6. ACM Multimedia 1998: Bristol, England
Wolfgang Effelsberg, Brian C. Smith (Eds.): Proceedings of the 6th ACM International Conference on Multimedia '98, Bristol, England, September 12-16, 1998. ACM 1998 ISBN 0-201-30990-4
Randy F. Pausch: The Interdisciplinary Challenge of Building Virtual Worlds. 1
Gholamhosein Sheikholeslami, Wendy Chang, Aidong Zhang: Semantic Clustering and Querying on Heterogeneous Features for Visual Data. 3-12
Matthew E. J. Wood, Barry T. Thomas, Neill W. Campbell: Iterative Refinement by Relevance Feedback in Content-Based Digital Image Retrieval. 13-20

C. A. S. Santos, Luiz Fernando Gomes Soares, Guido L. De Souza, Jean-Pierre Courtiat: Design Methodology and Formal Validation of Hypermedia Documents. 39-48
George Ghinea, Johnson P. Thomas: QoS Impact on User Perception and Understanding of Multimedia Video Clips. 49-54
Anne Watson, Martina Angela Sasse: Measuring Perceived Quality of Speech and Video in Multimedia Conferencing Applications. 55-60


Allen Ginsberg, Peter Hodge, Teri Lindstrom, Bryan Sampieri, Dennis Shiau: ``The Little Web Schoolhouse'': Using Virtual Rooms to Create a Multimedia Distance Learning Environment. 89-98
Dulce B. Ponceleon, Savitha Srinivasan, Arnon Amir, Dragutin Petkovic, Dan Diklic: Key to Effective Video Retrieval: Effective Cataloging and Browsing. 99-107
Chitta Baral, Graciela Gonzalez, Amarendra Nandigam: SQL+D: Extended Display Capabilities for Multimedia Database Queries. 109-114
Andrew Swan, Steven McCanne, Lawrence A. Rowe: Layered Transmission and Caching for the Multicast Session Directory service. 119-128
Ryohei Nakatsu, Naoko Tosa, Takeshi Ochi: Interactive Movie System with Multi-Person Participation and Anytime Interaction Capabilities. 129-137
Ken'ichi Kakizaki: Generating the Animation of a 3D Agent from Explanation Text. 139-144
Lloyd Rutledge, Lynda Hardman, Jacco van Ossenbruggen, Dick C. A. Bulterman: Structural Distinctions Between Hypermedia Storage and Presentation. 145-150
Yatin Chawathe, Steve A. Fink, Steven McCanne, Eric A. Brewer: A Proxy Architecture for Reliable Multicast in Heterogeneous Environments. 151-159
Ketan Mayer-Patel, Lawrence A. Rowe: Exploiting Temporal Parallelism for Software-Only Video Effects Processing. 161-169
Jimmy H. P. Chim, Mark Green, Rynson W. H. Lau, Hong Va Leong, Antonio Si: On Caching and Prefetching of Virtual Objects in Distributed Virtual Environments. 171-180
Jill M. Boyce, Robert D. Gaglianello: Packet Loss Effects on MPEG Video Sent Over the Public Internet. 181-190
Kien A. Hua, Ying Cai, Simon Sheu: Patching: A Multicast Technique for True Video-on-Demand Services. 191-200
Brian Neil Levine, Sanjoy Paul, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves: Organizing Multicast Receivers Deterministically by Packet-Loss Correlation. 201-210
Daniel DeMenthon, Vikrant Kobla, David S. Doermann: Video Summarization by Curve Simplification. 211-218
H. Wang, F. Guo, David Dagan Feng, Jesse S. Jin: A Signature for Content-Based Image Retrieval Using a Geometrical Transform. 229-234
John Robertson, Wai Yat Wong, Charles Chung, Dongki Kim: Automatic Speech Recognition for Generalised Time Based Media Retrieval and Indexing. 241-246
Dick C. A. Bulterman: User-Centered Abstractions for Adaptive Hypermedia Presentations. 247-256
Brian P. Bailey, Joseph A. Konstan, Robert Cooley, Moses Dejong: Nsync - A Toolkit for Building Interactive Multimedia Presentations. 257-266
Muriel Jourdan, Nabil Layaïda, Cécile Roisin, Loay Sabry-Ismaïl, Laurent Tardif: Madeus, and Authoring Environment for Interactive Multimedia Documents. 267-272
Andrea Caloini, Daigo Taguchi, Kazuo Yanoo, Eiichiro Tanaka: Script-Free Scenario Authoring in MediaDesc. 273-278
Neil Pollard, David May: Using Interval Arithmetic the Calculate Data Sizes for Compilation to Multimedia Instruction Sets. 279-284
Wu-chi Feng, Brijesh Krishnaswami, Arivind Prabhudev: Proactive Buffer Management for the Streamed Delivery of Stored Video. 285-290
Asawaree Kalavade, Pratyush Moghé: AsaP - A Framework for Evaluating Run-Time Schedulers in Embedded Multimedia End-Systems. 291-296
Y. Rompogiannakis, Guido Nerjes, Peter Muth, Michael Paterakis, Peter Triantafillou, Gerhard Weikum: Disk Scheduling for Mixed-Media Workloads in a Multimedia Server. 297-302
Jose Renato Santos, Richard R. Muntz: Performance Analysis of the RIO Multimedia Storage System with Heterogeneous Disk Configurations. 303-308
Ville Lappalainen: Performance Analysis of Intel MMX Technology for an H.263 Video H.263 Video Encoder. 309-314
Guang-Ho Cha, Chin-Wan Chung: Object-Oriented Retrieval Mechanism for Semistructured Image Collections. 323-332
Vasilis Delis, Dimitris Papadias, Nikos Mamoulis: Assessing Multimedia Similarity: A Framework for Structure and Motion. 333-338
Chahab Nastar, Matthias Mitschke, Christophe Meilhac, Nozha Boujemaa: Surfimage: A Flexible Content-Based Image Retrieval System. 339-344


Jonathan Foote, John S. Boreczky, Andreas Girgensohn, Lynn Wilcox: An Intelligent Media Browser Using Automatic Multimodal Analysis. 375-380
Suchitra Raman, Steven McCanne: Scalable Data Naming for Application Level Framing in Reliable Multicast. 391-400
Karl Jonas, Martin Kretschmer, Jens Mödeker: Get a KISS - Communication Infrastructure for Streaming Services in a Heterogeneous Environment. 401-410
Ruth Kurniawati, Jesse S. Jin, John Shepherd: An Efficient Nearest-Neighbour Search While Varying Euclidean Metrics. 411-418
J. Hartung, Arnaud Jacquin, J. Pawlyk, K. L. Shipley: A Real-Time Scalable Software Video Codec for Collaborative Applications over Packet Networks. 419-426
Michael J. Lyons, Andre Plante, Sebastien Jehan, Seiki Inoue, Shigeru Akamatsu: Avatar Creation Using Automatic Face Processing. 427-434
Tzi-cker Chiueh, Tulika Mitra, Anindya Neogi, Chuan-Kai Yang: Zodiac: A History-Based Interactive Video Authoring System. 435-444
James Ford, Fillia Makedon, Charles B. Owen, Sterling C. Johnson, Andrew J. Saykin: Stimulus Tracking in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). 445-454
Jakub Segen, Senthil Kumar: Gesture VR: Vision-Based 3D Hand Interace for Spatial Interaction. 455-464
Andy Hopper: Preparing for the Digital Media Monsoons. 465-466



