IEEE MultiMedia, Volume 3

Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 1996

Editor-in-Chief's Message

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  Ramesh C. Jain:
  CAD for Creative People. 3-4

Web_Sight

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  Sorel Reisman:
  Keeping an Eye on the Web. 5

Visions and Views

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  Glorianna Davenport:
  Smarter Tools for Storytelling: Are They Just Around the Corner? 10-14

Feature Articles

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  Sherman R. Alpert, Mark Laff, W. Randall Koons, David A. Epstein, Danny Soroker, David C. Morrill, Arthur J. Stein:
  The EFX Editing and Effects Environment. 15-29
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  Olof Hagsand:
  Interactive Multiuser VEs in the DIVE System. 30-39
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  Alberto Del Bimbo, Enrico Vicario:
  Visual Programming of Virtual Worlds Animation. 40-49
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  Ahmed Karmouch, James Emery:
  A Playback Schedule Model for Multimedia Documents. 50-61
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  Rick Kazman, Reem Al-Halimi, William Hunt, Marilyn M. Mantei:
  Four Paradigms for Indexing Video Conferences. 63-73

Multimedia at Work

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  Charles T. Hemphill, Philip R. Thrift, John C. Linn:
  Speech-Aware Multimedia. 74-78

Project Reports

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  Thomas G. Aguierre Smith:
  Multimedia Lab Supports Sustainable Development. 79-83

Standards

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  Branko Gerovac, David Carver:
  Standardizing Headers in the Quest for Interoperability. 84-88

Media Reviews

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  Raghu Kolli, Ales Jaklic:
  Media Reviews. 91-93

Volume 3, Number 2, Summer 1996

Editor-in-Chief's Message

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  Ramesh C. Jain:
  Globalizing with the Web. 3

Web_Sight

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  Sorel Reisman:
  Browsing - Not Groping - the Web. 4-5

In the News

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  William I. Grosky, Michael Olan:
  In the News. 6-9

Special Report

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  Jesse Casman:
  The Internet in Japan. 10-11

Visions and Views

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  R. Grant Tate:
  European Multimedia Update. 12-17

Feature Articles

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  Laurent Blondé, Matthias Buck, Ricardo Galli, Wolfgang Niem, Yakup Paker, Wolfgang Schmidt, Graham A. Thomas:
  A Virtual Studio for Live Broadcasting: The Mona Lisa Project. 18-29
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  Yahya Y. Al-Salqan, Carl K. Chang:
  Temporal Relations and Synchronization Agents. 30-39
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  Koji Takeda, Mitsuyuki Inaba, Kazuo Sugihara:
  User Interface and Agent Prototyping for Flexible Working. 40-50
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  Ming-Syan Chen, Dilip D. Kandlur:
  Stream Conversion to Support Interactive Video Playout. 51-58
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  Menno-Jan Kraak:
  Integrating Multimedia in Geographical Information Systems. 59-65

Multimedia at Work

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  Gary S. May:
  Microelectronics Fabrication Training Using Multimedia and the Web. 67-71

Project Reports

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  Jiandong Huang, Allalaghatta Pavan:
  The Mercuri Multimedia Laboratory at Honeywell. 72-77

Standards

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  Richard Platt:
  New Standard Helps Multimedia Get Off the Ground. 78-82

Media Reviews

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  Kai-Kuang Ma, Christoph F. Strnadl, Peter Carroll:
  Media Reviews. 83-87

Volume 3, Number 3, Fall 1996

Editor-in-Chief's Message

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  Ramesh C. Jain:
  Computing in Natural Environments. 3-4

Web_Sight

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  Sorel Reisman:
  Microsoft Addresses the Web. 5-6

Visions and Views

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  Glorianna Davenport:
  Indexes Are "Out, " Models Are "In". 10-15

Special Report

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  David K. Kahaner:
  Traffic Safety Activities in Japan. 16-17

Feature Articles

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  Shi-Kuo Chang:
  Extending Visual Languages for Multimedia. 18-26
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  Erling Wold, Thom Blum, Douglas Keislar, James Wheaton:
  Content-Based Classification, Search, and Retrieval of Audio. 27-36
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  David W. Brubeck, Lawrence A. Rowe:
  Hierarchical Storage Management in a Distributed VOD System. 37-47
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  Max Mühlhäuser, Jan Gecsei:
  Services, Frameworks, and Paradigms for Distributed Multimedia Applications. 48-61
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  Chatschik Bisdikian, Baiju V. Patel:
  Cost-Based Program Allocation for Distributed Multimedia-on-Demand Systems. 62-72

Multimedia at Work

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  Walter Bender:
  Technology and the News: What We Don't Know. 73-77

Project Reports

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  Doug Shepherd, Andrew Scott, Tom Rodden:
  Quality-of-Service Support for Multimedia Applications. 78-82

Standards

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  Ivan Herman, Graham J. Reynolds, James van Loo:
  Premo: An Emerging Standard for Multimedia Presentation. 83-89

Media Reviews

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  Robert Wilmes, Steve Peterson, Carlos Hoces, Dirk Brokken, Mary Kay Switzer:
  Media Reviews. 90-93

Volume 3, Number 4, Winter 1996

Editor-in-Chief's Message

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  Ramesh C. Jain:
  Merging Virtual and Real. 3

Web_Sight

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  Sorel Reisman:
  Et tu, déjà vu? 4-5

Visions and Views

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  Thomas A. DeFanti, Daniel J. Sandin, Maxine D. Brown:
  The Coming Defenestration: Immersive Environments Without Windows. 6-9

In the News

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  Georges G. Grinstein, Anne C. Lear:
  In the News. 10-12

Guest Editors' Introduction

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  Ephraim P. Glinert, Meera Blattner:
  Multimodal Interaction. 13

Multimodal Interaction

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  Meera Blattner, Ephraim P. Glinert:
  Multimodal Integration. 14-24
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  Sharon L. Oviatt:
  User-Centered Modeling for Spoken Language and Multimodal Interfaces. 26-35
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  Francis K. H. Quek:
  Unencumbered Gestural Interaction. 36-47
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  Takayuki Dan Kimura:
  A Pen-Based Prosodic User Interface for Schoolchildren. 48-55

Feature Article

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  Edward Y. Chang, Avideh Zakhor:
  Cost Analyses for VBR Video Servers. 56-71

Standards

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  Ivan Herman, Graham J. Reynolds, James van Loo:
  Premo: An Emerging Standard for Multimedia Presentation, Part II: Specification & Applications. 72-75

Project Reports

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  Christian Egelhaaf, Eckhard Moeller, Peter Schoo:
  Developing Distributed Multimedia Telecommunication Applications. 76-81

Multimedia at Work

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  Achim Karduck, André Geiser, Thomas Gutekunst:
  Multimedia Technology in Banking. 82-86

Media Reviews

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  Farid G. Hatefi:
  Media Reviews. 87-88