Table of Contents

• Traffic Characteristics and Smoothness Criteria in VBR Video Traffic SmoothingJunbiao Zhang, Joseph Y. Hui. 3-11
• Renegotiated CBR Transmission Based on Queue Length of STB in IVOD SystemNoriaki Kamiyama, Victor O. K. Li. 12-19
• A Rate Allocation Policy with MCR/PCR Support and Distributed ABR Implementation Using Explicit Rate Feedback20-27
• An Effective Video Block Placement Strategy on Multi-Zone Recording DisksJeong-Won Kim, Young-Uhg Lho, Ki-Dong Chung. 29-36
• A Novel Video Layout Strategy for Near-Video-on-Demand ServersShenze Chen, Manu Thapar. 37-45
• On the Efficient Retrieval of VBR Video in a Multimedia ServerSambit Sahu, Zhi-Li Zhang, James F. Kurose, Donald F. Towsley. 46-53
• MusiKalscope: A Graphical Musical InstrumentSidney Fels, Kazushi Nishimoto, Kenji Mase. 55-62
• Musical Design Patterns: An Example of a Human-Centered Model of Interactive MultimediaJan O. Borchers, Max Mühlhäuser. 63-70
• Toward the Realization of Interactive Movies - Inter Communication Theater: Concept and SystemRyohei Nakatsu, Naoko Tosa. 71-77
• An Optimal Dynamic Multicast Routing Algorithm for Multimedia ApplicationsMoonsik Kang. 79-84
• Traffic Control Mechanism to Support Video Multicast over IP NetworksRanga S. Ramanujan, Atiq Ahamad, Kenneth J. Thurber. 85-94
• An Adaptive Finding Algorithm For Introducing IP Traffic into ATMTülin Atmaca, B. Aygun, Hayri Korezlioglu. 95-100
• Weighted Striping in Multimedia ServersYuewei Wang, David Hung-Chang Du. 102-109
• Chaining: A Generalized Batching Technique for Video-On-DemandSimon Sheu, Kien A. Hua, Wallapak Tavanapong. 110-117
• Evaluation of Caching Strategies for a Multimedia Storage ServerA. L. Narasimha Reddy. 118-125
• A Realtime Video-image Mapping Using Polygon Rendering TechniquesTsuneo Ikedo. 127-134
• Progressive Compression of 3D Graphic ModelsJiankun Li, Jin Li, C. C. Jay Kuo. 135-142
• A Quadtree-based Image Encoding Scheme for Real-Time CommunicationSamah Senbel, Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab. 143-150
• Adaptive Continuous Media Applications in Mobile Computing EnvironmentTatsuo Nakajima, Akihiro Hokimoto. 152-160
• Access Network Target ArchitectureMilan Jankovic, Zoran R. Petrovic. 161-168
• Scheduling for Interactive Operations in Parallel Video ServersMin-You Wu, Wei Shu. 178-185
• QuIVeR: A Class of Interactive Video Retrieval ProtocolsSenthil Sengodan, Victor O. K. Li. 186-193
• The Effect of Disk Scheduling Schemes on a Video Server for Supporting Quality MPEG Video AccessesHorng-Juing Lee, David Hung-Chang Du. 194-201
• Adaptive Transform Domain Video Scene AnalysisDonald A. Adjeroh, Moon-Chuen Lee. 203-210
• Transform-Based Indexing of Audio Data for Multimedia DatabasesS. R. Subramanya, Rahul Simha, Bhagirath Narahari, Abdou Youssef. 211-218
• Enhanced Video Handling Based on Audio AnalysisKenichi Minami, Akihito Akutsu, Hiroshi Hamada, Yoshinobu Tonomura. 219-226
• Toward a Generic Spatial/Temporal Computation Model for Multimedia PresentationsTimothy K. Shih, Anthony Y. Chang. 228-235
• A New Multimedia Synchronization Specification Method for Temporal and Spatial EventsJongho Nang, Sujin Kang. 236-243
• Events in Interactive Multimedia Applications: Modeling and Implementation DesignMichalis Vazirgiannis, Susanne Boll. 244-251
• Improving Reliability of Distributed VoD ServersManuel Billot, Valérie Issarny, Isabelle Puaut, Michel Banâtre. 253-260
• A Bandwidth Management Technique for Hierarchical Storage in Large-Scale Multimedia ServersJames Zijun Wang, Kien A. Hua. 261-268
• Implementation and Evaluation of a Multimedia File SystemT. Niranjan, Tzi-cker Chiueh, Gerhard A. Schloss. 269-276
• Editing Techniques for MPEG Multiplexed StreamsKamlesh Talreja, P. Venkat Rangan. 278-285
• On the Scalability of Audio Quality for Networked Multimedia EnvironmentsReinhard Bertram, Ralf Steinmetz. 294-301
• Cooperative QoS Management for Multimedia ApplicationsStefan Fischer, Abdelhakim Hafid, Gregor von Bochmann, Hermann de Meer. 303-310
• Time-Estelle: An Extended Estelle Capable of Expressing Multimedia QoS ParametersRichard Lai, Tony Tsang. 311-318
• QoS Negotiation and Resource Reservation for Distributed Multimedia ApplicationsWalter Fiederer, Kurt Rothermel, Gabriel Dermler. 319-326
• Optimization of Adaptive Data-Flows for Competing Multimedia Presentational Database SessionsHeiko Thimm, Wolfgang Klas, Crispin Cowan, Jonathan Walpole, Calton Pu. 328-335
• Modeling of Moving Objects in a Video DatabaseJohn Z. Li, M. Tamer Özsu, Duane Szafron. 336-343
• VideoText Database SystemsHaitao Jiang, Danilo Montesi, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid. 344-351
• IFQ: A Visual Query Interface and Query Generator for Object-Based Media RetrievalWen-Syan Li, K. Selçuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara. 353-361
• Fast Signature-Based Color-Spatial Image RetrievalTat-Seng Chua, Kian-Lee Tan, Beng Chin Ooi. 362-369
• Shape Indexing by Structural PropertiesAlberto Del Bimbo, Pietro Pala. 370-377
• A Pre-Scheduling Mechanism for Multimedia Presentation SynchronizationTae-Il Jeong, Jae Wook Ham, Sung-Jo Kim. 379-386
• Client-Based Synchronization Control of Coded Data StreamsMourad Daami, Nicolas D. Georganas. 387-394
• SMART UNIX SVR4 Support for Multimedia ApplicationsJason Nieh, Monica S. Lam. 404-414
• Virtual Memory Management for Interactive Continuous Media ApplicationsTatsuo Nakajima, Hiroshi Tezuka. 415-423
• GRMS: A Global Resource Management System for Distributed QoS and Criticality SupportJiandong Huang, Y. Wang, N. R. Vaidyanathan, Feng Cao. 424-432
• A Line String Image Representation for Image Storage and RetrievalWen-Chen Hu, Gerhard X. Ritter. 434-441
• Color Clustering Techniques for Color-Content-Based Image Retrieval from Image DatabasesJia Wang, Wen-jann Yang, Raj Acharya. 442-449
• Designing a Distributed Multimedia Synchronization SchedulerJerzy Jarmasz, Nicolas D. Georganas. 451-457
• Shared Media Space Coordination: Mixed-Mode Synchrony in Collaborative Multimedia EnvironmentsWayne Robbins, Nicolas D. Georganas. 466-473
• Schedulability Analysis for Desktop Multimedia Applications: Simple Ways to Handle General-Purpose Operating Systems and Open EnvironmentsErik Cota-Robles, James P. Held, Thomas J. Barnes. 475-483
• A Multimedia Document Filing SystemXien Fan, Qianhong Liu, Peter A. Ng. 492-499
• Video Shot Analysis Using Multiple Object TrackingVasudevan V. Vinod, Hiroshi Murase. 501-508
• On the Detection and Recognition of Television CommercialsRainer Lienhart, Christoph Kuhmünch, Wolfgang Effelsberg. 509-516
• A Visual Search System for Video and Image DatabasesHong-heather Yu, Wayne Wolf. 517-524
• A System for Customized News Delivery from Video ArchivesGulrukh Ahanger, Thomas D. C. Little. 526-533
• ATM RendezView: Multipoint Conferencing on ATMKeith Smith, Russell Pretty. 534-540
• JETS: A Java-Enabled Telecollaboration SystemShervin Shirmohammadi, Nicolas D. Georganas. 541-547
• Link Management Framework for Hyper-Media DocumentsDragos-Anton Manolescu, Klara Nahrstedt. 549-556
• A Scalable and Distributed WWW Proxy SystemKa Lun Eddie Law, Biswajit Nandy, A. S. J. Chapman. 557-564
• Evaluation of Multimedia ComponentsFrancisco V. Cipolla Ficarra. 557-564
• Virgilio: A Non-Immersive VR System to Browse Multimedia DatabasesAntonio Massari, Lorenzo Saladini, Matthias Hemmje, Fabio Sisinni. 573-580
• Toward Next Generation Virtual Reality SystemsJürgen Landauer, Roland Blach, Matthias Bues, Angela Rösch, Andreas Simon. 581-588
• Automated Lip Synchronization for Human-Computer Interaction and Special Effect AnimationChristian Martyn Jones, Satnam Singh Dlay. 589-596
• Interactive Scheduling Supports for Real-Time Multimedia ExecutionTeik Guan Tan, Wynne Hsu. 598-599
• Evaluation of Large-Scale Mobile Multimedia Communication System Built on Telescript Agent Platform - The Paseo ServiceEikazu Niwano, Katsuya Okamoto, Koichi Sakanoue, Hiroshi Otaka, Masashi Katsumata, Kiyomi Maeda. 600-601
• Novel Scene Generation, Merging and Stitching Views Using the 2D Affine SpaceKuntal Sengupta, Jun Ohya. 602-603
• Instant Authoring with Application Output Recording: Taxonomy and usage in DIANERolf Mecklenburg, Hartmut Benz, Steffen Fischer, Andreas Wenger. 606-607
• Tracking Deformable Objects with the Active Contour ModelYun-Ting Lin, Yuh-Lin Chang. 608-609
• Metrics for Scene Change Detection in Digital Video SequencesRalph Ford, Craig Robson, Daniel Temple, Michael Gerlach. 610-611
• Performance Comparison of Video Transport over ATM and ServerNet InterconnectsAshfaq Hossain, Sung-Mo Kang, Bob Horst. 612-613
• Experiments in Simple One-Dimensional Lossy Image Compression SchemesJoseph Modayil, Howard Cheng, Xiaobo Li. 614-615
• Proposal of an Extended AAL5 for VBR MPEG-2 over ATMAhmed Mehaoua, Raouf Boutaba, Guy Pujolle. 618-619
• An Aggressive Admission Control Algorithms for Multimedia ServersXiaoye Jiang, Prasant Mohapatra. 620-621
• An Objective Approach to Assessing Relative Perceptual Quality of MPEG-Encoded Video SequencesLee Wang, Ranga S. Ramanujan, James A. Newhouse, Maher Kaddoura, Atiq Ahamad, Kenneth J. Thurber, Howard Jay Siegel. 622-623
• Speech Recognition on MPEG/Audio Encoded FilesLawrence Yapp, Gregory L. Zick. 624-625
• Meta-Database and Search Agent for Multimedia Database Access over InternetAidong Zhang, Wendy Chang, Deepak Murthy, Tanveer Fathima Syeda-Mahmood. 626-627
• Implementation and Performance Issues in an Object-Oriented Orchestration ArchitectureWayne Robbins. 628-629
• An Architecture for Multimedia over ATM Real-Time EnvironmentsVoicu Groza, Dan Ionescu, Nicolas D. Georganas. 630-631
• Supporting Content-based Queries over Images in MARSSharad Mehrotra, Yong Rui, Michael Ortega, Thomas S. Huang. 632-633
• Modelling Status and Dynamic Aspects of Hypermedia SystemsPaloma Díaz, Ignacio Aedo, Fivos Panetsos. 634-635
• Browsing and Placement of Multi-Resolution Images on Secondary StorageSunil Prabhakar, Divyakant Agrawal, Amr El Abbadi, Ambuj K. Singh, Terence R. Smith. 636-637
• MrBrAQue: A Multimedia Medical Report Management SystemPaolo Merialdo, Giuseppe Sindoni. 638-639
• Supporting Continuous Media: Is Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) Better Than SCSI?Sangyup Shim, Tai-Sheng Chang, Yuewei Wang, Jenwei Hsieh, David Hung-Chang Du. 640-641
• Creating a Virtual Network LaboratoryYen-Jen Lee, Wei-hsiu Ma, David Hung-Chang Du, James A. Schnepf. 642-643
• MADEUS: An Authoring Environment for Interactive Multimedia DocumentsMuriel Jourdan, Nabil Layaïda, Loay Sabry-Ismaïl. 644-645
• PCR-Assist CBR for Delivering Pre-Recorded MPEG-2 Transport StreamsJenwei Hsieh, David Hung-Chang Du, Horng-Juing Lee, Tai-Sheng Chang. 646-647
• A CORBA-Based Real-Time Stream Service for ATM NetworksBhawani S. Sapkota, Hung Keng Pung, Lek Heng Ngoh, Lawrence W. C. Wong. 648-649
• Multimedia Presentation Techniques for Interactive PlotsNikitas M. Sgouros, Panayotis Tsanakas, George K. Papakonstantinou. 650-651
• PENGUIN - Enabling and Combining DAVIC and the WWWPetra Hoepner, Reinhard Baier, Christian Gran, Klaus Hofrichter, Angela Scheller. 652-653
• Multimedia Information Systems Applications - A Taxonomy and Three Case StudiesSchahram Dustdar. 654-655
• Dynamic QoS Management for Real-Time Communication in ATM NetworksMing-Kong Woo, Hong-Kiat Lim, Hong-Ling Low, Chye-Lin Chee. 656-657
• Spatial Match Retrieval Using Signature Files for Iconic Image DatabasesJae-Woo Chang, Jaideep Srivastava. 658-559
• A Scalable Security Architecture for Multimedia Communication StandardsThomas Kunkelmann, Rolf Reinema. 660-662