Multimedia systems and applications have attracted significant attention during the last few years. The ability to deliver audio and video to end-users, in addition to data, has created possibilities which will revolutionize industries ranging from education and advertising, with applications such as digital libraries, distant learning, expert advice and real-time video clip playback, to tele-collaboration, electronic commerce and entertainment, with such applications as video-conferencing, telecommuting, video-on-demand, etc.
These expectations, which originate from the marketplace, have triggered a significant amount of research and development of multimedia systems during the last decade. The success of these efforts is due to the dramatic improvements in several fronts: technology, processing systems, operating systems, and high-speed networking. These advances have brought us to a new era where practical systems are designed and dispatched in the marketplace.
Telecommunication Systems is planning a special issue on multimedia to address this emerging technology. The issue will address all issues of multimedia systems with special focus on issues related to networking and telecommunication systems. Papers are solicited for this issue in the following areas (but not limited to):
| Dimitrios Serpanos | Chatschik Bisdikian | |
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Institute of Computer Science Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas Science and Technology Park of Crete P.O. Box 1385 (optional for express mail) GR-71110 Heraklion Greece |
IBM Research T. J. Watson Research Ctr. 30 Saw Mill River Rd. M/S H2-C24 Hawthorne, NY 10532 USA | |
E-mail: serpano@ics.forth.gr Tel: +30-81-39 16 63 Fax: +30-81-39 16 01 |
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| Intention to submit | ASAP | |
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| Manuscript submission | April 15, 1997 | |
| Acceptance notification | August 31, 1997 | |
| Final manuscript due | October 31, 1997 |