, Arizona State University Towards Intelligent Recognition of Multimedia Episodes in Real-Time Applications J. Gabbe, A. Ginsberg, and B. Robinson, AT&T Bell Laboratories *=* PANEL P4 *=* Special Presentation: Museums and Multimedia: Extending the Experience Beyond the Museum's Walls Organizer: Rob Semper, San Francisco Exploratorium Panelists: Arnold Kramer, Director of Technical Services, US Holocaust Memorial Museum; Dr. Robert J. Semper, Executive Associate Director, San Francisco Exploratorium *=* SESSION 5A *=* Video Transmission Chair: Brian Smith, Cornell University MPEG-2 Coded- and Uncoded-Stream Synchronization Control for Real-Time Multimedia Transmission and Presentation over B-ISDN L. Li and N. Georganas, University of Ottawa, Canada Two-Dimensional Scaling Techniques for Adaptive, Rate-Based Transmission Control of Live Audio and Video Streams T. Talley and K. Jeffay, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A Cell Loss Equalization Protocol for Video Multiplexers I. Nikolaidis and I. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology *=* SESSION 5B *=* Databases Chair: Tosiyasu Kunii, University of Aizu, Japan Multimedia Technology in the Radiology Department F. Sauer and M. Kabuka, University of Miami Building Temporal Structures in a Layered Multimedia Data Model G. Schloss and M. Wynblatt, State University of New York at Stony Brook Quad-Tree Segmentation for Texture-Based Image Query J. Smith and S.-F. Chang, Columbia University *=* PANEL P5 *=* Artists in Multimedia: Creating Meaningful Roles Organizer: Rich Gold, Xerox PARC; Panelists: Char Davies, Visual Research; Michael Naimark, Interval Research; Mark Petrakis, pARTY/SCIENCE *=* SESSION 6A *=* System Support Chair: Ralf G. Herrtwich, IBM ENC, Germany A Continuous Media Application Supporting Dynamic QOS Control on Real-Time Mach T. Nakajima and H. Tezuka Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Supporting Real-Time Multimedia Behaviour in Open Distributed Systems: An Approach Based on Synchronous Languages G. Blair, M. Papathomas, G. Coulson, P. Robin, L. Hazard, Lancaster University, UK J. Stefani, and F. Horn, Centre National d'Etude des Telecommunications, France The VuSystem: A Programming System for Visual Processing of Digital Video C. Lindblad, D. Wetherall, and D. Tennenhouse MIT Laboratory for Computer Science *=* SESSION 6B *=* Education Chair: Edward Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Institute The Influence of Multimedia on Learning: A Cognitive Study A. Large, J. Beheshti, A. Breuleux, and A. Renaud, McGill University, Canada Hypermedia Method to Teach Concepts of Colour through Art J. Castellanos, J. Delicado, C. Dominguez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain and C. Rigo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain "Enlaces" A Multimedia Based Educational Network P. Hepp, L. Rehbein, E. Hinostroza, E. Laval, C. Dreves, and M. Ripoll, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile *=* PANEL P6 *=* From Generation to Generation: Multimedia, Community and Personal Stories Organizer: Abbe Don, Kaleida Labs Panelists: Laura Teodosio, Co-developer, Multimedia Memory or Mayan Medicine; Joe Lambert, Artistic Director, Life on the Water; Dana Atchley, D3TV *=* PANEL P7 *=* BAGNet: An ATM-Based Multimedia Applications Testbed Organizer: William Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Panelists: Rick Hronicek, Pacific Bell Yuet Lee, Pacific Bell Dan Swinehart, Xerox PARC Additional panelists to be announced. *** THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 *** *=* SESSION 7A *=* Video Analysis Chair: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Kaleida Labs Adaptive Color Map Selection Algorithm for Motion Sequences J. Furlani, Sun Microsystems L. McMillan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and L. Westover, Division, Inc. Video Tomography: An Efficient Method for Camerawork Extraction and Motion Analysis A. Akutsu and Y. Tonomura, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., Japan Digital Video Segmentation A. Hampapur, T. Weymouth, University of Michigan and R. Jain, University of California at San Diego *=* SESSION 7B *=* Audio Chair: Joseph Pasquale, University of California at San Diego A Beat Tracking System for Acoustic Signals of Music M. Goto and Y. Muraoka, Waseda University, Japan A Distributed Computer System for Professional Audio, D. Anderson, R. Doris, and J. Moorer, Sonic Solutions Protocols for Integrated Audio and Shared Windows in Collaborative Systems A. Mathur and A. Prakash, University of Michigan *=* PANEL P8 *=* In Search of the Right Model for Video-Mediated Communication Organizers: Sylvia Wilbur, Queen Mary and Westfield College, UK and Kate Finn, SRI International Panelists: Garry Beirne, University of Toronto; Jon Crowcroft, University College London; J. Robert Ensor, AT&T Bell Laboratories; John Tang, Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc. *=* SESSION 8A *=* Video Servers Chair: Mon-Song Chen, IBM Research Center Support For Fully Interactive Playout In Disk-Array-Based Video Server, M.-S. Chen, D. Kandlur, and P. Yu, IBM Research Center Distributed Parallel Data Storage Systems: A Scalable Approach to High Speed Image Servers B. Tierney, J. Lee, T. Chen, H. Herzog, G. Hoo, G. Jin, and B. Johnston Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory On Multimedia Repositories, Personal Computers, and Hierarchical Storage Systems S. Ghandeharizadeh and C. Shahabi, University of Southern California *=* SESSION 8B *=* Collaboration Chair: Abel Weinrib, Bellcore Hypermedia Conversation Recording to Preserve Informal Artifacts in Realtime Collaboration, T. Imai, K. Yamaguchi, and T. Muranaga, Toshiba, Japan Multipoint Audio and Video Control For Packet-Based Multimedia Conferencing F. Gong, MCNC Information Technologies Argo: A System for Distributed Collaboration H. Gajewska, J. Kistler, M. Manasse, and D. Redell, DEC Systems Research Center *=* PANEL P9 *=* Should the Multimedia Industry be Regulated? A Legal Debate Organizer: Ina Risman, Pillsbury Madison and Sutro Panelists: Maurice Welsh, Pacific Bell Megan Waters Pierson, Pillsbury Madison and Sutro, Kevin R. Sullivan, Keely Dry and Warren *=* SESSION 9A *=* AWARD PAPERS Chair: Domenico Ferrari, University of California at Berkeley Best Student Paper Automatic Presentation of Multimedia Documents Using Relational Grammars L. Weitzman, MIT Media Laboratory and Kent Wittenburg, Bellcore Best Paper The Personal Presence System - A Wide Area Network Resource for the Real Time Composition of Multipoint Multimedia Communications D. Boyer and M. Lukacs, Bellcore *** CLOSING PLENARY SESSION *** Presentation Technology Standards for Multimedia: Production and reproduction as intended by the director. Tomlinson Holman, Corporate Technical Director, LucasFilm A great many competing standards exist for multimedia software. An area which is practically overlooked for such standardization could bring greater acceptance of the concept of multi-media to large audiences, and that is standardizing presentation technology from the production house to every house. This talk, intended for artistic directors through hardware design engineers, will highlight a direction for multimedia presentation standards with information both distilled from and expanding beyond the standards of film and television. Tom Holman provides stategic planning and development for the THX Division of LucasFilm Ltd. and plays a leading role in setting technical standards and practices for interchange. He continues to work toward the development of more sophisticated solutions to presenting film and video with high picture and sound quality. His technical contributions are the designs of the THX Sound System, Home THX Audio System and other THX systems. Among his many awards are the SMPTE Eastman Kodak Gold Medal and the Samuel L. Warner Medal for progress in film sound. Holman is also an associate professor at the USC School of Cinema-Television. Multimedia: The Evolution of a New Industry Scott Marden, President & CEO, Philips Media Scott will give his perspective on the emerging multimedia industry. He will identify those components and aspects that are critical, and discuss which ideas will succeed and which will fail. He will give examples and show demonstrations to illustrate his viewpoint. Scott Marden joined Philips Electronics N.V. in 1993 as President and CEO of its software and services unit, Philips Media. Based in New York, he has worldwide responsibility for all Philips' electronic media and multimedia interests. Before joining Philips, he was a senior managing director at Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. Marden also served as President of the International Publishing Division of CBS, Inc. Mr. Marden's presentation will be followed by closing remarks from the Conference Chair of Multimedia '95. =================****=================****=================****============ COURSES * Introduction from the Courses Chair We are proud to offer you two days of exciting courses by leading experts in their fields. They offer something for everyone. Take an in-depth look at how to effectively use metaphor, graphics or sound in the multimedia interface. Acquire practical knowledge in the use of specific authoring software tools, or insight into advanced techniques and issues relating to multimedia production from start to finish, from people who have actually done these things. Explore current and emerging technology, as well as future trends, in networking, digital libraries, multimedia databases, and more. Learn how to design successful multimedia systems for children, and courses for college students. The list goes on and on! Whether you want to get into a new aspect of multimedia or to learn more about your current field, our team of international experts can meet your needs. Ephraim P. Glinert Courses Chair Level Code: N = Novice, I = Intermedia, A = Advanced FOR MORE INFORMATION on any of the following courses, please send email to Professor Ephraim Glinert at glinert@cs.rpi.edu. * SAP1 Level: N Multimedia Systems and Networks: A Guided Tour Sunday, October 16, Full day Organizer: Milan Milenkovic, IBM Lecturer: Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University * SAP2 Level: N Graphic Design for Multimedia User Interfaces Sunday, October 16, Full day Organizer: Aaron Marcus, Aaron Marcus and Associates Lecturers: Wolfgang Heidrich and Jay Melican, Aaron Marcus and Associates * SAP3 Level: N Designing Multimedia Environments for Children Sunday, October 16, Full day Organizer: Allison Druin, NYU Lecturer: Cynthia Solomon, Consultant * SA4 Level: N Introduction to Multimedia Computing and Systems Sunday, October 16, AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: John F. Buford, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. * SA5 Level: I Real-Time Graphical and Acoustical Rendering Sunday, October 16, AM Half day Organizer: Peter Astheimer, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Lecturer: Stefan Mueller, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics * SA6 Level: I Broadband Network Services Architecture Sunday, October 16, AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Raif O. Onvural, IBM * SA7 Level: I Systems Issues in Desktop Video-conferencing Sunday, October 16, AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Kevin Jeffay, University of North Carolina * SA8 Level: I Intelligent Multimedia Interfaces Sunday, October 16, AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Mark T. Maybury, MITRE * SP4 Level: I Multimedia Database Systems Sunday, October 16, PM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University. * SP5 Level: A Singularity Modeling for Abstracting Multimedia Data Sunday, October 16, PM Half day Organizer: Tosiyasu L. Kunii, University of Aizu Lecturer: Yoshihisa Shinagawa, University of Tokyo * SP6 Level: A Multimedia Networking Sunday, October 16, PM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Aurel A. Lazar, Columbia University * SP7 Level: N Creating Producible Multimedia Sunday, October 16, PM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: James H. Alexander, USWest Marketing Resources * SP8 Level: I Designing Cooperative Hypermedia Systems Sunday, October 16, PM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Norbert A. Streitz, German National Research Center * MAP1 Level: A Advanced Multimedia Production Monday, October 17, Full day Organizer: Marie Redmond, Trinity College Lecturers: Niall Sweeney, Blaise Smith, Eoin Keith, Trinity College * MAP2 Level: I Auditory Displays: Extending the Interface Monday, October 17, Full day Organizer: Gregory Kramer, Clarity Lecturer: Tom Rettig, Broderbund Software * MA3 Level: I Programming Interactive Image, Sound, and QuickTime Stacks in HyperCard Monday, October 17, AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Stephen Wilson, San Francisco State University * MA4 Level: I Using Metaphor Effectively in Multimedia Interface Design Monday, October 17, AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Adam Marx, USWest * MA5 Level: I Systematic Analysis and Design of Hypermedia Applications Monday, October 17, AM Half day Organizer: Paolo Paolini, Politecnico di Milano Lecturer: Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano * MA6 Level: N Design and Use of Digital Libraries Monday, October 17, AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Robert M. Akscyn, Knowledge Systems Inc. * MA7 Level: N Game Design for Marketing and Training Monday, October 17, AM Half day Organizer: Paul Drexler, InterWorks, Inc. Lecturer: Julie Marsh, InterWorks, Inc. * MA8 Level: I Declarative Visual Programming Languages Monday, October 17 AM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Margaret M. Burnett, Oregon State University * MP3 Level: N Introduction to HyTime Monday, October 17, PM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Lloyd Rutledge, University of Massachusetts, Lowell * MP4 Level: N Electronic and Network Publishing for the Electronic Arts (a creator's guide to the electronic frontier) Monday, October 17, PM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Paul Brown, FineArt Forum * MP5 Level: N Legal Strategies for Owners of Computer-Based Property Monday, October 17, PM Half day Organizer: Curtis E. A. Karnow, Landels, Ripley and Diamond Lecturer: Howard A. Simon, Landels, Ripley and Diamond * MP6 Level: A Indexing Multimedia Databases Monday, October 17, PM Half day Organizer and Lecturer: Christos Faloutsos, University of Maryland * MP7 Level: N Image Compression Standards and Architectures Monday, October 17, PM Half day Organizer: Konstantinos Konstantinides, Hewlett Packard Laboratories Lecturer: Vasudev Bhaskaran, Hewlett Packard Laboratories * MP8 Level: I Designing a Senior Level or Graduate Course in Interactive Multimedia Monday, October 17, PM Half day vm Organizer: Rachelle Heller, George Washington University Lecturer: Linda Kieffer, Eastern Washington University =================****=================****=================****============ CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM ACM Multimedia'94 Hyatt Regency, San Francisco October 16_20, 1994 Please type or print clearly. Full Name ______________________________________________________ Title ______________________________________________________ E-Mail ______________________________________________________ Organization or Affiliation ________________________________________ Dept. or M/S ______________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________ City State/Province ________________________________________________ Zip/Postal Code ___________________________________________________ Country ______________________________________________________ Telephone ______________________________________________________ Fax ______________________________________________________ ACM or SIG MM Member No. IEEE Com Soc Member No. ___________________ You must fill in your member No. above to qualify for member rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Member Non Member Student By After By After Courses 9/15/94 9/15/94 9/15/94 9/15/94 One Half Day Course $_______ $220 $245 $265 $290 $175 Two Half Day Courses$_______ $385 $430 $465 $510 $300 (or One Full Day) Three Half Day Courses$_____ $550 $615 $665 $730 $425 (or One Full Day & One Half Day) Four Half Day Courses$_____ $715 $800 $865 $930 $550 (or Two Full Days) (You must indicate course selections on the reverse side of this form) Conference Only $______ $325 $395 $425 $495 $195 Exhibits Only* $______ $25 $25 $25 $25 $25 Reception* $______ $25 $25 $25 $25 $25 Conference Videotape$______ $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 Total Amount Enclosed$___________ *Complimentary when signing up for the conference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAYMENT OPTIONS: Mail this form with payment or a purchase order to Multimedia '94, Danieli & O'Keefe Associates, Inc., 490 Boston Post Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776 or fax, with credit card information or a copy of a purchase order to 508-443-4715. Forms will not be processed without full payment. Make checks or POs payable to: Multimedia '94 or fill in your credit card information below. ___ AMEX ___ MC/VISA ___ Diners Club Card Number _______________ Exp. Date ______________ Name as it appears on card _________________________ Cardholder's Signature _____________________________ Please note: The charge will be billed under Danieli & O'Keefe Associates, Inc. Cancellation Policy: Confirmed Registrants who cannot attend are entitled to a refund of paid fees less a $50 processing fee if a written request is received by us on or before October 1. After October 1, there are no refunds. Substitutions are welcome. For more information, call 800-524-1851 (in USA and Canada only) or 508-443-3330. COURSE SELECTIONS Please check those courses you plan to attend. Full Day Courses Sunday ___ SAP1 Multimedia Systems and Networks: A Guided Tour ___ SAP2 Graphic Design for Multimedia User Interfaces ___ SAP3 Designing Multimedia Environments for Children Monday ___ MAP1 Advanced Multimedia Production ___ MAP2 Auditory Displays: Extending the Interface Half Day Courses Sunday AM ___ SA4 Introduction to Multimedia Computing and Systems ___ SA5 Real-time Graphical and Acoustical Rendering ___ SA6 Broadband Network Services Architecture ___ SA7 Systems Issues in Desktop Videoconferencing ___ SA8 Intelligent Multimedia Interfaces Sunday PM ___ SP4 Multimedia Database Systems ___ SP5 Singularity Modeling for Abstracting Multimedia Data ___ SP6 Multimedia Networking ___ SP7 Creating Producible Multimedia ___ SP8 Designing Cooperative Hypermedia Systems Monday AM ___ MA3 Programming Interactive Image, Sound and QuickTime Stacks in HyperCard ___ MA4 Using Metaphor Effectively in Multimedia Interface Design ___ MA5 Systematic Analysis and Design of Hypermedia Applications ___ MA6 Design and Use of Digital Libraries ___ MA7 Game Design for Marketing and Training ___ MA8 Declarative Visual Programming Languages Monday PM ___ MP3 Introduction to HyTime ___ MP4 Electronic and Network Publishing for the Electronic Arts ___ MP5 Legal Strategies for Owners of Computer-Based Property. ___ MP6 Indexing Multimedia Databases ___ MP7 Image Compression Standards and Architectures ___ MP8 Designing a Senior Level or Graduate Course in Interactive =================****=================****=================****============ HOTEL AND TRAVEL INFORMATION Hotel Reservations The host hotel for Multimedia '94 is: The Hyatt Regency San Francisco 5 Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111 415-788-1234 800-233-1234 $136 single or double When you make your hotel reservations, you must mention Multimedia to receive the special conference rate. We recommend you make your reservations before September 14, 1994. After that date, there is no guarantee of room availability or the special Multimedia Conference rate. Guests of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco have access to a health and fitness center, business center and indoor/outdoor tennis courts among other amenities. Additional rooms are being held at: The Holiday Inn Financial District 750 Kearny Street San Francisco, CA 94108 415-433-6600 800-424-8292 $115 single or double You must mention Multimedia to receive the conference rate, and you must make your reservation by September 14 to be assured of availability. Travel Arrangements Birkmayer Travel is offering discounted airfares to Multimedia '94 on Delta and United Airlines. Choose from a 5% discount on supersaver fares (Saturday night stay required), or sharply reduced "zone'' fares (2 day minimum stay, 14 day maximum, no Saturday night required). Here are two examples of the potential savings to San Francisco at the time of writing: From New York City: $568 with a 14 day advance purchase $634 with a 7 day advance purchase (the unrestricted coach fare: $1,448) From Dallas: $398 with a 14 day advance purchase $514 with a 7 day advance purchase (the unrestricted coach fare: $1,092) Discounts apply only to travel within the continental United States or originating in Canada. Please note that all fares are subject to change without notice, and prices are guaranteed only after tickets are actually purchased. Space is limited, and some restrictions apply. Please call Birkmayer directly and mention Multimedia '94 for further information and reservations: 1 (800) 338 5735 (continental U.S. and Canada) 1 (518) 272 2650 (New York State and non-US) 1 (518) 272 7257 (fax) Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT, Monday-Friday or call Delta at 1-800-338-5735 and refer to file #I3293 Birkmayer has also arranged special discounted rates with AVIS for those attendees who wish to rent a car. To make reservations, just call AVIS at: 1 (800) 331 1600 (continental U.S. and Canada) 1 (918) 664 9600 (non -US) 1 (918) 621 4814 (fax) and mention MULTIMEDIA'94 AWD# B347628. Airport transporation Both the Hyatt Regency and the Holiday Inn are about 20 minutes from the airport. Taxi service costs approximately $30. SFO Airporter shuttles leave the airport every 10-20 min, with service to the Hyatt. For more information on the SFO Airporter, call 415-495-8404. More information on ground transportation will be sent with your confirmation letter. =================****=================****=================****============ CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS M. Blattner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of California, Davis J. O. Limb, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta ADVISORY COMMITTEE E. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and SU TREASURER R. B. Allen, Bellcore PROCEEDINGS J. J. Garcia-Luna, University of California, Santa Cruz WORKSHOPS S. Wilbur, Queen Mary & Westfield College, UK DEMONSTRATIONS T. Little, Boston University VIDEO M. Brown, Digital Equipment Corporation D. Redell, Digital Equipment Corporation ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING R. Rada, University of Liverpool, UK PANELS A. Kuchinsky, Hewlett-Packard S. Bulick, US WEST Technologies COURSES E. P. Glinert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute D. McIntyre, Morgan, Stanley & Co. K. Wittenburg, Bell Communications Research, LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS J. D. Smith, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PUBLICITY G. Parulkar, Washington University in St. Louis EXHIBITS P. Mantey, University of California, Santa Cruz AUDIO/VISUAL N. Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory UBIQUITOUS ART ZONE Beverly Reiser PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair D. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley CO-CHAIRS S. Ahuja, AT&T Bell Laboratories F. Kitson, Hewlett-Packard T. Kunii, University of Aizu, Japan R. Phillips, Los Alamos National Laboratory R. Rada, University of Liverpool, UK R. Sacks-Davis, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. =================****=================****=================****============ MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS We are witnessing the birth of a new epoch, an epoch in which multimedia will rule as the medium of expression. Multimedia will make the world a very different place in 25 years, and will bring with it a revolution in communication as great as that of the invention of the printing press. Multimedia provides the ability not only to see, but to hear and manipulate virtual objects in the computer interface. Gesture, eye contact, and speech allow us to communicate in natural ways that have evolved over millions of years, but until now electronic media has furnished very poor analogs of these interactions. Now we are developing the ability to use the subtleties of drama in exposition, on one hand, and the flexibility of creating group interactions that may one day be more powerful than face-to-face interactions on the other. These new modalities and interactivity comprise the significant difference between multimedia interfaces and other types of computer displays. Rarely can we pinpoint the creation of a new discipline so clearly. The same sense of excitement was felt in the late 50's when logic, mathematics, electrical engineering, and linguistics suddenly merged to create something the world had never seen before: a theory and a foundation for computer science. Over the past five years, we have witnessed something similar: the merging of graphics, text processing, video, audio, hardware, software, communications and other computer-related disciplines. This merging has resulted in the creation of a new technology, and it is called Multimedia. Multimedia has many parents and siblings: nine ACM Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have sponsored this conference to show their involvement and interest in this new arena, with the cooperation of five more ACM SIGs and the IEEE Communications Society. The sense of wonder and excitement is even greater now than when computer science was born. We thought the future of computers was in science, engineering, and business applications. But the future of multimedia lies in everything we see around us: science and engineering, education, digital libraries, home entertainment, arts, medicine, business, aids for the disabled, and more. ACM Multimedia came into existence in 1993, "midwived," so to speak, by SIGGRAPH, and this year is taking place in the nurturing environment of San Francisco, where an estimated 500 companies located in the greater Bay area are involved in the support and development of multimedia products. The world has already seen a financial investment of many billions of dollars in the creation of multimedia products, investments, and sales. We look at this infant technology and ask, "Who does it look like?" And, "What will it grow up to be?" We are here to examine some of these questions. Multimedia '94 will give you the opportunity to sample the advances that have taken place in the last year. Through the courses you can quickly get up to speed in a large number of areas. You can also explore the technical depths in two parallel tracks of sessions. One track will focus on content creation and will be capped by a multimedia arts night featuring the work of over 20 artists. A separate track of panels will enable you to hear experts debate key issues facing the fledgling industry, including legal, technical, and business issues, as well as the concerns of the content creators. Exhibitor presentations will provide more product detail and background. The "piece de resistance" will be the opening and closing plenaries. In the opening plenary, a panel of industry leaders will help establish focus for the overall conference by debating a number of key issues relating to the next directions of our infant industry. What will be the primary path to new information services? Will the greatest opportunities be found in the business environment or in the home? If you have a question that you would like to see addressed, please forward it to us. The closing plenary will consist of a multimedia presentation that will attempt to provide some clues to where the industry is headed. Come meet us at Multimedia '94, and enjoy the diversity that is at the heart of multimedia and the flourish that contributes to the excitement of our growing industry. Meera Blattner John Limb General Co-Chairs =================****=================****=================****============ FOR MORE INFORMATION To receive more information about Multimedia'94 or the Advance Program, contact Danieli and O'Keefe (DOK), our conference management company. Address Danieli and O'Keefe 490 Boston Post Road Sudbury, MA 01776-9898 Phone numbers 800-524-1851, or 508-443-3330, Ext. 1214 Email multimedia.dok@notes.compuserve.com or ACMHELP@ACM.org =================****=================****=================****============