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From: mac@sei.cmu.edu (Michael Christel)
Subject: [NEWS] Welcome to IEEE/CS TC on Multimedia Computing
Message-ID: <1993Dec20.094324.12829@sei.cmu.edu>
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Keywords: technical committee, multimedia
Organization: Software Engineering Institute
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 09:43:24 EST
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Dear Multimedia Folks:

The quest for efficient processing and management of multimedia
data is leading to another stage of evolution in computer
technology affecting many computer science areas including
operating systems, database systems, programming languages,
communication and networking, hardware and computer human
interaction. Traditional computing principles cannot deal
efficiently with non-textual information such as images, video,
etc. Thus we need to provide a forum for practitioners and
researchers in industry and academia for the development of the
multimedia-related activities through the exchange of their
knowledge and experiences. The forum for this work was begun
almost two years ago with the formation of the Task Force on
Multimedia Computing at the IEEE Computer Society.

A Task Force (TF) is a temporary organization for initiating
technical activities. A Technical Committee (TC) is a formal
organization for further development of well-accepted activities of
greater importance. The "TF on Multimedia Computing" has been
converted into the "TC on Multimedia Computing" as of November
1993. Attached below is the organization of "TC on Multimedia
Computing." Anyone is free to participate in our TC. Your active
participation in the development of specific TC activities as a TC
member would be appreciated greatly. Please feel free to contact
me (ichikawa@huis.hiroshima-u.ac.jp) or Mike Christel
(mac@sei.cmu.edu), Secretary for TC on Multimedia Computing.

Sincerely,
Tadao Ichikawa, Chair for TC on Multimedia Computing

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TC on Multimedia Computing, IEEE/CS
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[Executive Committee Organization]

Chair: Tadao Ichikawa, Hiroshima University, Japan
Vice-Chair: Scott M. Stevens, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Secretary and Treasurer: Michael Christel, Carnegie Mellon
                         University
Newsletter Editor: Farokh B. Bastani, University of Houston

Members (Academia):
     Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA
     Nicolas D. Georganas, University of Ottawa, Canada
     Andy Hopper, University of Cambridge, UK
     Ramesh Jain, University of California at San Diego, USA
     Tom Little, University of Boston, USA
     Eric Neuhold, T.H. Darmstadt, Germany
     Masao Sakauchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
     Arun Sood, George Mason University, USA

Members (Industry):
     Laszlo A. Belady, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs., USA
     Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore, USA
     Philip Dodds, Interactive Multimedia Association (IMA), USA
     Oscar Garcia, NSF, USA
     Wolfgang Klas, GMD Darmstadt, Germany
     Daniel T. Ling, Microsoft, USA
     Peiya Liu, Siemens Corporate Research, USA
     Mark Miller, Apple, USA
     Ralf Steinmetz, IBM-European Network Center, Germany

[TC Subcommittee Organization]

Subcommittee (1) - Policy and Standards
     Chair: TBA
Subcommittee (2) - Applications
     Chair: Peiya Liu , Siemens, Cooperate Research, USA
Subcommittee (3) - Enabling Technology
     Chair: Nicolas D. Georganas, University of Ottawa, Canada
Subcommittee (4) - Conference and Workshop Planning
     Chair: Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA

[Steering Committee for ICMCS (Int'l Conf. on Multimedia
Computing and Systems)]

     Chair: Scott M. Stevens, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

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