Technical Program

MONDAY

MA0 Multimedia education I (R)

1. [MA0.01] Lectern: A Digital Desk System for Video-Free Course - Lecture Capturing and Playback
   Tzi-cker Chiueh and Peitao Deng, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

2. [MA0.02] Multimedia Linguistic Learning
   E. Gentile, P. Plantamura, and V. L. Plantamura, Universitŕ degli Studi di Bari, Italy

3. [MA0.03] Virtual Microphones for Multichannel Audio Applications
   C. Kyriakakis and A. Mouchtaris, University of Southern California, USA

4. [MA0.04] Multi-modal Interaction in the Age of Information Appliances
   Stéphane H. Maes and T. V. Raman, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

5. [MA0.05] An Educational-Oriented Framework for Building On-Line Courses using XML
   Florin Bota, University of Cluj, Romania; Laura Farinetti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Anca Rarau, Technical University of Cluj, Romania

6. [MA0.06] A Web-Based CBIR-Assisted Learning Tool for Radiology Education - Anytime and Anyplace
   C. R. Shyu, A. C. Kak, C. E. Brodley, C. Pavlopoulou, and M. F. Chyan, Purdue University, USA; L. S. Broderick, University of Wisconsin Hospital, USA

7. [MA0.07] Complete System for Distance Learning over IP
   Javier Durán-de-Jesus, Juan José Villacorta-Calvo, and Alberto Izquierdo-Fuente, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

MA1 Collaborative Networking Applications (R)

1. [MA1.01] An Efficient Near-Video-on-Demand System for Broadband Residential ADSL Network
   Chi-Chien Hsueh, Wen-Cheung Cheng, and Chi-Shi Liu, Chungwa Telecom, Taiwan

2. [MA1.02] A Standalone Video Communication System for Wire and Wireless Communications
   HonCheong Ng, HaiBin Huang, Xiao Lin, HockLye Toh, Susanto Rahardja, Hui Lan, and Xiang Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3. [MA1.03] A Cooperative Playback System for On-Demand Multimedia Sessions over Internet
   G. Fortino and L. Nigro, Universitŕ della Calabria, Italy

4. [MA1.04] Protocol for Collaborative Multimedia Presentations
   Eenjun Hwang, Ajou University, Korea; B. Prabhakaran, National University of Singapore, Singapore

5. [MA1.05] A Universal Distribution Protocol for Video-on-Demand
   Jehan-François Pâris, University of Houston, USA; Steven W. Carter and Darrell D. E. Long, University of California, USA

6. [MA1.06] Efficient Network Management for Collaborative Services and Application Development
   Kevin H. Liu, Telcordia Technologies Inc., USA; Vassilios Th. Tsaoussidis, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA

7. [MA1.07] Dynamic Object Markers in a Collaborative Environment for Video Content Discussion
   Candemir Toklu, Thomas Fisher and Shih-Ping Liou, Siemens Corporate Research, USA

MA2 Web and E-commerce (R)

1. [MA2.01] Reduction of Blocking Artifacts for Low Bit-Rate Video Coding using
   Regularized Dequantization S. Moon-Ho Song, Gunho Lee, Sanghoon Sull, and Sung-Jea Ko, Korea University, South Korea

2. [MA2.02] Efficient Representation and Streaming of XML Content over the Internet Medium
   Marc Girardot and Neel Sundaresan, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA

3. [MA2.03] Talking Heads and Synthetic Speech: An Architecture for Supporting Electronic Commerce
   Jörn Ostermann and David Millen, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

4. [MA2.04] On Feasibility of MPEG-4 for Mulimedia Integration for E-Commerce
   A. Puri, R. L. Schmidt, and Q. Huang, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

5. [MA2.05] Performance Evaluation of an Interactive Web-Based Multimedia Document System with Streaming Media
   H. Fahmi, M. Latif, and A. Ghafoor, Purdue University, USA; P. Liu and L. Hsu, Siemens Corporate Research, USA

6. [MA2.06] Internet Course Delivery - Making it Easier and More Effective
   D. Anderson, L. Harvel, and M. Hayes, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Y. Ishiguro, NEC Corp., Japan; J. Jackson, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; M. Pimentel, Universidade de Săo Paolo, Brazil

7. [MA2.07] E-Commerce Direct Marketing using Augmented Reality
   Xiang Zhang, Nassir Navab, and Shih-Ping Liou, Siemens Corporate Research, USA

MA3 Multimedia Codec I (R)

1. [MA3.01] An Advanced Center Biased Three Step Search Algorithm for Motion Estimation
   Humaira Nisar and Tae-Sun Choi, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

2. [MA3.02] Multimedia Image Coding using Adaptive Integer-to-Integer Wavelet Transforms
   Subhasis Saha and Rao Vemuri, University of California Davis, USA

3. [MA3.03] Software Optimization of H.263 Video Encoder on Pentium Processor with MMX Technology
   Pohsiang Hsu and K. J. Ray Liu, UMD, USA

4. [MA3.04] Region of Interest Coding for Low Bit Rate Image Transmission
   O. Déforges and J. Ronsin, INSA, France

5. [MA3.05] Simplified EZW Image Coder with Residual Data Transmission
   Tanzeem Muzaffar and Tae-Sun Choi, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

6. [MA3.06] PBS: A Predictive Block Sampling Algorithm for Desktop Multimedia Video Applications
   Joseph Pasquale, Tom Nguyen, and Jon Kay, University of California, San Diego, USA

7. [MA3.07] Efficient Multi-layer Coding and Encryption of MPEG Video Streams
   Ali Saman Tosun and Wu-chi Feng, The Ohio State University, USA

MA4 Image Retrieval I (R)

1. [MA4.01] Image Retrieval Using Blob Histograms
   Richard J. Qian, Peter J. L. van Beek, and M. Ibrahim Sezan, Intel Labs, USA

2. [MA4.02] Indexing and Retrieval Scheme of the Image Database based on Color and Spatial Relations
   Timothy K. Shih, Ching-Sheng Wang, Anthony Y. Chang, and Chuan-Ho Kao, Tamkang University, Taiwan

3. [MA4.03] Detection of Human Faces using Skin Color and Eyes
   Jeonghee Park, Jungwon Seo, Dongun An, and Seongjong Chung, Chonbuk National University, South Korea

4. [MA4.04] JaNeT: A Framework for Flexible Web-Content Retrieval
   F. Bergenti, A. Poggi, and M. Somacher, Universitŕ degli Studi di Parma, Italy

5. [MA4.05] Image Retrieval by Shape: A Comparative Study
   Maytham Safar, Cyrus Shahabi, and Xiaoming Sun, University of Southern California, USA

6. [MA4.06] Compass: An Image Retrieval System for Distributed Databases
   R. Brunelli and O. Mich, ITC-irst, Italy

7. [MA4.07] The ICOR Framework: A Top-Down Approach to Media Indexing and Retrieval
   Ivica Rimac, Stephan Fischer, and Ralf Steinmetz, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

MA5 Multimedia Authoring / Virtual Reality (P)

1. [MA5.01] Variorum: A Multimedia-Based Program Documentation System
   Tzi-cker Chiueh, Wei Wu, and Lap-Chung Lam, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

2. [MA5.02] Content-Based Browsing and Editing of Unstructured Video
   Giridharan Iyengar, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; Andrew B. Lippmann, MIT Media Laboratory, USA

3. [MA5.03] Design of Video Caption Markup Language VCML and Development of VCML Player
   Katsuyuki Watanabe, Naohide Fukada, and Masahide Sugiyama, The University of Aizu, Japan

4. [MA5.04] Tightly Coupling Authoring and Evaluation in an Integrated Tool to Support Iterative Design of Educational Hypermedia
   Selma Holmquist, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela; N. Hari Narayanan, Auburn University, USA

5. [MA5.05] ProtoGMI MusicBrush - An Exercise in General Multimedia Instrument Interface Design
   Timothy Chen, Kazushi Nishimoto, and Kenji Mase, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories, Japan

6. [MA5.06] MPEG-Pro: An Authoring System for MPEG-4 with Temporal Constraints and Template Guided Editing
   Souhila Boughoufalah, Jean-Claude Dufourd, and Frederic Bouilhaguet, ENST Paris, France

7. [MA5.07] Networked Virtual Environments for the Web: The WebTalk-I & WebTalk-II Architectures
   Thimoty Barbieri, HyperMedia Open Center, Italy

8. [MA5.08] VGuide: Design and Performance Evaluation of a Synchronous Collaborative Virtual Reality Application
   J. M. Arango and P. K. McKinley, Michigan State University, USA

9. [MA5.09] Architecture and Mechanisms of a Web-Based Video Data Management System
   Shermann Sze-Man Chan and Qing LI, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

10. [MA5.10] Distributed Virtual Reality Authoring Interfaces for the WWW
    I. Varlamis and M. Vazirgiannis, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece; I. Lazaridis, University of California, Irvine, USA

11. [MA5.11] On the Choice of Tactile Code
    Danilo P. Mandic and Richard Harvey, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom; Djemal H. Kolonic, University of Banjaluka, Bosnia-Herzegovina

12. [MA5.12] Unified Multiple Media Interface for Robot Teleoperation
    Tamhant Jain, Sambit K. Dash, Nishant Agrawal, Susmit Sen, and Amitabha Mukerjee, I.I.T. Kanpur, India

13. [MA5.13] System Aspects of Copy Management for Digital Video
    Jean-Paul Linnartz, Joop Talstra, Ton Kalkar, and Maurice Maes, Philips Research, The Netherlands

14. [MA5.14] Interactive Artificial Life based on Behavior and Perception in a Virtual Environment
    Hyun Seung Yang, Hyun-jin Park, and Yong-jin Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

MP0 Multimedia Codec II (R)

1. [MP0.01] An Efficient Low-Bit Rate Motion Compensation Technique Based on Quadtree
   Hanan A. Mahmoud and Magdy Bayoumi, University of Louisiana, USA

2. [MP0.02] Selective Requantization for Transcoding of MPEG Compressed Video
   Hani Sorial and William E. Lynch, Concordia University, Canada; André Vincent, Communications Research Centre, Canada

3. [MP0.03] Fast Dihedral Symmetry Operations on Digital Images in the Compressed Domain
   Viresh Ratnakar, Bhaskaran Vasudev, and Victor Ivashin, Epson Research and Development, Inc., USA

4. [MP0.04] Compressed Domain MPEG-2 Video Editing
   Kai Wang and John W. Woods, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

MP1 Multimedia Authoring (R)

1. [MP1.01] Systematic Approach for Creating Animated Character Interfaces
   Izumi Kohno, Shujun Yoshizaka, and Shin’ichi Uwakubo, NEC Corporation, Japan

2. [MP1.02] Extending Databases to Support Image Editing
   Greg Speegle, Allen M. Gao, and Shaowen Hu, Baylor University, USA; Le Gruenwald, Univeristy of Oklahoma, USA

3. [MP1.03] Automatic Techniques for Insertion of Three-Dimensional Objects into a Video Sequence
   Satyan R. Coorg, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

MP2 Audio Processing in Multimedia I (R)

1. [MP2.01] Selective Signal Cancellation for Multiple-Listener Audio Applications:
   An Information Theory Approach Sunil Bharitkar and Chris Kyriakakis, University of Southern California, USA

2. [MP2.02] Towards Efficient and Scalable Speech Compression Schemes for Robust Speech Recognition Applications
   N. Srinivasamurthy and A. Ortega, USC, USA; Q. Zhu and A. Alwan, UCLA, USA

3. [MP2.03] A Multiple Input Single Output Model for Rendering Virtual Sound Sources in Real Time
   Panayiotis G. Georgiou and Chris Kyriakakis, University of Southern California, USA

4. [MP2.04] A New Communication Paradigm: Action-to-Speech
   Masanobu Abe and Tsubasa Shinozaki, NTT Cyber Space Labs, Japan

MP3 Streaming video (R)

1. [MP3.01] Optimal Streaming of Layer-Encoded Multimedia Presentations
   David A. Turner and Keith W. Ross, Institut Eurécom, France

2. [MP3.02] Segment Reencoding of Buffer Constrained Variable Bit Rate Video Streams
   Larry Lu, Krishna Ratakonda, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Jack Kouloheris, and Cesar Gonzales, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

3. [MP3.03] Streaming Video with Optimized Reconstruction-Based DCT
   Xiao Su and Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

4. [MP3.04] Transmission of Streaming Video over an EGPRS Wireless Network
   Kapil Chawla, Zhimei Jiang, Xiaoxin Qiu, and Amy Reibman, AT&T Labs Research, USA

MP4 User Interface I (R)

1. [MP4.01] Hand Gesture Recognition of a Mobile Device User
   Vesa-Matti Mäntylä, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland; Jani Mäntyjärvi and Tapio Seppänen, University of Oulu, Finland; Esa Tuulari, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

2. [MP4.02] Gesture-Enhanced Information Retrieval and Presentation in a Distributed Learning Environment
   Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA; C. S. Li, IBM Watson Research Center, USA

3. [MP4.03] Object-Based Visual Effects by using Multi-focus Images and Its Real-Time Implementation
   Kiyoharu Aizawa, Akira Kubota, and Conny Riani Gunadi, University of Tokyo, Japan

4. [MP4.04] Multimodal Output for a Conversational Telephony System
   M. Mast, C. Günther, S. Kunzmann, and T. Roß, IBM Germany, Germany

MP5 Video / Image Retrieval II (P)

1. [MP5.01] Incorporate Discriminant Analysis with EM Algorithm in Image Retrieval
   Qi Tian, Ying Wu, and Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

2. [MP5.02] An Architecture for Content-Based Retrieval of Remote Sensing Images
   Luis M. del Val Cura, Neucimar Jeronimo Leite, and Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, Campinas State University, Brazil

3. [MP5.03] A Modified Zernike Moment Shape Descriptor Invariant to Translation, Rotation and Scale for Similarity-Based Image Retrieval
   Hae-Kwang Kim, Sejong University, Korea; Jong-Deuk Kim, Dong-Gyu Sim, and Dae-Il Oh, Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Korea

4. [MP5.04] Color Based Retrieval and Recognition
   Nicu Sebe and Michael S. Lew, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, The Netherlands

5. [MP5.05] Spatial Match Representation and Retrieval for Supporting Ranking in Iconic Image Databases
   Jae-Woo Chang, Yeon-Jung Kim, and Ki-Sung Jin, Chonbuk National University, South Korea

6. [MP5.06] Perceptual Color on Internet Browser
   Seiichiro Hangai, Takayuki Hamamoto, and Masato Kawamoto, Science University of Tokyo, Japan

7. [MP5.07] Augmented Album: Situation-Dependent System for a Personal Digital Video/Image Collection
   K. Priyantha Hewagamage and Masahito Hirakawa, Hiroshima University, Japan

8. [MP5.08] On Design of Adaptive Internet Streaming Applications: An Architectural Perspective
   Reza Rejaie, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

9. [MP5.09] Non-linear Relevance Feedback: Improving the Performance of
   Content-Based Retrieval Systems Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Anastasios D. Doulamis, and Stefanos D. Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

10. [MP5.10] Using Multiple Examples for Content-Based Image Retrieval
    J. Assfalg, A. Del Bimbo, and P. Pala, University of Florence, Italy

11. [MP5.11] Adaptive Synthesis in Progressive Retrieval of Audio-Visual Data
    John R. Smith and Chung-Sheng Li, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

12. [MP5.12] A Novel Shape Matching Method using Biological-Sequence Dynamic Alignment
    Shaojie Zhang and Kai-Kuang Ma, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

13. [MP5.13] A General Inference Network Based Architecture for Multimedia Information Retrieval
    Campbell Wilson, Bala Srinivasan, and Maria Indrawan, Monash University, Australia

14. [MP5.14] Using Category-Based Collaborative Filtering in the Active WebMuseum
    Arnd Kohrs and Bernard Merialdo, Institute EURECOM, France

15. [MP5.15] A Composite Histogram for Image Retrieval
    Dong Kwon Park, Yoon Seok Jeon, and Chee Sun Won, Dongguk University, Korea; Soo-Jun Park, ETRI, Korea; Seong-Joon Yoo, SearchCast, Korea

16. [MP5.16] Indexing for Linear Model-Based Information Retrieval
    Yuan-Chi Chang and Chung-Sheng Li, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA

17. [MP5.17] Multi-clip Query Optimization in Video Databases
    Ahmed Mostefaoui and Lionel Brunie, Insa de Lyon, France; Harald Kosch, and László Böszörményi, University Klagenfurt, Austria

18. [MP5.18] Partial Image Matching by Measures from Connected Color Regions
    TaeYong Kim, Chung-Ang University, Korea; Joon H. Han, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea

MP6 Data Hiding I (R)

1. [MP6.01] An Evaluation Method for Watermarking Techniques
   Wei Zhihui and Xiao Liang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, P.R. China

2. [MP6.02] Perceptually Transparent Attachment of Content-Based Data to Audio-Visual Documents
   Frank Kurth, University of Bonn, Germany

3. [MP6.03] Video Access Control Via Multi-level Data Hiding
   Min Wu, Princeton University, USA; Hong Heather Yu, Panasonic Information & Networking Technological Laboratories, USA

4. [MP6.04] Event-Coupled Hidden Markov Models
   T. T. Kristjansson and B. J. Frey, University of Waterloo, Canada; Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

5. [MP6.05] Blind Digital Watermarking for Images and Videos and Performance Analysis
   Qiang Cheng and Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

6. [MP6.06] Data Hiding in Digital Binary Image
   Min Wu, Princeton Univ., USA; Edward Tang, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA; Bede Liu, Princeton Univ., USA

7. [MP6.07] Transparent and Robust Audio Data Hiding in Cepstrum Domain
   Xin Li, Princeton University, USA; Hong Heather Yu, Panasonic Information and Networking Technologies Lab, USA

MP7 Face Video Analysis & Synthesis I (R)

1. [MP7.01] Human Facial Expression Recognition based on Learning Subspace Method
   Xilen Chen, Harbin Institute of Technology, China; Sam Kwong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Yan Lu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

2. [MP7.02] Facial Model Generation Through Mono Image Sequence
   Chung J. Kuo, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan; Tsang G. Lin, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan

3. [MP7.03] Accurate Extraction of Human Face Area using Subspace Method and Genetic Algorithm
   Makoto Murakami, Masahide Yoneyama, and Katsuhiko Shirai, Waseda University, Japan

4. [MP7.04] Virtual Talk: A Model-Based Virtual Phone using a Layered Audio-Visual Integration
   Yao-Jen Chang, Chih-Chung Chen, Jen-Chung Chou, and Yung-Chang Chen, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

5. [MP7.05] A Performance Based Parametric Model for Facial Animation
   Anna Wojdel and Leon J. M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

6. [MP7.06] Emotional Expressions in Audiovisual Human Computer Interaction
   Lawrence S. Chen and Thomas S. Huang, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

7. [MP7.07] Speech-to-Face Movement Synthesis based on HMMS
   Kiyotsugu Kakihara, Satoshi Nakamura, and Kiyohiro Shikano, Nara Institute of Science & Technology, Japan

MP8 Speech /Audio over Network (R)

1. [MP8.01] Improving the Performance of ITU-T G.729A for VoIP
   C. Montminy and T. Aboulnasr, University of Ottawa, Canada

2. [MP8.02] Effects of Vocoder Distortion on Network Echo Cancellation
   Y. Huang and R. A. Goubran, Carleton University, Canada

3. [MP8.03] Toward Naturalness in Narrow-Band Speech Compression
   S. Ghaemmaghami, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

4. [MP8.04] Multiple Description Speech Coding for Robust Communication over Lossy Packet Networks
   Wenqing Jiang and Antonio Ortega, University of Southern California, USA

5. [MP8.05] Prosody Model in a Mandarin Text-to-Speech System based on a Hierarchical Approach
   Neng-Huang Pan, Wen-Tsai Jen, Shyr-Shen Yu, Ming-Shing Yu, Shyh-Yang Hwang, and Ming-Jer Wu, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan

6. [MP8.06] Automatic Audio Segmentation using a Measure of Audio Novelty
   Jonathan Foote, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., USA

MP9 Video Retrieval (R)

1. [MP9.01] Application-Specific File Prefetching for Multimedia Programs
   Tulika Mitra, Chuan-Kai Yang, and Tzi-cker Chiueh, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

2. [MP9.02] Modeling and Querying Videos by Content Trajectories
   Zaher Aghbari, Kunihiko Kaneko, and Akifumi Makinouchi, Kyushu University, Japan

3. [MP9.03] A Probabilistic-Based Mechanism for Video Database Management Systems
   Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA; Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA; R. L. Kashyap, Purdue University, USA

4. [MP9.04] NMPTE: Network Multimedia Programming Training Environment
   Yuh-Huei Shyu and Peng-Wen Chen, Tamkang University, Taiwan

5. [MP9.05] A Probabilistic Framework for Semantic Indexing and Retrieval in Video
   Milind R. Naphade and Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

6. [MP9.06] Retrieval by Content of Commercials based on Dynamics of Color Flows
   A. Del Bimbo, P. Pala, and L. Tanganelli, University of Florence, Italy

7. [MP9.07] Content Based Annotation and Retrieval of News Videos
   M. Bertini, A. Del Bimbo, and P. Pala, University of Florence, Italy

MP10 Authentication / Security / Traffic / Error Control (P)

1. [MP10.01] On-Line Signature Verification based on Altitude and Direction of Pen Movement
   Seiichiro Hangai, Shinji Yamanaka, and Takayuki Hamamoto, Science University of Tokyo, Japan

2. [MP10.02] Information Access using Speech, Speaker and Face Recognition
   M. Viswanathan, H. S. M. Beigi, and A. Tritschler, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; F. Maali, Signal Recognition Corporation, USA

3. [MP10.03] Image Enhancement Towards Soft Image Authentication
   Liehua Xie and Gonzalo R. Arce, University of Delaware, USA; Arianne Lewis and E. Bert Basch, GTE Laboratories Incorporated, USA

4. [MP10.04] Multi-level Reliability in Multimedia Collaboration over Heterogeneous Networks
   Liang Cheng and Ivan Marsic, Rutgers University, USA

5. [MP10.05] Multirate Trellis Coded Modulation in Multimedia Communications
   Pingyi Fan, Tsinghua University, China; Xiang-Gen Xia, University of Delaware, USA

6. [MP10.06] A Compression-Efficient Forward Error Control Mechanism for Image Transmission over ATM Networks
   Rogelio Hasimoto-Beltran, University of Delaware, USA; Sohail A. Sheikh, Widener University, USA; Ashfaq A. Khokhar, University of Delaware, USA

7. [MP10.07] Error Concealment for Image Transmission by Multiscale Markov Random Field Modeling
   Yong Zhang and Kai-Kuang Ma, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

8. [MP10.08] Adaptive QoS for Mobile Multimedia Services over Wireless Networks
   Alejandra Mercado and K. J. Ray Liu, University of Maryland, USA

9. [MP10.09] Design Space Exploration for Orividing QoS Within the Harmony Framework
   A. M. Lele and S. K. Nandy, Indian Institute of Science, India; D. H. J. Epema, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

10. [MP10.10] Descriptive-Procedural Configuration of Communication Bindings
    Thorsten Kramp and Rainer Koster, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

11. [MP10.11] Multimedia Security Gateway Protocol to Achieve Anonymity in Delivering Multimedia Data using Watermarking
    Sangeeta Narang, Indraprastha University, India; P. S. Grover, Delhi University, India; Saroj Kaushik, IIT, India

12. [MP10.12] A Petri-Net Based Multilevel Security Specification Model for Multimedia Documents
    J. Joshi and A. Ghafoor, Purdue University, USA

13. [MP10.13] Remotely Keyed Encryption with Java Cards: A Secure and Efficient Method to Encrypt Multimedia Streams
    Rüdiger Weis, cryptolabs Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Wolfgang Effelsberg and Stefan Lucks, Universität Mannheim, Germany

14. [MP10.14] Individual Single Source Authentication on the MBone
    F. Bergadano and D. Cavagnino, University of Turin, Italy; B. Crispo, SRI International, United Kingdom

15. [MP10.15] Scheduling and Routing of Real-Time Multimedia Traffic in Packet-Switched Networks
    Sudhir M. Rao and Albert M. K. Cheng, University of Houston, USA

16. [MP10.16] Experimental Evaluation of Design Tradeoff in Specialized Virtual Machine for Multimedia Traffic in Active Networks
    Sheng-Yih Wang and Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA

17. [MP10.17] A Simple Model for MPEG Video Traffic
    Hai Liu, Nirwan Ansari, and Yun Q. Shi, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

18. [MP10.18] TBLB Algorithm for Servicing Real-Time Multimedia Traffic Streams
    William K. Wong and Victor C. M. Leung, The University of British Columbia, Canada

MPS11 Special Session: Perceptual Interface (R)

1. [MPS11.01] Perceptual Interfaces in Human Computer Interaction
   Dominic W. Massaro, University of California, USA

2. [MPS11.02] Neural Mechanisms for Integrating Information from Multiple Senses
   Barry E. Stein, Paul J. Laurienti, Terrence R. Stanford, and Mark T. Wallace, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA

3. [MPS11.03] Multimodal Speech Synthesis
   J. Schroeter, J. Ostermann, H. P. Graf, M. Beutnagel, E. Cosatto, A. Syrdal, A. Conkie, and Y. Stylianou, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

4. [MPS11.04] Approaches to Visual Speech Processing based on the MPEG-4 Face Animation Standard
   Eric Petajan, face2face animation, inc., USA

5. [MPS11.05] Learning from Multimodal Observations
   Deb Roy, MIT Media Laboratory, USA

TUESDAY

TA0 Mulimedia Education II (R)

1. [TA0.01] Development of CAI System Employing Synthesized Speech and CG Animated Agent
   Tsubasa Shinozaki and Masanobu Abe, NTT Cyber Space Labs, Japan

2. [TA0.02] Cyber Atelier: A Creative Learning Environment Assisting Non-professional
   Multimedia Productions Shoji Tanaka, Jun Kurumizawa Keiko Nakao, and Yuichi Iwadate, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Labs, Japan

3. [TA0.03] The Multimedia Online Collaboration Architecture: Tools to Enable Distance Learning
   J. Peden, W. Burleson, C. Leonardo, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA

4. [TA0.04] Beehive - An Internet Integrated Collaborative Learning Environment
   C. Zeve, J. V. de Lima, E. Polonia, H.Sloczinski, and J.Nitzke, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

5. [TA0.05] A Live Intranet Distance Learning System using MPEG-4 over RTP/RTSP
   Peter Westerink, Lisa Amini, Sundar Veliah and Will Belknap, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

6. [TA0.06] Prior Knowledge and Redundant Multimedia
   Frank Vetere and Steve Howard, University of Melbourne, Australia

TA1 Face Video Analysis & Synthesis II(R)

1. [TA1.01] A Study on Subjective Evaluation of Facial Polygon Model
   Daisuke Kase, Takayuki Hamamoto, and Seiichiro Hangai, Science University of Tokyo, Japan

2. [TA1.02] Exploring the Time Course of Facial Expressions with a Fuzzy System
   F. Piat and N. Tsapatsoulis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

3. [TA1.03] Audio-Visual Unit Selection for the Synthesis of Photo-Realistic Talking-Heads
   Eric Cosatto, AT&T Labs - Research, USA; Gerasimos Potamianos, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; Hans Peter Graf, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

4. [TA1.04] Automated Lip Synchronized Speech Driven Facial Animation
   Zeki Melek and Lale Akarun, Bogaziçi University, Turkey

5. [TA1.05] Talking Faces
   Jun-yong Noh and Ulich Neumann, University of Southern California, USA

6. [TA1.06] Realistic Video Avatar
   Wing Ho Leung, Carnegie Mellon University, USA; Belle L. Tseng, Zon-Yin Shae, and Ferdinand Hendriks, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

7. [TA1.07] Robustness Against Instability of Sensory Judgment in a Human Interface to Draw a Facial Image using a Psychometrical Space Model
   F. Sugimoto and M. Yoneyama, Toyo University, Japan

TA2 Feature Extraction for Image and Video (R)

1. [TA2.01] Towards Automatic Extraction of Expressive Elements from Motion Pictures: Tempo
   Brett Adams, Curtin University of Technology, Australia; Chitra Dorai, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA; Svetha Venkatesh, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

2. [TA2.02] Semi-automatic Semantic Video Object Extraction by Active Contour Model
   Zhitao Lu and W. A. Pearlman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

3. [TA2.03] A Method for Color Content Matching of Images
   Aleksandra Mojsilovic, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA; Jianying Hu, Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, USA

4. [TA2.04] Unifying Conversational Multimedia Interfaces for Accessing Network Services Across Communication Devices
   G. Di Fabbrizio, S. Narayanan, P. Ruscitti, C. Kamm, B. Buntschuh, J. Hubbell, J. Wright, and J. Hamaker, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

5. [TA2.05] A Panorama-Based Technique for Annotation Overlay and Its Real-Time Implementation
   Masakatsu Kourogi, Takeshi Kurata, Katsuhiko Sakaue, and Yoichi Muraoka, Waseda University, Japan

6. [TA2.06] Locale-Based Object Search under Illumination Change using Chromaticity Voting and
   Elastic Correlation Ze-Nian Li, Zinovi Tauber and Mark S. Drew, Simon Fraser University, Canada

7. [TA2.07] Content-Based Image Retrieval for Not-Well-Framed Images using
   Mutiresolutional Eigen-Features Young Bok Joo and Jesse Jin, The University of New South Wales, Australia

TAS3 Special Session: Content-Based Retrieval (R)

1. [TAS3.01] Expressive Semantics for Automatic Annotation and Retrieval of Video Streams
   A. Del Bimbo, University of Florence, Italy

2. [TAS3.02] Invariance in Content-Based Image Retrieval
   Arnold Smeulders, Theo Gevers, Jan-Mark Geusebroek, and Marcel Worring, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

3. [TAS3.03] From Features to Semantics: Some Preliminary Results
   Rong Zhao and W. I. Grosky Wayne State University, USA

4. [TAS3.04] Semantic Modalities in Content-Based Retrieval
   Simone Santini, University of California, San Diego, USA

5. [TAS3.05] Structural and Semantic Analysis of Video
   Shi-Fu Chang and Hari Sundaram, Columbia University, USA

TA4 Image Retrieval II (R)

1. [TA4.01] iPURE: Perceptual and User-Friendly Retrieval of Images
   Gaurav Aggarwal, Pradeep Dubey, Sugata Ghosal, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, and Abhinanda Sarkar, Indian Institute of Technology, USA

2. [TA4.02] Supporting Multi-Example Image Queries in Image Databases
   Lei Zhu and Aidong Zhang, State University of New York at Buffalo

3. [TA4.03] A Model for Multimodal Information Retrieval
   Rohini K. Srihari, Aibing Rao, Benjamin Han, Srikanth Munirathnam, and Xiaoyun Wu, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

4. [TA4.04] Automatic Query Generation for Content-Based Image Retrieval
   Christian Breiteneder, University of Vienna, Austria; Horst Eidenberger, Austrian Libraries Network, Austria

5. [TA4.05] Similar Shape Retrieval in MARS
   Kaushik Chakrabarti, Michael Ortega-Binderberger, Kriengkrai Porkaew, and Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, USA

6. [TA4.06] Relevance Graph-Based Image Retrieval
   Sanghoon Sull, Jeongtaek Oh, Sangwook Oh, and S. Moon-Ho Song, Korea University, Korea; Sang W. Lee, University of Michigan, USA

7. [TA4.07] Image Retrieval with Sketches and Compositions
   Raj Kumar Rajendran and Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia University, USA

TA5 Web Search / Retrieval & Applications (P)

1. [TA5.01] GEMS: A New Model of Parallelism in PC-Workstations for Multimedia Applications
   Eric Debes and Fulvio Moschetti, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

2. [TA5.02] Effective Caching of Web Objects using Zipf's Law
   D. N. Serpanos, University of Crete, Greece; G. Karakostas and W. H. Wolf, Princeton University, USA

3. [TA5.03] 2-D Interleaving for Enhancing the Robustness of Watermark Signals Embedded in
   Still Images George F. Elmasry and Yun Q. Shi, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

4. [TA5.04] A System of Integrating Videos and Maps for the Identification of Building Object
   Haomin Jin, Xu Xu, Yaginuma Yoshitomo, and Masao Sakauchi, The University of Tokyo, Japan

5. [TA5.05] Active Router Approach for Selective Packet Discard of Streamed MPEG Video under
   Low Bandwidth Conditions G. Ravindra, N. Balakrishnan, and K. R. Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India

6. [TA5.06] Cooperating Intelligent Mobile Agents Mechanism for Distributed
   Multimedia Synchronization Ying-Hong Wang and Hung-Zu Lin, TamKang University, Taiwan

7. [TA5.07] WWW and Telecommunication Collaboration Service for Mandarin Automatic Personal Phonebook Inquire Dialogue System
   Min-Jen Tsai, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; Tien-Hwa Ho, Chinese Navy Academy, Taiwan

8. [TA5.08] On Voice Quality of IP Voice over GPRS
   A. Lakaniemi, J. Parantainen, Nokia Research Center, Finland

9. [TA5.09] Framework Design and Implementation of Web-Based Tutorials in Spoken Language Engineering
   Rüdiger Hoffmann and Matthias Wolff, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

10. [TA5.10] Telop-on-Demand: Video Structuring and Retrieval based on Text Recognition
    H. Kuwano, Y. Taniguchi, H. Arai, M. Mori, S. Kurakake, and H. Kojima, NTT Cyber Solutions Laboratories, Japan

11. [TA5.11] A Robust Video Watermarking Method
    Dug-Ryung Kim, Ansan College, Korea; Sung-Han Park, Hanyang University, Korea

TA6 Multimedia Feature Representations (P)

1. [TA6.01] Graphical Representation for Generating Musical Sequences
   Atsushi Hiroike, Hitachi Ltd., Japan

2. [TA6.02] A New Approach for High Level Video Structuring
   Yong-Moo Kwon, Chang-Jun Song, and Ig-Jae Kim, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, Korea

3. [TA6.03] Solo: An MPEG-7 Optimum Search Tool
   Jose A. Lay and Ling Guan, University of Sydney, Australia

4. [TA6.04] Multimedia Documents Description by Ordered Hierarchies: The ToCAI Description Scheme
   N. Adami, A. Bugatti, R. Leonardi, P. Migliorati and Lorenzo A. Rossi, University of Brescia, Italy

5. [TA6.05] Using Shape Feature Matching to Track Moving Objects in Image Sequences
   D. Hsu, J. Leu, S. Chen, W. Chang, and W. Fang, University of Southern California, USA

6. [TA6.06] Interactive Gesture Interface for Intelligent Wheelchairs
   Yoshinori Kuno, Teruhisa Murashima, Nobutaka Shimada, and Yoshiaki Shirai, Osaka University, Japan

7. [TA6.07] Description Schemes for Retrieval Applications Targeted to the Audiovisual Market
   José M. Martínez, Julián Cabrera, Jesús Bescós, José M. Menéndez, and Guillermo Cisneros, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

8. [TA6.08] A Robust Algorithm for Text Extraction in Color Video
   Edward K. Wong and Minya Chen, Polytechnic University, USA

9. [TA6.09] Low-Level Motion Activity Features for Semantic Characterization of Video
   Kadir A. Peker, A. Aydin Alatan, Ali N. Akansu, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

10. [TA6.10] A Method to Make a Three-Dimensional Model of an Individual Face from a Front View of a Facial Image Only
    Y. Nakamura, Tokyo Denki University, Japan; F. Sugimoto and M. Yoneyama, Toyo University, Japan; S. Nakamura, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

TP0 Audio Processing in Multimedia II (R)

1. [TP0.01] A 3D Sound using the Adaptive Head Model and Measured Pinna Data
   Cheng-Ta Chang and Oscal T. -C. Chen, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

2. [TP0.02] Source Segmentation for Structured Audio
   Kathy Melih and Ruben Gonzalez, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

3. [TP0.03] A Progressive Approach for Perceptual Audio Coding
   Ye Shen, Hongmei Ai, and C. -C. Jay Kuo, University of Southern California, USA

4. [TP0.04] Evaluation of a Melody Transcription System
   Rodger J. McNab, Digilib Systems, Ltd., New Zealand; Lloyd A. Smith, New Mexico Highlands University, USA

5. [TP0.05] First Measurements of a Large-Aperture Microphone Array System for
   Remote Audio Acquisition Harvey F. Silverman, William R. Patterson III, and Joshua M. Sachar, Brown University, USA

6. [TP0.06] Subband Audio Coding using a Perceptually Hybrid Vector-Scalar Quantization
   Yu Rongshan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

7. [TP0.07] Short-Time Kurtosis of Speech Signals with Application to Co-channel Speech Separation
   Phillip L. De Leon, New Mexico State University, USA

TP1 QoS (Traffic Management / Protocol) I (R)

1. [TP1.01] Trader's Quality of Service Specifications and Effects on System Performance for
   Video-on-Demand Edward Babulak, University of Ottawa, Canada

2. [TP1.02] On TCP-Friendly Video Transfer with Consideration on Application-Level QoS
   Naoki Wakamiya, Masayuki Murata and Hideo Miyahara, Osaka University, Japan

3. [TP1.03] Impact of Protocol Stacks on Quality of Perception
   G. Ghinea, Brunel University, United Kingdom; J. P. Thomas, Pace University, USA

4. [TP1.04] Resource-Aware Configuration of Ubiquitous Multimedia Services
   Dongyan Xu, Duangdao Wichadakul, and Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

5. [TP1.05] A Gateway-Assisted Approach Toward QoS Adaptations
   William Kalter, Baochun Li, Won Jeon, Klara Nahrstedt, and Jun-Hyuk Seo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

6. [TP1.06] A Resource Broker Model with Integrated Reservation Scheme
   Kihun Kim and Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

7. [TP1.07] Mining User Behavior for Resource Prediction in Interactive Electronic Malls
   Silvia Hollfelder, GMD - IPSI, Germany; Vincent Oria and M. Tamer Özsu, University of Alberta, Canada

TP2 Audio Retrieval (R)

1. [TP2.01] A Study on N-Gram Indexing of Musical Features
   Chi Lap Yip and Ben Kao, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2. [TP2.02] Query by Music Segments: An Efficient Approach for Song Retrieval
   Arbee L. P. Chen, Maggie Chang, Jesse Chen, Jia-Lien, Hsu, Chih-How Hsu, and Spot Y. S. Hua, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

3. [TP2.03] Content-Based Indexing and Retrieval-by-Example in Audio
   Zhu Liu, Polytechnic University, USA; Qian Huang, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

4. [TP2.04] Indexing Telephone Conversations by Speakers
   Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau, IRISA/INRIA Rennes, France

5. [TP2.05] Content-Based Indexing and Retrieval of Audio Data using Wavelets
   Guohui Li and Ashfaq A. Khokhar, University of Delaware, USA

6. [TP2.06] Distance Metrics and Indexing Strategies for a Digital Library of Popular Music
   C. Francu and C. G. Nevill-Manning, Rutgers University, USA

TP3 Multimedia Representations (R)

1. [TP3.01] Efficient Representation and Comparison of Multimedia Content using DAG-Composition
   I-Jong Lin, Princeton University, USA; Ajay Divakaran and Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric, USA; Sun-Yuan Kung, Princeton University, USA

2. [TP3.02] Feature Representations for Image Retrieval: Beyond the Color Histogram
   Nuno Vasconcelos and Andrew Lippman, MIT Media, USA

3. [TP3.03] Discourse Structure Analysis for News Video
   Yasuhiko Watanabe and Yoshihiro Okada, Ryukoku University, Japan; Sadao Kurohashi, Kyoto University, Japan; Eiichi Iwanari, Ryukoku University, Japan

4. [TP3.04] Visual Segment Tree Creation for MPEG-7 Description Schemes
   Philippe Salembier, Joan Llach, and Luis Garrido, Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya, Spain

5. [TP3.05] Multi Layer Video Object Database based on Interactive Annotation and its Application
   Tomoyuki Yatabe, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Mo, and Masao Sakauchi, University of Tokyo, Japan

6. [TP3.06] Conceptual Modeling of Audio-Visual Content
   John R. Smith and Ana B. Benitez, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA

7. [TP3.07] Generating Optimal Video Summaries
   Yihong Gong and Xin Liu, NEC, USA

TP4 User Interface II (R)

1. [TP4.01] Different Modalities in Assembly Support System User Interface
   Lauri Repokari, Marko Nieminen, Milla Hailikari, Jyrki Kasvi, Matti Vartiainen, Anneli Pulkkis and Ilpo Kari, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

2. [TP4.02] EMG-Based Human-Machine Interface System
   Osamah A. Alsayegh, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait

3. [TP4.03] A Test Bed for Prototyping Human/Computer Interfaces used in
   Mission Critical Environments Michael D. Orosz and Walter J. Karplus, University of California at Los Angeles, USA; J. D. Balakrishnam, Purdue University, USA

4. [TP4.04] A Framework for Creating Customized Multi-modal Interfaces for XML Documents
   Sami Rollins, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA; Neel Sundaresan, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA

5. [TP4.05] Automated Language Acquisition in Multimodal Environment
   Daniel Nagy, Attila Medl, and James L. Flanagan, Rutgers University, USA

6. [TP4.06] Temperament-Based Information Filtering: A Human Factors Approach to
   Information Recommendation Cha-Hwa Lin and Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California, USA

TP5 Wireless Video / Communication (P)

1. [TP5.01] High Quality Wideband Audio over DECT
   Soledad Torres-Guijarro, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain; F. Javier Casajús-Quirós, Lino García-Morales and Ramón Sanchez-Perez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

2. [TP5.02] A Novel Video Communication System Utilizing Adaptive and Integrated System Design for Mobile Wireless ATM
   Jozsef Vass, Eyeball.com Network, Inc., Canada; Xinhua Zhuang, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

3. [TP5.03] A Demonstrator for Real-Time Multimedia Sessions over Third Generation Wireless Networks
   S. Gruhl, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Germany; A. Echihabi and T. Rachidi, Alakhawayn University, Morocco; M. Link and M. Söllner, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Germany

4. [TP5.04] Bandwidth Management Providing Guaranteed Call Dropping Rates for
   Multimedia Mobile Networks Jianping Jiang and Ten-Hwang Lai, The Ohio State University, USA

5. [TP5.05] Pocket Pavilion: A Synchronous Collaborative Browsing Application for
   Wireless Handheld Computers Philip K. McKinley and Ji Li, Michigan State University, USA

6. [TP5.06] Low BIT-Rate Compression based on LAR Method for Videoconference via Internet
   O. Déforges, L. Bédat, and J. Ronsin, INSA, France

7. [TP5.07] Post-processing for Real-Time Quality Enhancement of MPEG-Coded Video Sequences
   L. Atzori, University of Cagliari, Italy; F. G. B. De Natale, University of Trento, Italy; Fabrizio Granelli, University of Genoa, Italy

8. [TP5.08] A New Search Algorithm for Block Motion Estimation
   Jau-Ling Chen and Pei-Yin Chen, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Taiwan

9. [TP5.09] A Very Low Bit-Rate Video Coding Algorithm by Focusing on Moving Regions
   Kwok-Wai Wong, Kin-Man Lam, and Wan-Chi Siu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

10. [TP5.10] Sending an Image to a Large Number of Nodes in Short Time using TCP
    Takayuki Hirahara, Takashi Yamanoue, Hiroyuki Anzai, and Itsujirou Arita, Kyushu Kyouritsu University, Japan

11. [TP5.11] Reducing Bandwidth Requirement for Delivering Video over Wide Area
    Networks with Proxy Server Wei-hsiu Ma and David H. C. Du, University of Minnesota, USA

12. [TP5.12] A Comprehensive Analysis of Energy Savings in Dynamic Supply Voltage Scaling Systems using Data Dependent Voltage Level Selection
    Lama H. Chandrasena and Michael J. Liebelt, The University of Adelaide, Australia

13. [TP5.13] Adapting Network Video to Multi-time Scale Bandwidth Fluctuations
    Yuan-Chi Chang and Chung-Sheng Li, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; David G. Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley, USA

14. [TP5.14] Progressive Image Transmission over OFDM Systems using Multiple Antennas
    Jie Song and K. J. Ray Liu, University of Maryland at College Park, USA

15. [TP5.15] Performance Evaluation in Multimedia CDMA Wireless Transmission
    M. R. Hueda, C. E. Rodríguez and C. A. Marqués, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

TP6 Data Hiding II (R)

1. [TP6.01] Audio Watermarking: Features, Applications, and Algorithms
   Michael Arnold, Fraunhofer-Institute for Computer Graphics, Germany

2. [TP6.02] An Improved All-Pass Watermarking for Speech and Audio
   Tolga Çiloglu and S. Utku Karaaslan, Middle East Tech. University, Turkey

3. [TP6.03] The Design and Implementation of a Streaming Application for MPEG Videos
   Aylin Kantarci and Turhan Tunali, Ege University, Turkey

4. [TP6.04] Progressive Image Watermarking
   Trista Pei-chun Chen and Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

5. [TP6.05] A DCT Domain Visible Watermarking Technique for Images
   Saraju P. Mohanty, University of South Florida, USA; K. R. Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India; Mohan S. Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore

6. [TP6.06] Enhancing Robustness of Digital Watermarking Against Geometric Attack based on
   Fractal Transform Zhicheng Ni and Eric Sung, Nanyang Technological University, USA; Yun Q. Shi, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

7. [TP6.07] 3-D Interleaving for Enhancing the Robustness of Watermark Signals Embedded in Video Sequences
   George F. Elmasry and Yun Q. Shi, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

TP7 QoS (Traffic Management / Protocol) II (R)

1. [TP7.01] MIDI Encoding Method based on Variable Frame-Length Analysis and Its Evaluation of Coding Precision
   Toshio Modegi, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Japan

2. [TP7.02] A Novel ATM Traffic Scheduler for Real-Time Multimedia Data Transport with Improved Packet Level QoS
   Fu-Ming Tsou, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Hong-Bin Chiou, Chunghwa Telecommunications Co., Ltd., Taiwan; Zsehong Tsai, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

3. [TP7.03] Adaptive Reservation: A New Framework for Multimedia Adaptation
   Xin Wang and Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, USA

4. [TP7.04] Network-Adaptive Rate Control With TCP-Friendly Protocol for Multiple Video Objects
   Qian Zhang, Wenwu Zhu, and Ya-Qin Zhang, Microsoft Research, China

5. [TP7.05] Dynamic QoS and Routing Support for Real-Time Multimedia Applications in the Next Generation Internet
   Oliver T. W. Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

6. [TP7.06] MQ: An Integrated Mechanism for Multimedia Multicasting
   De-Nian Yang, Wanjiun Liao, and Yen-Ting Lin, National Taiwan University, USA

7. [TP7.07] Transport of MPEG-4 over IP/RTP
   A. Basso, AT&T Labs - Research, USA; S. Varakliotis, University College London, United Kingdom

TP8 Lip Synchronization / Speechreading (R)

1. [TP8.01] Speaker Independent Audio-Visual Speech Recognition
   You Zhang, Stephen Levinson, and Thomas Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

2. [TP8.02] Lip Synchronization using Linear Predictive Analysis
   Sumedha Kshirsagar, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland

3. [TP8.03] Automatic Selection of Visemes for Image-Based Visual Speech Synthesis
   Jie Yang, Jing Xiao, and Max Ritter, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

4. [TP8.04] A Hierarchical Segmentation Algorithm for Face Analysis Application for Lipreading
   M. Liévin and F. Luthon, Grenoble National Polytechnic Institute, France

5. [TP8.05] Translingual Visual Speech Synthesis
   Tanveer A. Faruquie and Chalapathy Neti, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; Nitendra Rajput, L. Venkata Subramaniam, Ashish Verma, IBM India Research Lab, India

6. [TP8.06] A New Approach to Integrate Audio and Visual Features of Speech
   Hao Pan, Ahi-Pei Liang, and Thomas Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

7. [TP8.07] A Cascade Image Transform for Speaker Independent Automatic Speech Reading
   G. Potamianos, IBM T.J Watson Research Center, USA; A. Verma, IBM India Research Lab, India; C. Neti, G. Iyengar, and S. Basu, IBM T.J Watson Research Center, USA

TPS9 Special Session: MPEG4 Natural Hybrid Coding (R)

1. [TPS9.01] Efficient Modeling of Virtual Humans in MPEG-4
   Tolga K. Capin, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland; Eric Petajan, face2face animation, inc., USA; Joern Ostermann, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

2. [TPS9.02] Very Low Bitrate Coding of Virtual Human Animation in MPEG-4
   Tolga K. Capin, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland; Eric Petajan, face2face animation, inc., USA; Joern Ostermann, AT&T Labs - Research, USA

3. [TPS9.03] Photo-Realistic 3D Model Coding in MPEG-4
   Nicolas Aspert and Touradj Ebarahimi, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

4. [TPS9.04] Animation Framework for MPEG-4 Systems
   Mikaël Bourges-Sévenier, iVast Inc., USA; Euee S. Jang and James D. K. Kim, Samsung AIT, Korea

5. [TPS9.05] 3D Animation Coding: Its History and Framework
   Euee S. Jang, Samsung AIT, Korea

TP10 Image / Video Segmentation / Summary I (R)

1. [TP10.01] Automatic Image Event Segmentation and Quality Screening for Albuming Applications
   Alexander C. Loui, Eastman Kodak Company, USA; Andreas E. Savakis, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

2. [TP10.02] Labeling Update of Segmented Images using Conceptual Graphs and Dempster-Shafer
   Theory of Evidence Philippe Mulhem, IPAL-CNRS, KRD, Singapore; Dezhong Hong and Jian Kang Wu, KRDL, Singapore

3. [TP10.03] A Knowledge Engineering Approach for Image Classification based on
   Probabilistic Reasoning Systems Seungyup Paek and Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia University, USA

4. [TP10.04] Structuring Personal Experiences -- Analyzing Views from a Head-Mounted Camera
   Yuichi Nakamura, Jun'ya Ohde, and Yuichi Ohta, University of Tsukuba, Japan

5. [TP10.05] Real-Time Scene Change Detection on Compressed Multimedia Bitstream based on Statistical Sequential Analysis
   Dan Lelescu and Dan Schonfeld, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

6. [TP10.06] Video Scene Segmentation using Video and Audio Features
   Hari Sundaram and Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia University, USA

7. [TP10.07] Rotation Invariant Face Detection using a Model-Based Clustering Algorithm
   Byeong Hwan Jeon and Sang Uk Lee, Seoul National University, Korea; Kyung Mu Lee, Hongik University, Korea

TP11 Video / Image Retrieval I (P)

1. [TP11.01] A Content Based Internet Search Engine for Analysis and Archival of MPEG-1
   Compressed Newsfeeds Odej Kao and Gerhard R. Joubert, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

2. [TP11.02] A Video Searching System using MSP Exchanging Data and Its Evaluation of
   Matching Methods Mei Kodama, Hiroshima University, Japan; Tomoji Ikeda, SATAKE Corporation, Japan

3. [TP11.03] Video Composition and Retrieval
   Singla, Park, Panchanathan, GolshaniSingla, Park, Panchanathan, Golshani, Arizona State University

4. [TP11.04] An Efficient Technique for Summarizing Videos using Visual Contents
   JungHwan Oh and Kien A. Hua, University of Central Florida, USA

5. [TP11.05] Efficient Camera Motion Characterization for MPEG Video Indexing
   Jae-Gon Kim, Hyun Sung Chang, and Jinwoong Kim, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea; Hyung-Myung Kim, Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

6. [TP11.06] Real Time Storage and Simultaneous Retrieval for Surveillance and Patrol Video
   Fujio Tsutsumi, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan

7. [TP11.07] An Architecture of the Distributed Multimedia Information Retrieval Network with
   Query Routing Systems Yukiko Kawasaki and Hideki Sunahara, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

8. [TP11.08] Local Web Advertisement Through Dynamic Active Proxy
   Jing Deng Chi-Hung Chi, National University of Singapore, Singapore

9. [TP11.09] Improving Visual Recognition using Color Normalization in Digital Video Applications
   Juan M. Sánchez and Xavier Binefa, Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona, Spain

10. [TP11.10] Segmentation and Tracking of Video Objects for a Content-Based Video Indexing Context
    Magali Mazičre and Françoise Chassaing, France Telecom CNET/DHI/HDM, France; Luis Garrido and Philippe Salembier, Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya, Spain

11. [TP11.11] Index-Based Fast Search Algorithm of Image Database on Internet
    Chia H. Yeh and Chung J. Kuo, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

12. [TP11.12] Update Relevant Image Weights for Content-Based Image Retrieval using
    Support Vector Machines Qi Tian, Pengyu Hong, and Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

13. [TP11.13] A Content-Based Scheme for CT Lung Image Retrieval
    Chii Tung Liu, Pol Lin Tai, Arlene Y. -J. Chen, Chen-Hsing Peng, and Jia Shung Wang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

14. [TP11.14] Relevance Feedback for Content-Based Retrieval using the Choquet Integral
    YoungSik Choi and Daewon Kim, MTRL, Korea Telecom, Korea; Raghu Krishnapuram, Colorado School of Mines, USA

15. [TP11.15] Dimension Reduction of Texture Features for Image Retrieval using Hybrid
    Associative Neural Networks Jose Antonio Catalan and Jesse S. Jin, University of New South Wales, Australia

16. [TP11.16] Benchmarking Access Structures for the Similarity Retrieval of High-Dimensional Multimedia Data
    Nathan G. Colossi, State University of Campinas, Brazil; Mario A. Nascimento, University of Alberta, Canada

WEDNESDAY

WA0 Multimedia Home Appliance / Universal Access (R)

1. [WA0.01] Clustering Source/Channel Rate Allocations for Receiver-Driven Multicast under a Limited Number of Streams
   Philip A. Chou, Microsoft Corporation, USA; Kannan Ramchandran, University of California, USA

2. [WA0.02] From Proven Office Technologies to the Intelligent Multimedia Home
   Christian Gran and Angela Scheller, GMD FOKUS, Germany

3. [WA0.03] Back to the TV: Information Visualization Interfaces based on TV-Program Metaphors
   Katsumi Tanaka, Akiyo Nadamoto, Machiko Kusahara, Taeko Hattori, Hiroyuki Kondo, and Kazutoshi Sumiya, Kobe University, Japan

4. [WA0.04] Issues in Data Embedding and Synchronization for Digital Television
   J. Brunheroto, R. Chernock, P. Dettori, X. Dong, J. Paraszczak, F. Schaffa, D. Seidman, and David Seidman, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA

5. [WA0.05] A Live Video Imaging Method for Capturing Presentation Information in Distance Learning
   Yoshinari Kameda, Kentaro Ishizuka, and Michihiko Minoh, Kyoto University, Japan

6. [WA0.06] On the Application of Continuous Media Filters over Wireless Networks
   Margaritis Margaritidis and George C. Polyzos, University of California, San Diego, USA

7. [WA0.07] Video Containers: A System for the On-Demand Storage, Delivery, and Management of Television Programs
   S. R. Subramanya, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

WAS1 Special Session: Wireless Multimedia (R)

1. W[AS1.01] Wireless Communication of Vital Signs using the Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard
   Babak Firoozbakhsh, Nikil Jayant, Sungmee Park, and Sundaresan Jayaraman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

2. W[AS1.02] Filtering Wavelet based Video Streams for Wireless Inter-working
   A.Kassler, A. Neubeck, P. Schulthess, University of Ulm, Germany

3. W[AS1.03] Issues of Mobile Ad-Hoc WANs
   Silvia Giordano, Maher Hamdi, Jean-Pierre Hubaux, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, and Ljubica Blazevic, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

4. W[AS1.04] Admission and Flow Control for Multimedia CDMA
   Cristina Comaniciu and Narayan Mandayam, Rutgers University, USA; David Famolari and Prathima Agrawal, Telcordia Technologies, USA

5. W[AS1.05] A Channel Predictor for Wireless Packet Networks
   Javier Gomez and Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University, USA

WAS2 Special Session: Multimedia and Security (R)

1. W[AS2.01] Approaches to Multimedia and Security
   Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign, USA; Jana Dittman, GMD - IPSI, Germany; Petra Wohlmacher, University of Klagenfurt, Australia

2. W[AS2.02] Staganalysis of LSB Encoding in Color Images
   Jiri Fridrich, Rui Du, and Meng Long, SUNY Binghamton, USA

3. W[AS2.03] Watermarking Through Color Image Bands Decorrelation
   A. Piva, F. Bartolini, L. Boccardi, V. Cappellini, and A. DeRosa, Universitŕ di Firenze, Italy; M. Barni, Universitŕ di Siena, Italy

4. W[AS2.04] Water-Filling for Watermarking?
   Deepa Kundur, University of Toronto, Canada

5. W[AS2.05] Geometric Distortion Correction Through Image Normalization
   Masoud Alghoniemy and Ahmed H. Tewfik, University of Minnesota, USA

WA3 Video over Network (R)

1. [WA3.01] Image Integrity and Correction using Parities of Error Control Coding
   Jaejin Lee and Chee Sun Won, Dongguk University, Korea

2. [WA3.02] Joint Source/FEC Rate Selection for Optimal MPEG-2 Video Delivery
   Pascal Frossard, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland; Olivier Verscheure, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

3. [WA3.03] Activity-Adaptive Modeling of Dynamic Multimedia Traffic
   Deepak Turaga and Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

4. [WA3.04] Modeling of the Coding Gain of Joint Coding for Multi-program Video Transmission
   A. Vincent, P. Corriveau, P. Blanchfield, and R. Renaud, Communications Research Centre, Canada

5. [WA3.05] Evaluation of Adaptive Filtering of MPEG System Streams in IP Networks
   Michael Hemy, Peter Steenkiste, and Thomas Gross, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

6. [WA3.06] Non Linear Traffic Modeling of VBR MPEG-2 Video Sources
   Anastasios D. Doulamis, Nikolaos D. Doulamis and Stefanos D. Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

7. [WA3.07] An Architecture based on IETF Protocols for the Transport of MPEG-4 Content
   over the Internet Roberto Castagno and Serkan Kiranyaz, Nokia Mobile Phones, Finland; Florin Lohan and Irek Defee, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

WA4 Image / Video Segmentation / Summary II (R)

1. [WA4.01] A Genetic Algorithm for Video Segmentation and Summarization
   Patrick Chiu, Andreas Girgensohn, Wolf Polak, Eleanor Rieffel, and Lynn Wilcox, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, USA

2. [WA4.02] VideoAbstract: A Hybrid Approach to Generate Semantically Meaningful Video Summaries
   Candemir Toklu and Shih-Ping Liou, Siemens Corporate Research, USA; Madirakshi Das, University of Massachusetts, USA

3. [WA4.03] Generating Semantic Visual Templates for Video Databases
   William Chen and Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia University, USA

4. [WA4.04] Design and Performance Study of Scalable Video Storage in a
   Disk-Array-Based Video Server Zheng-Ru Lin and Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

5. [WA4.05] TV Program Classification based on Face and Text Processing
   Gang Wei, Wayne State University, USA; Lalitha Agnihotri and Nevenka Dimitrova, Philips Research, USA

6. [WA4.06] Dissolve Transition Detection using B-Splines Interpolation
   Jeho Nam and Ahmed H. Tewfik, University of Minnesota, USA

7. [WA4.07] A Bayesian segmentation of Stereopairs
   G. A. Triantafyllidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; D. Tzovaras and M. G. Strintzis, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece

WA5 Multimedia System / Hardware (P)

1. [WA5.01] Flexible Multimedia System for Multimedia Communication Services
   Koji Hashimoto and Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan; Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan

2. [WA5.02] Hardware/Software Co-design for Real-Time Physical Modeling
   B. Bishop, T. P. Kelliher, and M. J. Irwin, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

3. [WA5.03] Supporting Audience and Player Interaction during Interactive Media Performances
   Nikitas M. Sgouros, University of Piraeus, Greece

4. [WA5.04] Design and Implementation of a Programmable Stack Filter with FPGAs
   M. Hu, O. Vainio, and D. Gevorkian, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

5. [WA5.05] A VLIW Architecture Simulator Innovative Approach for HW-SW Co-design
   Ivano Barbieri, Massimo Bariani, and Marco Raggio, University of Genova, Italy

6. [WA5.06] Efficient Hardware-Software Co-design for the G.723.1 Algorithm Targeted at
   VoIP Applications Shridhar Mubaraq Mishra, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore; Arjun Balaram, Nortel Networks, Canada

7. [WA5.07] MMX-Like Architecture Extension to Support the Rotation Operation
   J. Villalba, J. Hormigo, M. A. González, and E. L. Zapata, University of Málaga, Spain

8. [WA5.08] A Finite Field Processor Employing Dual Parallel Datapath for High-Speed/Low-Power RS-ECC Applications
   Hyung-Joon Kwon, Young-Beom Jang, and Bangwon Lee, Samsung Electronics, Korea

9. [WA5.09] A Multimedia Terminal Architecture for Dynamically Configurable Protocol Stacks
   Filip Vandermeulen, University of Ghent, Belgium; Frank Steegmans, Alcatel Corporate Research Center, Belgium; Brecht Vermeulen, University of Ghent, Belgium; Steven Vermeulen, Alcatel Corporate Research Center, Belgium

10. [WA5.10] Programmable and Low Power VLSI Architecture for Full Search Motion Estimation in Multimedia Communications
    Luca Fanucci, National Research Council, Italy; Lorenzo Bertini and Sergio Saponara, University of Pisa, Italy

11. [WA5.11] A VLSI Implementation Structure for Wavelet Decomposition Filter
    Wu Shunjun, Wang Chao, and Shang Yong, Xidian University, P.R. China

12. [WA5.12] An Extensible Set-Top-Box Architecture for Interactive and Broadcast Services Offering Sophisticated User Guidance
    Frank Lonczewski and Rudolf Jaeger, BetaResearch, Germany

13. [WA5.13] Interoperable Content Protection for Digital TV
    B. J. van Rijnsoever and J. P. Linnartz, Philips Research, The Netherlands

14. [WA5.14] A Digital Television Service Architecture
    P. Vuorimaa, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

15. [WA5.15] Combined Watermarking for Image Authentication and Protection
    Chun-Shien Lu, Hong-Yuan Mark Liao, and Chwen-Jye Sze, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

16. [WA5.16] FlyCam: Practical Panoramic Video and Automatic Camera Control
    Jonathan Foote and Don Kimber, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., USA

WP0 Multimedia System / Hardware (R)

1. [WP0.01] A Hardware Implementation for Approximate Text Search in Multimedia Applications
   H. -M. Blüthgen, P. Osterloh, H. Blume, and T. G. Noll, Aachen Institute of Technology, Germany

2. [WP0.02] Improved Data Layouts for Fault-Tolerant Multimedia Systems
   Martha L. Escobar-Molano and Lanfeng Hao, University of South Florida, USA; David A. Barrett, Asgard Systems, USA

3. [WP0.03] LucentVision: Converting Real World Events into Multimedia Experiences
   Gopal Pingali, Yves Jean, Agata Opalach, and Ingrid Carlbom, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, USA

4. [WP0.04] Image-Based Rendering via the Standard Graphics Pipeline
   Miles E. Hansard and Bernard F. Buxton, University College London, United Kingdom

WP1 Wireless Multimedia (R)

1. [WP1.01] On the Capabilities of Error Concealment in MPEG-2 Communications over Wireless ATM
   Francisco Delicado, Pedro Cuenca, and Antonio Garrido, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; Luis Orozco-Barbosa and Francisco Quiles, University of Ottawa, Canada

2. [WP1.02] Source-Channel Matching Space-Time Diversity for Multimedia Communications
   H. Zheng, Bell-Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA; K. J. R. Liu, University of Maryland, USA

3. [WP1.03] Foveation -Based Error Resilience for Video Transmission over Mobile Networks
   Sanghoon Lee, Lucent Technologies, USA; Chris Podilchuk, The University of Texas at Austin; Alan C. Bovik, Bell Labs, USA

4. [WP1.04] Joint Downlink Beamforming, Power Control, and Data Rate Allocation for DS-CDMA Mobile Radio with Multimedia Services
   Ying-Chang Liang and Francois P. S. Chin, Centre for Wireless Communications, Singapore; K. J. Ray Liu, University of Maryland, USA

WP2 Video on Demand (R)

1. [WP2.01] Transmitting Variable-Bit-Rate Videos on Clustered VoD Systems
   Chow-Sing Lin, Min-You Wu and Wei Shu, UCF, USA

2. [WP2.02] Design and Implementation of VoD Server by using Clustered File System
   Chang-Soon Park, ETRI, Korea; Mann-Ho Lee, Chungnam National University, Korea; Young-Sung Son, ETRI, Korea; Oh-Young Kwon, Korea University of Technology and Education, Korea

3. [WP2.03] Broadcast News Parsing using Visual Cues: A Robust Face Detection Approach
   Yannis Avrithis, Nicolas Tsapatsoulis and Stefanos Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

4. [WP2.04] Fast-Forward Functions on Parallel Video Servers
   Zhiyong Ding and Chow-Sing Lin, University of Central Florida, USA; Min-You Wu, University of New Mexico, USA

WP3 Error Control (R)

1. [WP3.01] A Study of Keyframe Reference Picture Selection Method for Error Resilient Multiple Video Objects Distribution
   Hideaki Kimata, Yoshiyuki Yashima, and Naoki Kobayashi, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, Japan

2. [WP3.02] DCT Coefficient-Based Error Detection Technique for Compressed Video Stream
   K. Bhattacharyya, H.S. Jamadagni, Indian Institute of Science, India

3. [WP3.03] Scalable MPEG-4 Video Coding with Graceful Packet-Loss Resilience over
   Bandwidth-Varying Networks M. van der Schaar and H. Radha, Philips Research USA, USA; C. Dufour, Philips Research LEP, France

WP4 Security / Authentication (R)

1. [WP4.01] Multimedia Enhanced General-Purpose Processors
   Stephan Wong, Sorin Cotofana, and Stamatis Vassiliadis, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

2. [WP4.02] VeriNet Web - Speaker Verification for the World Wide Web
   Kevin Farrell and William Mistretta, T-NETIX, Inc., USA

3. [WP4.03] SMMM - A Secure MultiMedia Mail System
   Marcel Stanley A. de Moura, DI, PUC-Rio, Brazil; Guido Lemos de Souza Filho and Thaís Vasconcelos Batista, DIMAp - UFRN, Brazil; Luiz Fernando G. Soares, DI, PUC-Rio, Brazil

WP5 Segmentation, Summarization & Indexing (P)

1. [WP5.01] Video Segmentation with the Assistance of Audio Content Analysis
   Hao Jiang, Microsoft Research, China; Tong Lin, Peking University, China; Hong-Jiang Zhang, Microsoft Research, China

2. [WP5.02] On the Segmentation of Text in Videos
   Axel Wernicke and Rainer Lienhart, Intel Corporation, USA

3. [WP5.03] Unsupervised Color Image Segmentation for Content Based Application
   Chung Hui Kuo and Ahmed H. Tewfik, University of Minnesota, USA

4. [WP5.04] Towards Abstracting Sports Video by Highlights
   Noboru Babaguchi, Osaka University, Japan

5. [WP5.05] Dynamic Video Abstract Generation using an Object DBMS
   H. Martin and R. Lozano, Laboratoire Université Joseph Fourier, France

6. [WP5.06] Video Segmentation using Spatial and Temporal Statistical Analysis Method
   Zhibin Lei, Wu Chou, Jialin Zhong, and Chin-Hui Lee, Lucent Technologies, USA

7. [WP5.07] Spatiotemporal Segmentation of Moving Video Objects over MPEG Compressed Domain
   How-Lung Eng and Kai-Kuang Ma, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

8. [WP5.08] Automated Threshold Selection for the Detection of Dissolves in MPEG Videos
   G. Boccignone, M. De Santo, and G. Percannella, Universitŕ di Salerno, Italy

9. [WP5.09] Visualization Methods for Personal Photo Collections: Browsing and
   Searching in the PhotoFinder Hyunmo Kang and Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland at College Park, USA

10. [WP5.10] A Feature Point Based Scheme for Unsupervised Video Object Segmentation in Stereoscopic Video Sequences
    Klimis S. Ntalianis, Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Anastasios D. Doulamis, and Stefanos D. Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

11. [WP5.11] Visual and Audio Segmentation for Video Streams
    Takeshi Muramoto and Masahide Sugiyama, The University of Aizu, Japan

12. [WP5.12] Joint Video Scene Segmentation and Classification based on Hidden Markov Model
    Jincheng Huang, Zhu Liu, and Yao Wang, Polytechnic University, USA

13. [WP5.13] Video Object Segmentation and Tracking for Content-Based Video Coding
    J. Y. Zhou, National University of Singapore, Singapore; E. P. Ong, Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore; C. C. Ko, National University of Singapore, Singapore

14. [WP5.15] Tracking of Multiple Faces for Human-Computer Interfaces and Virtual Environments
    Fu Jie Huang and Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

15. [WP5.16] Browsing Images Based on Social and Content Similarity
    Junichi Tatemura, University of Tokyo, Japan

16. [WP5.17] Toward a Retrieval of HTML Documents using a Semantic Approach
    Fernando Ferri, Istituto di Studi sulla Ricerca e sulla Documentazione Scientifica - CNR, Italy; Cristina Ghiselli, Istituto per le Tecnologie Informatiche Multimediali - CNR, Italy; Patrizia Grifoni, Istituto di Studi sulla Ricerca e sulla Documentazione Scientifica - CNR, Italy; Marco Padula, Istituto per le Tecnologie Informatiche Multimediali - CNR, Italy

WP6 Video Conferencing (R)

1. [WP6.01] Motion Detection and Segmentation using Image Mosaics
   Kiran S. Bhat, Mahesh Saptharishi, and Pradeep K. Khosla, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

2. [WP6.02] Electronic Pan-Tilt-Zoom: A Solution for Intelligent Room Systems
   Mircea Nicolescu and Gerard Medioni, University of Southern California, USA

3. [WP6.03] Robust Automatic Video-Conferencing with Multiple Cameras and Microphones
   Ce Wang, Scott Griebel, and Michael Brandstein, Harvard University, USA

4. [WP6.04] Look Who's Talking: Speaker Detection using Video and Audio Correlation
   Ross Cutler and Larry Davis, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

5. [WP6.05] Towards a Multimodal Meeting Record
   Ralph Gross, Michael Bett, Hua Yu, Xiaojin Zhu, Yue Pan, Jie Yang, and Alex Waibel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

6. [WP6.06] Smart Videoconferencing
   Dmitry Zotkin, Ramani Duraiswami, Vasanth Philomin, and Larry S. Davis, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

7. [WP6.07] Rate-Distortion Optimization for Arbitrarily-Shaped Object Coding
   Guobin Shen, Bing Zeng, and Ming L. Liou, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

WP7 QoS (Traffic Management / Protocol) III (R)

1. [WP7.01] Explicit Rate Congestion Control of MPEG-2 Coded Video Traffic in ATM Networks
   Gajendra Sisodia, Ling Guan, Subrata De and Mehran Dowlatshahi, University of Sydney, Australia

2. [WP7.02] Bandwidth Adaptive Smoothing for Multimedia Delivery
   Jae-Wook Kim and Rhan Ha, Hongik University, Korea; Hojung Cha, Kwangwoon University, Korea

3. [WP7.03] An Adaptable Network Architecture for Multimedia Traffic Management and Control
   Sheng-Yih Wang and Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA

4. [WP7.04] LDA+: A TCP-Friendly Adaptation Scheme for Multimedia Communication
   Dorgham Sisalem and Adam Wolisz, GMD-Fokus, Germany

5. [WP7.05] On the Quality of Service and Pricing in a Multiservice Network
   Tiina Keikkinen, University of Lund, Sweden

6. [WP7.06] M3POC: A Multimedia Multicast Transport Protocol for Cooperative Applications
   T. Gayraud, P. Berthou, P. Owezarski, and M. Diaz, LAAS - CNRS, France

7. [WP7.07] Distributed QoS Routing for Multimedia Traffic
   Venkatesh Sarangan, Donna Ghosh, and Raj Acharya, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

WP8 Virtual / Augmented Reality (R)

1. [WP8.01] Camera Tracking for Augmented Reality Media
   Bolan Jiang, Suya You, and Ulrich Neumann, University of Southern California, USA

2. [WP8.02] Mixing Realities in Shared Space: An Augmented Reality Interface for
   Collaborative Computing Mark Billinghurst, University of Washington, USA; Ivan Poupyrev, ATR International, Japan; Hirokazu Kato, Hiroshima City University, Japan; Richard May, University of Washington, USA

3. [WP8.03] Networked Intelligent Collaborative Environment (NetICE)
   Wing Ho Leung, Khalid Goudeaux, Sooksan, Panichpapiboon, Sy-Bor Wang, and Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

4. [WP8.04] Compression with Mosaic Prediction for Image-Based Rendering Applications
   Wing Ho Leung and Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

5. [WP8.05] Automatic 3D City Construction System using Omni Camera
   Hiroshi Kawasaki, Katsushi Ikeuchi, Masao Sakauchi, University of Tokyo, Japan

6. [WP8.06] Virtual Me: A Virtual Communication Method that Enables Simultaneous Multiple Existence as an Avatar and/or Agents
   Jun Ohya, Ryohei Nakatsu, Shinjiro Kawato, and Tatsumi Sakaguchi, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories, Japan

7. [WP8.07] Real Time 3D Navigation in a Static Virtualized Scene from a Limited Set of 2D Data
   Katia Fintzel and Jean-Luc Dugelay, Institut EURECOM, France

WP9 Synchronization (R)

1. [WP9.01] An Adaptive Tutoring Machine based on Web LearningAssessment
   Timothy K. Shih, University of Aizu, Japan; Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Ching-Sheng Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan; Jianhua Ma and Runhe Huang , University of Aizu, Japan

2. [WP9.02] An Approach to Checking Consistency in Multimedia Synchronization Constraints
   Huadong Ma, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, China; Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan, USA

3. [WP9.03] About the Semantic Verification of SMIL Documents
   P. N. M. Sampaio, C. A. S. Santos, and J. -P. Courtiat, LAAS - CNRS, France

4. [WP9.04] Common Time Reference for Interactive Multimedia Applications
   Mario Baldi and Yoram Ofek, Synchrodyne, Networks, Inc., USA

5. [WP9.05] Extension of SMIL with QoS Control and its Implementation
   Yoshiki Terashima, Osaka University, Japan; Keiichi Yasumoto, Shiga University, Japan; Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan; Kota Abe and Toshio Matsuura, Osaka City University, Japan; Kenichi Taniguchi, Osaka University, Japan

6. [WP9.06] Skew Detection and Compensation for Internet Audio Applications
   Orion Hodson, Colin Perkins, and Vicky Hardman, University College London, United Kingdom

7. [WP9.07] High-Level Multimedia Synchronisation Algorithm on Broadband Network
   Seng Bing Go, Yacine Atif and Qingping Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

WP10 Indexing (R)

1. [WP10.01] Live Multimedia Adaptation Through Wireless Hybrid Networks
   Antti Koivisto, Pekka Pietikäinen, and Jaakko Sauvola, University of Oulu, Finland; David Doermann, University of Maryland, USA

2. [WP10.02] Performance Analysis of AB-Tree
   Sakti Pramanik, Jinhua Li and Jiandong Ruan, Michigan State University, USA

3. [WP10.03] In Common Sense - Rethinking Web Search Results
   E. Amitay, Macquarie University, Australia

4. [WP10.03] Feature Based Indexing for Media Tracking
   Arun Hampapur and Ruud Bolle, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA

5. [WP10.04] ClusterTree: Integration of Cluster Representation and Nearest Neighbor
   Search for Image Databases Dantong Yu and Aidong Zhang, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

6. [WP10.05] Web-Based Searching and Browsing of Multimedia Data
   Wayne Niblack, Stanley Yue, Reiner Kraft, Arnon Amir, and Neel Sundaresan, Almaden Research Center, USA

7. [WP10.06] A Look-Ahead Strategy for Graph Matching in Retrieval by Spatial Arrangement
   S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, and E. Vicario, Universitŕ di Firenze, Italy

WP11 Multimedia Codec III (P)

1. [WP11.01] Real-Time Remote File System for Multimedia Application
   Shinzo Doi, Atsuhiro Tsuji, Yukiko Itoh, Kouji Kubota, and Tsutomu Tanaka, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan

2. [WP11.02] Fast Mesh Simplification for Progressive Transmission
   Wenlong Dong, Jiankun Li and C. -C. Jay Kuo, CheerMedia Corporation, USA

3. [WP11.03] A Predictive H.263 Bit-Rate Control Scheme based on Scene Information
   Pohsiang Hsu and K. J. Ray Liu, University of Maryland at College Park, USA

4. [WP11.04] Placement of Multi-rate Smoothed VBR Video Objects to MZR Disks
   Sooyong Kang and Heon Y. Yeom, Seoul National University, Korea

5. [WP11.05] How to Measure Arithmetic Complexity of Compression Algorithms: A Simple Solution
   Julien Reichel and Marcus J. Nadenau, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

6. [WP11.06] Multiband Approach to Digital Audio FX
   Pablo Fernandez-Cid, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain; Javier Casajús-Quirós, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

7. [WP11.07] A Characteristics-Based Bandwidth Reduction Technique for Pre-recorded Videos
   Wallapak Tavanapong and Srikanth Krishnamohan, Iowa State University, USA

8. [WP11.08] A Cost Function with Position Penalty for Motion Estimation in MPEG-2 Video Coding
   Hangu Yeo, Cesar A. Gonzales, Jack Kouloheris, and Wai-Man Lam, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

9. [WP11.09] Image Denoising using Wiener Filtering and Wavelet Thresholding
   X. Huang and G. A. Woolsey, University of New England, Australia

10. [WP11.10] Partial Update of Active Textures for Efficient Expression Synthesis in Model-Based Coding
    Lijun Yin and Anup Basu, University of Alberta, Canada

11. [WP11.11] Transmission of MPEG-4 Video over the Internet
    Steven Gringeri, Sami Iren, and Roman Egorov, GTE Laboratories Incorporated, USA

12. [WP11.12] On Building an Internet Gateway for Internet Telephony
    Cheng-Yue Chang and Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

13. [WP11.13] Lossless Compression for µ-Law (A-Law) and IMA ADPCM on the Basis of a Fast RLS Algorithm
    Dawei Huang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia