6. ICMCS 1999: Florence, Italy (Volume 2)
Poster Session II
Feng Cao, Jeffrey D. Smith, Kenji Takahashi: An Architecture of Distributed Media Servers for Supporting Guaranteed QoS and Media Indexing. 1-5
Rajat Agarwal, Albert Mo Kim Cheng: Reducing Variation in Bit-Rate Produced by Encoder in MPEG Video. 6-10
Ken C. K. Law, Horace Ho-Shing Ip, Fang Wei: An Abstract Layered Model for Hypermedia Document System. 11-14
Costas Mourlas, David A. Duce, Michael D. Wilson: On Satisfying Timing and Resource Constraints in Distributed Multimedia Systems. 16-20
Yong Woon Park, Won Il Seo, Ki-Dong Chung: Multi-Phase Interval Caching for a News on Demand Server. 21-25
Ray-I Chang, Meng Chang Chen, Ming-Tat Ko, Jan-Ming Ho: Optimal Bandwidth-Buffer Trade-Off for VBR Media Transmission over Multiple Relay-Servers. 31-35
B. Prabhakaran: Resource Negotiation for Collaborative Multimedia Presentations. 36-40

Olivier Liechti, Mark Sifer, Tadao Ichikawa: A Metadata Based Framework for Extracting and Using Web Sites Structures. 51-56
Wen-Kuo Lin, Brian Wai-Him Ng, Neil Burgess: Reduced Memory Zerotree Coding Algorithm for Hardware Implementation. 57-61
Soung C. Liew, Thomas Lau, Eddie Lau, Walter Fung: INTELLECT: A System for Authoring, Distributing, and Presenting Multimedia Contents over the Internet. 62-66
Axel Hintze, Marco Schumann, Stefan Stüring: Towards Distributed Synthetic Environments for Training in Industry. 72-76
Da-Jin Shiu, Chia-Chiang Ho, Ja-Ling Wu: A DCT-Domain H.263 Based Video Combiner for Multipoint Continuous Presence Video Conferencing. 77-81
Holger Bönisch, Konrad Froitzheim: Server Side ``Compresslets'' for Internet Multimedia Streams. 82-86
Richard West, Karsten Schwan: Dynamic Window-Constrained Scheduling for Multimedia Applications. 87-91
Mei Kodama, Hiroyuki Kasai, Hideyoshi Tominaga: A Study on the Hybrid Image Coding and Structuring Methods for Multimedia Scalability Packages Communication Services. 92-96
Craig A. Lindley: Generic Film Forms for Dynamic Virtual Video Synthesis. 97-101
Laurent Mathy, David Hutchison, Stefan Schmid, Geoff Coulson: Improving RSVP for Better Support of Internet Multimedia Communications. 102-106
Luca Abeni, Giuseppe Lipari, Giorgio C. Buttazzo: Constant Bandwidth vs Proportional Share Resource Allocation. 107-111
Karthikeyan Mahesh, S. Lakshminarayanan, S. V. Raghavan: An Efficient Rerouting Mechanism for Dynamic Network Resource Management. 112-116
Lixin Gao, Donald F. Towsley: Supplying Instantaneous Video-on-Demand Services Using Controlled Multicast. 117-121
Geoff Coulson, Shakuntala Baichoo: A Distributed Object Platform for Multimedia Applications. 122-126
David K. Y. Yau: ARC-H: Uniform CPU Scheduling for Heterogeneous Services. 127-132
Poster Session III
Ying Dai, Yoshitaka Shibata, Yasuaki Nakano, Koji Hashimoto: Recognition of Facial Expressions Based on the Hopfield Memory Model. 133-137
Stephan Fischer, Ivica Rimac, Ralf Steinmetz: Interactive Panning and Zooming the Virtual Camera. 138-142
Yasuo Ariki, Katsumi Matsuura: Automatic Classification of TV News Articles Based on Telop Character Recognition. 148-152
Nobuyoshi Terashima, John Tiffin, Lalita Rajasingham: Experiment of Virtual Space Distance Education System Using the Objects of Cultural Heritage. 153-157
Edoardo Ardizzone, Mohand-Said Hacid: A Semantic Modeling Approach for Video Retrieval by Content. 158-162
Zaher Aghbari, Kunihiko Kaneko, Akifumi Makinouchi: VST-Model: A Uniform Topological Modeling of the Visual-Spatio-Temporal Video Features. 163-168
Joo-Hwee Lim: Learning Visual Keywords for Content-Based Retrieval. 169-173
Atsunobu Hiraiwa, Keisuke Fuse, Naohisa Komatsu, Kazumi Komiya, Hiroaki Ikeda: A Fully Automated Object Extraction from Video Stream: A Useful Tool for Distributed Object-Based Browsing and Content-Based Searching Systems. 174-178
Toshifumi Nakajima, Masaaki Kashimura, Shinji Ozawa: Compensation of Partly Photographed Page-Images Using 3D Shape Information. 179-183
Luciana Bordoni, Attilio Colagrossi: A Multimedia Personalized Fruition of Figurative Artistic Heritage by a GIS-Based Methodology. 184-188
Gérald Duffing: An Alternative Image Retrieval System Based on Visual and Thematic Corpus Organization. 189-193
Tomoyuki Yatabe, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Masao Sakauchi: Interactive Video Description on the Network. 194-198
Franco Bartolini, G. Bini, Vito Cappellini, A. Fringuelli, G. Meucci, Alessandro Piva, Mauro Barni: Enforcement of Copyright Laws for Multimedia through Blind, Detectable, Reversible Watermarking. 199-203
Chi-Wei Yang, Paul C. H. Lee, Ruei-Chuan Chang: Lyra: A System Framework in Supporting Multimedia Applications. 204-208
Jana Dittmann, Arnd Steinmetz, Ralf Steinmetz: Content-Based Digital Signature for Motion Pictures Authentication and Content-Fragile Watermarking. 209-213
Andreas Müller, Martin Leissler, Matthias Hemmje, Erich J. Neuhold: Towards the Virtual Internet Gallery. 214-219
Pascale Termont, Lieven De Strycker, Jan Vandewege, Jaap Haitsma, Ton Kalker, Maurice Maes, Geert Depovere, Andreas Langell, Claes Alm, Per Norman: Performance Measurements of a Real-Time Digital Watermarking System for Broadcast Monitoring. 220-224
Giuseppe Boccignone, Massimo De Santo, Gennaro Percannella: Joint Audio-Video Processing of MPEG Encoded Sequences. 225-229
Carlo Combi, Gian Luca Foresti, Massimo Franceschet, Angelo Montanari: Indexing by Shape of Image Databases Based on Extended Grid Files. 230-234
Serhan Dagtas, Wasfi Al-Khatib, Arif Ghafoor, Ashfaq A. Khokhar: Trail-Based Approach for Video Data Indexing and Retrieval. 235-239
Shigenori Maeda, Masayuki Mukunoki, Katsuo Ikeda: A Classification Method of Images Based on Composition and Its Application to Image Retrieval. 240-244
Anil C. Kokaram: Removal of Line Artefacts for Digital Dissemination of Archived Film and Video. 245-249
Boris Katz, Deniz Yuret, Jimmy J. Lin, Sue Felshin, Rebecca Schulman, Adnan Ilik, Ali Ibrahim, Philip Osafo-Kwaako: Integrating Web Resources and Lexicons into a Natural Language Query System. 255-261
Sylvie Servigne, Robert Laurini, Myoung-Ah Kang, Ki-Joune Li: First Specifications of an Information System for Urban Soundscape. 262-266
Juan María Sánchez, Xavier Binefa: AudiCom: A Video Analysis System for Auditing Commercial Broadcasts. 272-276
Poster Session IV

Nikos A. Nikolaou, Charilaos A. Tsetsekas, Iakovos S. Venieris: A QoS Middle-Ware for Network Adaptive Applications. 282-286
Menelaos K. Perdikeas, Fotis G. Chatzipapadopoulos, Iakovos S. Venieris: An Evaluation Study of Mobile Agent Technology: Standardization, Implementation and Evolution. 287-291
Leana Golubchik, John C. S. Lui, Edmundo de Souza e Silva, H. Richard Gail: Evaluation of Tradeoffs in Resource Management Techniques for Multimedia Storage Servers. 292-296
David G. Boyer, Mauricio Cortes, Michael Vernick, Sylvia Wilbur, Anjum Khan, Graeme Balfour: Virtual Social Clubs: Meeting Places for the Internet Community. 297-301
Katherine Curtis, Oliver Draper: Multimedia Content Management - Provision of Validation and Personalization Services. 302-306
Stefan Wirag: Scheduling of Adaptive Multimedia Documents. 307-311
Norival R. Figueira, Joseph Pasquale: VirtualQueue: A Technique for Packet Voice Stream Reconstruction. 312-316
Sara Comai, Ernesto Damiani, Letizia Tanca: Semantics-Aware Querying in the WWW: The WG-Log Web Query System. 317-322
Jesús Carretero, Weiyu Zhu, Xiaohui Shen, Alok N. Choudhary: Design and Evaluation of a Multimedia Integrated Parallel File System. 323-327
Antonis Karidis, Apostolos Meliones: DAVID-E: A Collaborative Working Paradigm for Distributed High-End Audio-Visual Content Creation. 328-332
Ana Pajares, Juan Carlos Guerri, Manuel Esteve, Carlos E. Palau, Antonio León, Narcís Cardona: Dynamic Frequency and Resource Allocation with Adaptive Error Control Based on RTP for Multimedia QoS Guarantees in Wireless Networks. 333-337
Stefano Nativi, Dino Giuli, Emilio Bugli Innocenti: Interoperability for Multimedia Systems to Support Decision-Makers in the Environment Sector. 338-342
Alexey Roytman, Israel Ben-Shaul, Israel Cidon: DVS: A System for Distribution and Management of Global Video on Demand Services. 343-346
Luís Henrique Maciel Kosmalski Costa, Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte: A Scalable QoS-Based Routing Mechanism for Supporting Multimedia Applications. 347-351
Dong-Young Lee, Heon Young Yeom: Tip Prefetching: Dealing with the Bit Rate Variability of Video Streams. 352-356
John C. S. Lui, Oldfield K. Y. So, T. S. Tam: Deriving Communication Sub-Graph and Optimal Synchronizing Interval for a Distributed Virtual Environment System. 357-361
Lluís Gutierrez, Sebastià Sallent: A New Procedure to Analyze Random Multiaccess Protocols for Multimedia Applications. 367-371
Ikjun Yeom, A. L. Narasimha Reddy: Realizing Throughput Guarantees in a Differentiated Services Network. 372-376
Wei Zhao, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Prasoon Tiwari: Efficient Adaptive Media Scaling and Streaming of Layered Multimedia in Heterogeneous Environment. 377-381
Don Oliver Amanze Oparah: A Framework for Adaptive Resource Management in a Multimedia Operating System. 382-386
Patricia Lago, Gianni Canal: A Video-Conferencing Distributed Service Tailored for Education. 387-388
Anastasios Kasiolas, Dimitrios Makrakis: A Fuzzy-Based Traffic Controller for High-Speed ATM Networks Using Realistic Traffic Models. 389-394
Ibrahim Kamel, T. Niranjan: A Study on Scheduling Multiple Priority Requests in Multimedia Servers. 395-399
John L. Bruno, José Carlos Brustoloni, Eran Gabber, Banu Özden, Abraham Silberschatz: Disk Scheduling with Quality of Service Guarantees. 400-405
Panel Contribution
Vasudevan V. Vinod, Adam Lindsay: MPEG-7: Its Impact on Research, Industry, and the Consumer. 406-407
Network Management

Luis Rojas-Cardenas, Laurent Dairaine, Patrick Sénac, Michel Diaz: An Adaptive Transport Service for Multimedia Streams. 414-419
Kevin C. Almeroth, Katia Obraczka, Dante DeLucia: A Lightweight Protocol for Interconnecting Heterogeneous Devices in Dynamic Environments. 420-425
Kihong Park, Wei Wang: QoS-Sensitive Transport of Real-Time MPEG Video Using Adaptive Forward Error Correction. 426-432
Collaborative Virtual Environments
Shunsuke Yura, Tomonori Usaka, Ken Sakamura: Video Avatar: Embedded Video for Collaborative Virtual Environment. 433-438
Flavia Sparacino, Glorianna Davenport, Alex Pentland: Media Actors: Characters in Search of an Author. 439-446
Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Haruo Takemura, Naokazu Yokoya: SeamlessDesign: A Face-to-Face Collaborative Virtual/Augmented Environment for Rapid Prototyping of Geometrically Constrained 3-D Objects. 447-453
Shih-Ping Liou, Candemir Toklu, Kilian Heckrodt: VideoTalk: A Collaborative Environment for Video Content Discussion. 454-459
Video Indexing/Retrieval

Masafumi Nishida, Yasuo Ariki: Speaker Indexing for News Articles, Debates and Drama in Broadcasted TV Programs. 466-471
Jia-Ling Koh, Chin-Sung Lee, Arbee L. P. Chen: Semantic Video Model for Content-Based Retrieval. 472-478
Web Servers

Senthil Sengodan, Victor O. K. Li: DIVeR: A Dynamic Interactive Video Retrieval Protocol for Disk Array Based Servers. 492-498
Pierre Maret, Jean Beney, Paul Rubel: Multimedia Information Interchange: Web Forms Meet Data Servers. 499-505
Yen-Jen Lee, David Hung-Chang Du: Adaptive Load Sharing and Scheduling Schemes for Distributed Continuous Media Delivery. 506-511
Authoring Tools for Sound/Music
Marco Bezzi, Giovanni De Poli, Davide Rocchesso: Sound Authoring Tools for Future Multimedia Systems. 512-517
Sergio Canazza, Giovanni De Poli, Antonio Rodà, Alvise Vidolin: Adding Expressiveness to Musical Messages. 518-523
Electronic Commerce/Watermarking

Jonathan K. Su, Bernd Girod: On the Robustness and Imperceptibility of Digital Fingerprints. 530-535
Jiri Fridrich: Robust Bit Extraction from Images. 536-540
Multimedia Support for Cultural Heritage/Common Activities
Difu Su, Jaideep Srivastava, Jey-Hsin Yao: Investigating Factors Influencing QoS of Internet Phone. 541-546
Borko Furht, Raymond Westwater, Jeffrey Ice: A New Approach for Radio and Video Broadcasting over the Internet. 553-558
Multimedia Support for Mobile Systems/Common Activities
Eitaro Ichihara, Hiroyuki Takao, Yuichi Ohta: NaviView: Bird's-Eye View for Highway Drivers Using Roadside Cameras. 559-565
Vítor Sequeira, Emanuele Bovisio, João G. M. Gonçalves: Internet Based Multimedia Interface for the Control and Navigation of a Mobile Platform. 566-571
Trausti T. Kristjansson, Thomas S. Huang, P. Ramesh, B. H. Juang: A Unified Structure-Based Framework for Indexing and Gisting of Meetings. 572-577
Yuichi Kobayashi, Toshikazu Kato: A High Fidelity Contrast Improving Model Based on Human Vision Mechanisms. 578-584
Distributed Environments
Yuqing Song, Markus Mielke, Aidong Zhang: NetMedia: Synchronized Streaming of Multimedia Presentations in Distributed Environments. 585-590
Timothy K. Shih: Using Food Web as an Evolution Computing Model for Internet-Based Multimedia Agents. 591-596
Shape-Based Retrieval of Single Images

Carlo Meghini, Fabrizio Sebastiani, Umberto Straccia: A System for the Fast Prototyping of Multidimensional Image Retrieval. 603-609

Video Servers
Sheau-Ru Tong, Sho-Chi Lee: An Efficient Flow Control Plan for End-to-End Delivery of Pre-Stored Compressed Videos. 622-627
Jamel Gafsi, Ernst Biersack: Performance and Reliability Study for Distributed Video Servers: Mirroring or Parity?. 628-634
Martin Reisslein, Keith W. Ross, Subin Shrestha: Striping for Interactive Video: Is It Worth It? 635-640
Martin Mauve, Volker Hilt, Christoph Kuhmünch, Wolfgang Effelsberg: A General Framework and Communication Protocol for the Transmission of Interactive Media with Real-Time Characteristics. 641-646
Authoring/Software Engineering Tools
William M. Newman, Christopher R. Dance, Alex S. Taylor, Stuart A. Taylor, Michael Taylor, Tony Aldhous: CamWorks: A Video-Based Tool for Efficient Capture from Paper Source Documents. 647-653
Amit Chakraborty, Peiya Liu, Liang H. Hsu: Authoring and Viewing Video Documents Using an SGML Structure. 654-660
Rachelle S. Heller, C. Dianne Martin: Using a Taxonomy to Rationalize Multimedia Development. 661-665
Raymond K. Wong: Heterogeneous Data Integration and Presentation in Multimedia Database Management Systems. 666-671
Computer Graphics and Animation
M. A. Akhloufi, Vladimir Polotski, Paul Cohen: Virtual View Synthesis from Uncalibrated Stereo Cameras. 672-677
Stéphane Valente, Jean-Luc Dugelay: Face Tracking and Realistic Animations for Telecommunicant Clones. 678-683
Jun Ohya, Kazuyuki Ebihara, Jun Kurumizawa: Artistic Anatomy Based, Real-Time Reproduction of Facial Expressions in 3D Face Models. 684-689
Poster Session V
Laura Farinetti, Giovanni Malnati: Educational Strategies and Technical Implementation: The Experience of Politecnico di Torino in Remote Tutoring. 690-694
Barbara Levienaise-Obadia, Josef Kittler, Andrew Griffin: Analysis of Multichannel Texture Representations from Video Mosaics. 695-699
Yusseri Yusoff, Josef Kittler, William J. Christmas: Combining Multiple Experts for Classifying Shot Changes in Video Sequences. 700-704
Youssef Chahir, Liming Chen: Efficient Content-Based Image Retrieval Based on Color Homogeneous Objects Segmentation and Their Spatial Relationship Characterization. 705-709
Alan Hanjalic, HongJiang Zhang: Optimal Shot Boundary Detection Based on Robust Statistical Models. 710-714
Mark Kiddell, Min Chen, David J. Oborne, F. W. Slater, M. McCulloch: TRIUMF - A System for Remote Multimedia Interviewing. 715-719
Edoardo Ardizzone, Marco La Cascia, A. Avanzato, A. Bruna: Video Indexing Using MPEG Motion Compensation Vectors. 725-729
Wen-Chen Hu, Mark S. Schmalz, Gerhard X. Ritter: Image Retrieval Using the Longest Approximate Common Subsequences. 730-734
Yong Rui, Xiang Sean Zhou, Thomas S. Huang: Efficient Access to Video Content in a Unified Framework. 735-740
Takashi Tomii, Szabolcs Varga, Sayaka Imai, Hiroshi Arisawa: Design of Video Scene Databases with Mapping to Virtual CG Space. 741-746
Kriengkrai Porkaew, Michael Ortega, Sharad Mehrotra: Query Reformulation for Content Based Multimedia Retrieval in MARS. 747-751
Wen-Yi Zhao, J. Wang, Dinkar Bhat, K. Sakiewicz, N. Nandhakumar, W. Chang: Improving Color Based Video Shot Detection. 752-756
Alessandra Lumini, Dario Maio: Approximate Retrieval Approaches for Incremental Similarity Searches. 757-761
Giovanni Garibotto, M. Oneto, Christopher Coelho, Mario Marson, G. Tartaglione, L. Maccabruni: Virtual Exhibitions as a Collection Environment of Cultural Events. 762-766
Photina Jaeyun Jang, Alexander G. Hauptmann: Improving Acoustic Models with Captioned Multimedia Speech. 767-771
Atsuo Yoshitaka, Satoshi Katsuki, Tadao Ichikawa, Masahito Hirakawa: SRAW: A Speech Rehabilitation Assistance Workbench - Speech Ability Evaluation by Audio-Video Input. 772-777
Franca Garzotto, Maristella Matera, Paolo Paolini: Inspection by-Reuse: Evaluation Patterns for Hypermedia Synchronization. 778-782
Giuseppe Polese, Shi-Kuo Chang, Genoveffa Tortora: The Design of Multimedia Languages Based on Teleaction Objects. 783-787
Sujeet Pradhan, Keishi Tajima, Katsumi Tanaka: A Query Model for Retrieving Relevant Intervals within a Video Stream. 788-792
Janet S. Payne, Lee Hepplewhite, T. John Stonham: Perceptually Based Metrics for the Evaluation of Textural Image Retrieval Methods. 793-797
Qian Chen, Gérard G. Medioni: A Semi-Automatic System to Infer Complex 3-D Shapes from Photographs. 798-803
Ryohei Nakatsu, Alexandre Solomides, Naoko Tosa: Emotion Recognition and Its Application to Computer Agents with Spontaneous Interactive Capabilities. 804-808
Mario A. Bochicchio, Roberto Paiano, Paolo Paolini: JWeb: An HDM Environment for Fast Development of Web Applications. 809-813
Vito Roberto, Vincenzo Della Mea, Luca Di Gaspero, Antonello Conti: MANTHA: Agent-Based Management of Hypermedia Documents. 814-818
Akihiro Miwa, Satoru Morita: Automatic Music Transcription for a Trio Using Stereo Musical Sound Signal. 824
José Fernando Díez Higuera, Francisco Javier Díaz Pernas: MINERVA: Multimedia on the INtERnet for Virtual Arts. 825-829
Poster Session VI
João Orvalho, Tiago Andrade, Fernando Boavida: Extension to Corba Event Service for a Conference Control System. 830-835
D. Del Corso, G. Morrone, E. Ovcin, A. Truzzi, C. Scrizzi, M. Gastaldi: Interactive Educational Multimedia: A Quick Design and Development Tool. 841-845
Sang-Yoon Doh, Min Jang: Fast Forward and Fast Rewind Play System Based on the MPEG System Stream with New Concept. 846-850
Franco Pirri, P. Mugnai, Paolo Bussotti: A Java Applet-Based Virtual Environment as an Usable Interface to Distributed Services and Collaborative Applications on the Internet. 857-861
Anastasios Hamosfakidis, Yakup Paker: Concurrency Analysis for Real Time MPEG-4 Video Encoding. 862-866
Isabelle Mirbel, Barbara Pernici, Michalis Vazirgiannis: Temporal Integrity Constraints in Interactive Multimedia Documents. 867-871
Stéphane Derrode, Mohamed Daoudi, Faouzi Ghorbel: Invariant Content-Based Image Retrieval Using a Complete Set of Fourier-Mellin Descriptors. 877-881
Dugki Min, Eunmi Choi, Donghoon Lee, Byung-Seok Park: A Load Balancing Algorithm for a Distributed Multimedia Game Server Architecture. 882-886
Herng-Yow Chen, Gin-Yi Chen, Jen-Shin Hong: Design of a Web-Based Synchronized Multimedia Lecture System for Distance Education. 887-891
Jörg Caumanns, Hans-Joachim Lenz: Hypermedia Fusion - A Document Generator for the World Wide Web. 892-896
Yoshinari Kameda, Hideaki Miyazaki, Michihiko Minoh: A Live Video Imaging for Multiple Users. 897-902
Christopher K. Hess, Roy H. Campbell: Media Streaming Protocol: An Adaptive Protocol for the Delivery of Audio and Video over the Internet. 903-907
Xiaolin Wu, Peter W. Moo: Joint Image/Video Compression and Encryption via High-Order Conditional Entropy Coding of Wavelet Coefficients. 908-912
Kent Wittenburg, John R. Nicol, James Paschetto, Christopher Martin: Browsing with Dynamic Key Frame Collages in Web-Based Entertainment Video Services. 913-918

Ronaldo Mussauer de Lima, Flavio Paiva Junqueira, Paulo André da Silva Gonçalves, Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte: SAMM: An Integrated Environment to Support Multimedia Synchronization of Pre-Orchestrated Data. 929-933
Constantine Kotropoulos, Anastasios Tefas, Ioannis Pitas: Morphological Elastic Graph Matching Applied to Frontal Face Authentication under Optimal and Real Conditions. 934-938
Vassilios Chatzis, Ioannis Pitas: Shape-Based Interpolation of Binary 3-D Images Using Morphological Skeletonization. 939-943
Takayuki Kunieda, Yuki Wakita: Package-Segment Model for Movie Retrieval System and Adaptable Applications. 944-948
Zongming Fei, Ibrahim Kamel, Sarit Mukherjee, Mostafa H. Ammar: Providing Interactive Functions for Staggered Multicast Near Video-on-Demand Systems. 949-953
Anastasios D. Doulamis, Yannis S. Avrithis, Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Stefanos D. Kollias: Interactive Content-Based Retrieval in Video Databases Using Fuzzy Classification and Relevance Feedback. 954-958
Perrine Delacourt, Christian Wellekens: Audio Data Indexing: Use of Second-Order Statistics for Speaker-Based Segmentation. 959-963
Luigi Cinque, Stefano Levialdi, Kai A. Olsen, A. Pellicanò: Color-Based Image Retrieval Using Spatial-Chromatic Histograms. 969-973
Maria Grazia Albanesi, Marco Ferretti, Alessandro Giancane: Time-Frequency Decomposition for Analysis and Retrieval of 1-D Signals. 974-978
Demo Contributions
Nicoletta Sala: Multimedia Technologies in University Courses: Some Examples. 979-981
Byung-Woo Min, Ho-Sub Yoon, Jung Soh, Young-Kyu Yang: Visual Gesture Recognition for Real-Time Editing System. 982-984
Kazuhide Sugawara: Document Reading System for the Visually Disabled. 985-986
Dino Giuli, Franco Pirri, Paolo Bussotti: Orchestra!: A Distributed Platform for Virtual Musical Groups and Music Distance Learning over the Internet in Java Technology. 987-988


Ivano Barbieri, Marco Raggio: Real Time Scalable Video Communication Demonstration at ICMCS-99. 995-996
Olivier Deroo, Henri Leich, G. Deville, Stan C. A. M. Gielen, Johan Vanparys: DEMOSTHENES: When the Computer Corrects Your Foreign Language Pronunciation. 999-1000
Jana Dittmann: Multimedia and Security Demo at IEEE Multimedia Systems '99. 1001-1002
Jean-Luc Dugelay, Stéphane Roche: Fractal Transform Based Large Digital Watermark Embedding and Robust Full Blind Extraction. 1003-1004
Vítor Sequeira, Emanuele Bovisio, João G. M. Gonçalves: Internet Based Multimedia Interface for the Control and Navigation of a Mobile Platform. 1005-1006
Alessandro Bellini, Alberto Del Lungo, Fabio Gori, Roberto Grossi, Marco Guarducci: A Fast H.261 Software Codec for High Quality Videoconferencing on PCs. 1007-1008
Wen-Chen Hu, Mark S. Schmalz, Gerhard X. Ritter: COQUINA: Content-Queryable Image and Signal Archives. 1009-1010
Toshiyuki Iwaoka, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Shunji Ota: Digital Safari Guidebook with Image Retrieval. 1011-1012
C. Lastrucci, L. Lastrucci, F. Casati: PowerDriverDTSS: The Advanced Demand Responsive Transport Service System. 1013-1014
Ciro de Mauro, Marco Gori, Marco Maggini, Enrico Martinelli: A Voice Device with an Application-Adapted Protocol for Microsoft Windows. 1015-1016
Tomoko Sagisaka, Tsutomu Munakata: Two Types of Sound Tool for Editing Speech Signal: Sound Cutter and Symbolic Sound Editor. 1020-1021
Marcus Herzog, Riccardo Peratello: An Integrated Environment for Multi-Purposing Multimedia Production. 1022-1023

Gianluigi Ciocca, Isabella Gagliardi, Raimondo Schettini: Quicklook: A Content-Based Image Retrieval System with Learning Capabilities. 1028-1029
Carol Strohecker: Construction Kits as Learning Environments. 1030-1031
Donatella Merlini, S. Petruzzi, Renzo Sprugnoli, M. Cecilia Verri: A System for Algorithms' Animation. 1033-1034
Franz Witzeling: Demo CD ``Relationship'', a Demonstration. 1035
Riccardo Giannitrapani, Vittorio Murino: Augmented Representation of Underwater Scenes by Segmentation and Reconstruction of 3D Acoustic Images. 1036-1037
Patricia Lago, Gianni Canal: A Video-Conferencing Distributed Service Tailored for Education. 1038-1039
EC Projects
Christian Bertin, Irek Defée, Jami Kangasoja, Mika Rustari: Commerce with MPEG-4 on the Internet with QoS. 1043-1045
Matti Kalervo, Juha Saarnio, Cees J. M. Lanting: Bringing the BENEFITS of Multimedia Services and Applications to Users. 1046-1048
Steve Renals: The THISL Spoken Document Retrieval Project. 1049-1051
Guillermo Cisneros, P. Fernández, J. L. Lerma, O. Martínez, José M. Menéndez, José María Martínez Sanchez, Jesús Bescós, Julián Cabrera, A. Orero, José M. Molina López, J. Chaparro, F. Pascual, Luis Torres, Luis Lorente, C. Pastor, M. Rodríguez, A. Melguizo, J. Mangas, Miguel Angel Panduro, Ana Maria Molina, J. R. López, Jaime Delgado, J. Fernández, Chris Brendes, F. Kozamernik, L. Cacho, G. Alberico, H. Écija, M. del Río, J. Salmerón, F. Labrada: Description of the HYPERMEDIA ACTS-361 Project: Continuous Audiovisual Market in Europe. 1052-1054
Christos Bouras, Dimitris Fotakis, Vaggelis Kapoulas, Anni Koubek, Harald Mayer, Herwig Rehatschek: Virtual European School - VES. 1055-1057
José Luis Los Arcos, J. Vicedo, I. Angulo, J. Sequeiros, G. Allende, T. Batuecas, C. Martín: PDA: A Training Application to Electrical Substation Operation. 1058-1060
Gaël Richard, Yann Menguy, I. Guis, N. Suaudeau, Jérôme Boudy, Philip Lockwood, C. Fernández, F. Fernández, Constantine Kotropoulos, Anastasios Tefas, Ioannis Pitas, R. Heimgartner, Peter Ryser, Charles Beumier, Patrick Verlinde, Steven Pigeon, George Matas, Josef Kittler, Josef Bigün, Yousri Abdeljaoued, Eric Meurville, Laurent Besacier, Michael Ansorge, Gilbert Maître, Juergen Luettin, S. Ben-Yacoub, Belén Ruíz, K. Aldama, J. Cortes: Multi Modal Verification for Teleservices and Security Applications (M2VTS). 1061-1064
Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann: Multimedia Features in the Correspondents' Interface of MALL2000 Systems. 1065-1067
Karsten Morisse, Francisco Cortes, Reinhard Lüling: Broadband Multimedia Information Service for European Parliaments. 1072-1074
Giuliano Benelli, Alberto Bianchi, Patrizia Marti, E. Not, David Sennati: HIPS: Hyper-Interaction within Physical Space. 1075-1078
Kristien Michoel: The EXE Extranet Education Project. 1079-1081
Marco Ceccarelli, Gerhard Mekenkamp, Eric Persoon: Home Multimedia Systems: On Personal Video Libraries. 1082-1085
Andreas Tirakis, Panagiotis Katalagarianos, Michael Papathomas, Christodoulos Hamilakis: Distributed Audio-Visual Archives Network (DiVAN). 1086-1088
Stefanos D. Kollias, Frédéric Piat: Principled Hybrid Systems: Theory and Applications (Physta). 1089-1091
Katja van den Brink, Reinhold S. Jäger, Sabine Tost: PEDACTICE: Educational Multimedia in School - An Evaluation Study. 1096-1098
M. Sidahmed, P. Morizet, Philippe Trigano, J. K. Hammond, S. Braun, G. Dalpiaz, U. Meneghetti, Adriana Maggiore: A Multimedia Tool for "Signal Processing for Acoustic and Vibration Diagnosis of Rotating Machines". 1099-1101
D. Biagi Maino, G. Maino: The GIANO Project: Combining Hypermedia and Network Technologies for Applications to the Cultural Heritage. 1102-1105
Elisa Bertino, Bill Black, Andrew Brasher, Vito Candela, Barbara Catania, Diana Deavin, Luigi Di Pace, Floriana Esposito, Pietro Leo, John McNaught, Andreas Persidis, Fabio Rinaldi, Giovanni Semeraro, Gian Piero Zarri: CONCERTO, Conceptual Indexing, Querying and Retrieval of Digital Documents. 1106-1109
John Cosmas, Yakup Paker, Alan Pearmain, Peter Schoonjans, Christoph Dosch, Rainer Schäfer, Alexander Erk, Ronald Mies, Michel Bais, Peter Stammnitz, Wolfram Liebsch, G. Klunsoyr, Lena Pedersen, S. Bauer, Andreas Engelsberg, B. Klock: CustomTV System & Demonstration. 1110-1113
Antonello Pasquarelli, Filippo de Stefani, Gregory M. P. O'Hare, Aidan Murphy: ECHOES: EduCational Hypermedia On-linE System. 1114-1116
Barbara Lazzerini: ESPRIT Project MIMICS: MCMCS Field Trial. 1117-1119
Jürgen Assfalg, C. Leveque, Marc Mautref, P. Neel, Libero Nigro, M. Philippou, J. Tanneau, Enrico Vicario, G. Zardetto: Experimenting Advanced Visualization in the Operational Context of Transportation Networks: The VENN Project. 1120-1122
G. Arcangeli, Jürgen Assfalg, R. Tartaglia, Enrico Vicario: A Virtual Environment for Construction Workers Instruction and Training. 1123-1125



