Enclosed please find detailed hotel and conference registration information for ACM Multimedia '93, plus the advance program. Sincere apologies if you get multiple copies of this note (since this has been mailed to multiple mailing lists). If you do not want to be in multimedia related mailing lists, please send a message to: acm-mm93@cs.ucsd.edu ************************** ACM MULTIMEDIA 93 **************************** FIRST ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA (co-located with SIGGRAPH 93) (SIGBIO, SIGCHI, SIGCOMM, SIGGRAPH, SIGIR, SIGLINK, and SIGOIS) 1-6 August 1993, Anaheim, California General Chair: J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, University of California, Santa Cruz and SRI International Steering Comm. Chair: E.A. Fox, Virginia Poly. Inst. State Univ. Program Chair: P.V. Rangan, University of California, San Diego ************************************************************************** *********************** REGISTRATION INFORMATION ************************* REGISTRATION FORM SIGGRAPH 93 and Multimedia 93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Identification. Your badge will read exactly as shown here. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ First name Middle initial Last name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Job title Telephone (area code, number _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Organization _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Street address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ City State/province Postal code Country _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______________________________ Fax Email _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____Non-member(NM) ____Student (SM) ACM or SIG IEEE Member # Must attach a copy of ACM Membership card or valid student identification card. REGISTRATION INFORMATION l. Complete both sides of this form. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Enclose payment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See the page opposite the table of contents for what's included in your registration. Fees are shown on the other side of this form. Checks and money orders ($US) should be made payable to "ACM SIGGRAPH 93". No forms are processed without accompanying payment. Payment must equal the amount indicated at the bottom of the other side of this form. Refund requests must be made in writing and postmarked on or before 12 July. There is a processing fee of $50. 3. Mail or fax before the deadline 25 June Early registration discount ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ l2 July Advance registration ~~~~~~~ Registration forms received after l2 July cannot be processed in time for the conference. For registration received after 12 July, you are required to repay your registration fees on site and apply for a refund of the original payment. Send form and payment to: ACM SIGGRAPH 93 P.O. Box 953l6 Chicago, IL 60694-53l6 USA Or fax both sides of this form with credit card information to : 312.321.6876 For more information, call: SIGGRAPH 93 Conference Management 312.321.6830 4. Fax early ~~~~~~~~~ If you pay by credit card, you may fax your registration form. Both sides of your completed registration form must be faxed to process your registration. Keep a copy of your fax transmission report to verify that your fax was received by SIGGRAPH in the event there is a problem. It is strongly recommended that you fax your registration well in advance of the Friday, 25 June early registration discount deadline. Heavy fax volume is expected at this time and SIGGRAPH 93 is not responsible for faxes not received due to busy phone lines. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ Do not include my name or address on any published list of attendees.(NL) ___ Do not include my telephone number on any published list of attendees.(PL) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ If, due to a disability, you have special needs or requirements, please let us know in the space provided below, and we will do our best to accomodate you. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Registration Form Continued _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Full name MULTIMEDIA REGISTRATION ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Multimedia papers/panels (Wednesday - Friday) Includes Multimedia papers/panels, papers/panels reception; exhibition; and one copy of the "Multimedia 93 Conference Proceedings". Fees Postmarked Member Non-Member Student on or before 25 June $275 $370 $l05 after 25 June 345 4l5 l40 Multimedia plus (Tuesday - Friday) Includes Multimedia and SIGGRAPH papers/panels, papers/panels reception; exhibition; one electronic theater ticket; and one copy of the "Multimedia 93 Conference Proceedings". Fees Postmarked Member Non-Member Student on or before 25 June $370 S495 S185 after 25 June 460 550 235 MULTIMEDIA REGISTRATION FEE ----------- | | ---------- Electronic Theater One ticket per person, not per registration category, is included with registration. Please circle the showing you prefer. We will attempt to accomodate your request. Circle one: Tues. 7:30P PM Wed. 7:30 PM Thurs. 7:30 PM PAYMENT ~~~~~~~ _______ Payment is enclosed. Make check or money order ($US) payable to "ACM SIGGRAPH 93". _____American Express _____MasterCard _____Visa Number ______________________ Exp. date _______ Name exactly as it appears on the credit card: ______________________________________________ Total Payment (SUS) REGISTRATION FEES __________ Billing address ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Signature ____________________________________________________________ ************************************************************************** *************************** HOTEL INFORMATION **************************** ATI Travel Management is the official housing coordinator for SIGGRAPH93 and MULTIMEDIA 93. Reservations at discounted conference rates are available ONLY through ATI. All reservation information should be mailed, or sent by email BEFORE 30 June 1993 to: ATI TRAVEL MANAGEMENT, INC. 401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60611-4267, USA FAX: 312.644.6369 EMAIL: travel.s93@siggraph.org Confirmations, Cancellations, and Changes: Reservtions are confirmed by mail. Any cancellations and changes may be made directly with ATI Travel Management by calling 800.477.7514 (United States and Canada, excluding Illinois) or 312.644.6642; by fax 312.644.6369; or by email: travel.s93@siggraph.org Special Requirements: If due to a disability, you have special needs or requirements, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you. ========================================================================= HOTEL RESERVATION FORM (Please print or type) NAME: __________________________________________________________ Organization:____________________________________________________ Street Address:__________________________________________________ City:__________________ State/province:__________________ Postal Code:___________ Country:_________________ Area code and phone number:______________________________________ Fax number:_______________________________________ HOTEL PREFERENCE AND RATE CHOICE: ATI will do its best to accommodate you at your first hotel choice. However, in the event that is not possible, please indicate a second choice. Frist Choice: Hotel: ______________________________________________ Room Rate: __________________________________________ Second Choice: Hotel: ______________________________________________ Room Rate: __________________________________________ RESERVATION REQUEST: Please supply the following information for each room required Arrival Date: ____________________________ Departure Date: __________________________ Single:______ Double: _________ Rate Requested:____________________ Share Room with:______________________________________ RESERVATION GUARANTEE: It is necessary to guarantee your first night's stay by credit card. Credit Card Name: _________________________________________ Credit Card Number: _______________________________________ Expiration Date: __________________________ Signature: ________________________________________________ ========================================================================== ANAHEIM HOTELS Hotel Single Double Parking -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anaheim Hilton and Towers (Standard) $115 $127 $6/day self 714-750-4321 (Deluxe) 132 143 $8 valet (Lanai) l43 154 in/out priv. Anaheim International Inn*/** 59 59 N/C 714-971-9393 Anaheim Marriott l09 l09 $5 self 714-750-8000 $12 valet HEADQUARTERS HOTEL in/out priv. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Conestoga Hotel** 79 85 N/C 714-535-0300 Convention Center Inn* 44 54 N/C 714-740-2500 Disneyland Hotel** 105 115 $10 self 714-778-6600 $13 valet in/out priv. Doubletree Hotel** 105 115 $4/day self 714-634-4500 $6 valet in/out priv. The Grand Hotel** 88 94 N/C 714-772-7777 Holiday Inn Anaheim** 77 84 N/C 714-750-2801 Hyatt Regency Alicante** 98 108 $4/day self 714-750-1234 $8 valet in/out priv. Inn at the Park 95 95 $1/hour 714-750-1811 $7 max/24 hrs. in/out priv. Jolly Roger Inn (Economy) 70 75 N/C 714-772-7621 (Deluxe) 80 85 Pan Pacific Hotel** 85 85 $6/day self 714-999-0990 $8/day valet in/out priv. Plaza Hotel** 82 82 $4/day self 714-772-5900 in/out priv. Quality Hotel 85 85 $4/day self 714-750-3131 in/out priv. Raffles Inn*/** 54 54 N/C 714-750-6100 Sheraton Anaheim** 99 99 N/C 714-778-1700 Stardust Best Western*/** 44 44 N/C 714-774-7600 Travelodge Convention Side 55 55 N/C 714-774-8065 Travelodge Maingate** 55 55 N/C 714-635-6550 * Includes complimentary continental breakfast ** Includes SIGGRAPH 93 shuttle service ************************************************************************* **************************** ADVANCE PROGRAM **************************** Monday, 2 August 1993: Courses Designing Multimedia Environments for Children (Full Day), A. Druin, Scitex America, and C. Solomon, Wheeling Jesuit College Multimedia Systems: A Guided Tour (Full Day), B. Furht, Florida Atlantic Univ., and M. Milenkovic, IBM Concept of Color, Video, and Compression (Full Day), C.A. Poynton, Sun MCC, D. Farber, Sonrisa, E.F. Morrison, Ampex Corp. Tuesday, 3 August 1993: Courses Survey of Formal Standards for Multimedia Systems (Full Day), B.J. Shepherd (Organizer), IBM Corp. Copyright Protection for Software, Graphics, and Multimedia (Half Day), P. Samuelson, Univ. of Pittsburg Multimedia and Multimodal Parsing (Half Day), K. Wittenburg, Bellcore Structured Design of Hypermedia Applications (Half Day), F. Garzotto and P. Paolini, Politecnico di Milano Large Multimedia Databases (Half Day) R. Jain, Univ. of California, San Diego Wednesday, 4 August 1993 10:15-12:00 Noon: Keynote Session Chair: J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UC Santa Cruz SRI Int'l Keynote Speaker: Trip Hawkins, President and CEO, The 3DO Company 1:30-3:15 PM: Communication Protocols Chair: H. Terada, Osaka University Optimistic Strategies for Large-Scale Dissemination of Multimedia Information, R. Yavatkar, L. Manoj, Univ. of Kentucky MCAM: An Application Layer Protocol for Movie Control, Access, and Management, R. Keller, W. Effelsberg, Univ. of Manheim Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation in FDDI Networks, Q. Zheng, K.G. Shin, Univ. of Michigan 1:30-3:15 PM, Panel: Digital Libraries of the Future Chair: E.A. Fox, Virginia Poly. Inst. State Univ. 3:30-5:00 PM: Compression and Coding Chair: G. Wallace, The 3DO Company Real-Time Software-Based Video Coder for Multimedia Communication Systems, H.C. Huang, J.H. Huang, J.L. Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Performance of a Software MPEG Video Decoder, K. Patel, B.C. Smith, and L.A. Rowe, University of California, Berkeley Transform Coding of Arbitrarily-Shaped Image Segments, S.F. Chang and D.G. Messerschmitt, University of California, Berkeley 3:30-5:00 PM: Content-Based Retrieval Chair: P. Mantey, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz Salient Video Stills: Content and Context Preserved, L. Teodosio and W. Bender, MIT Media laboratory Facial Image Retrieval, Identification, and Inference System J.K. Wu, Y.H. Ang, P. Lam, K. Moorthy, and A.D. Narasimhalu, ISS, National University of Singapore, Singapore A Multimedia Mineral Retrieval System D. Cakmakov and D. Davcev, Kiril and Metodij University, Macedonia. Thursday, 5 August 1993 8:30-10:15 AM: Communication Systems Chair: J.R. Cox, Washington Univ. High-Bandwidth Multimedia Conferencing through a Long-Haul Packet Network, C. Elliott, BBN Systems and Technologies Media Scaling with HeiTS, L. Delgrossi, C. Halstrick, D. Hehmann, R.G. Herrtwich, O. Krone, J. Sandvoss, C. Vogt, IBM European Networking Center, Germany A Multimedia Client to the IBM LAN Server, M. Baugher, S. French, A. Stephens, I. Van Horn, IBM LAN Systems The Vidboard: A Video Capture and Processing Peripheral for a Distributed Multimedia System, J.F. Adam and D.L. Tennenhouse, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science 8:30-10:15 AM: Hypermedia Chair: I. Ritchie, Owl International An Introduction to the Future MHEG International Standard for Hypermedia Object Interchange, R. Price, CER IBM-France, France HyOctane: A HyTime Engine for an MMIS, J. F. Koegel, L.W. Rutledge, J.L. Rutledge, and C. Keskin, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Open Architecture for Multimedia Documents, B.R. Gaines, University of Calgary, Canada 10:30-12:00 Noon: Media Synchronization Chair: J.O. Limb, Hewlett Packard A Synchronization and Communication Model for Distributed Multimedia Objects, N.U. Qazi, M. Woo, and A. Ghafoor, Purdue Univ. Synchronization Models for Multimedia Presentation with User Participation, B. Prabhakaran and S.V. Raghavan, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Specification of Multimedia Composition and a Visual Programming Environment, S. Eun, E.S. No, H.C. Kim, H. Yoon, S.R. Maeng, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 10:30-12:00 Noon, Panel: Networked Multimedia Emerging Software Architectures Co-Chairs: R. Pearson, Sun Microsystems Computer Corp., R. Aronoff, Sunsoft 10:30-12:00 Noon: Multimedia Toolkits Chair: M. Brown, DEC Systems Research Center Toolkit for Shared Hypermedia on a Distributed Object Oriented Architecture, R. Trehan, N. Sawashima, K. Yamaguchi, and K. Hasebe, Toshiba Research and Development Center, Japan CMIFed: A Presentation Environment for Portable Hypermedia Documents, G. van Rossum, J. Jansen, K.S. Mullender, and D.C.A. Butlerman, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands Programming the Multimodal Interface, E.P. Glinert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.M. Blattner, University of California, Davis 1:30-3:15 PM: Delay-Sensitive Retrieval Chair: P.B. Berra, Syracuse University Multimedia Network File Servers: Multi-Channel Delay Sensitive Data Retrieval, D.J. Gemmell, Simon Fraser University Optimization of the grouped Sweeping Scheduling (GSS) with Heterogeneous Multimedia Streams, M.S. Cheng, P.S. Yu, D.D. Kandlur, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Disk Scheduling in a Multimedia I/O System, A.L. Narasimha Reddy and J. Wyllie, IBM Almaden Research Center 1:30-3:15 PM: Using Video in Group Collaboration Chair: J. Rosenberg, Bellcore What Video Can and Can't Do for Collaboration, E.A. Isaacs and J.C. Tang, SunSoft Where We Were: Making and Using Near-Synchronous, Pre-narrative Video, S.L. Minneman and S.R. Harrison, Xerox PARC Architectures for Multi-Source Multi-User Video Compositing, L.C. Yun, University of California, Berkeley 3:30-5:00 PM: Video Processing Chair: D. DeGroot, Texas Instruments Projection Detecting Filter for Video Cut Detection, K. Otsuji and Y. Tonomura, NTT Human Interface Laboratories, Japan MPEGTool: An X Window Based MPEG Encoder and Statistics Tool, T. Urabe, H. Afzal, G. Ho, P. Pancha, M. El Zarki, Univerity of Pennsylvania Image Processing on Compressed Data for Large Video Databases, F. Arman, A. Hsu, and M.Y. Chiu, Siemens Corporate Research 3:30-5:00 PM, Panel: Multimedia Publishing Chair: R. Rada, University of Liverpool Friday, 6 August 1993 8:30-10:15 AM: Network Performance Chair: A. Lazar, Columbia University Analysis of Video Conferencing on a Token Ring Local Area Network, S.M. Crimmins, IBM and Duke University Algorithms and Performance Evaluation of the Xphone Multimedia Communication System, A. Eleftheriadis, S. Pejhan, and D. Anastassiou, Columbia University A Performance Analysis of the IBM Subsystem Control Block Architecture in a Video Conferencing Environment, K. Huynh, IBM Corp. and T. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University 8:30-10:15 AM: Authoring Chair: P. Dewan, Purdue University Object Composition and playback Model for Handling Multimedia Data, R. Hamakawa and J. Rekimoto, NEC Corp., Japan Structured Multimedia Authoring, L. Hardman, G. van Rossum, D.C.A. Bulterman, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands A Multimedia Testbed, V. de Mey and S. Gibbs, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland 10:30-12 Noon: Documents Chair: E. Hoffert, Apple Computer Synchronization in the MAEstro Multimedia Authoring Environment, G.D. Drapeau, Stanford University Automatic Temporal layout Mechanisms, ` M.C. Buchanan and P.T. Zellweger, Xerox PARC CircusTalk: An Orchestration Service for Distributed Multimedia, Y.S. Gutfreund, J. Diaz-Gonzales, R. Sasnett, and V. Phuah, GTE Laboratories 10:30-12 Noon, Panel: The Future of Video Dial Tone: Chair: Gene Miller, NYNEX 1:30-3:15 PM: Video Servers Chair: S. Christodoulakis, Technical University of Crete News On-Demand for Multimedia Networks, G. Miller, NYNEX, G. Baber, and M. Gilliland, Dow Jones Streaming RAID: A Disk Storage System for Video and Audio Files, F.A. Tobagi, J. Pang, R. Baird, and M. Gang, Starlight Networks Multi-resolution Video Representation for Parallel Disk Arrays, T. Chiueh, State University of New York 1:30-3:15 PM: Information Access Chair: F. Golshani, Arizona State University Panoramic Overviews for navigational Real-World Scenes, L. Teodosio, Media Lab, M. Mills, Apple Computer Design of an Information Skimming Space, M. Ohkubo, N. Kobayashi, and T. Nakagawa, NTT Human Interface laboratories, Japan Phoneshell: The Telephone as a Computer Terminal, C. Schmandt, MIT Media Laboratory 3:30-5:00 PM: Collaboration Systems Chair: S. Ahuja, AT T Bell Laboratories CECED: A System for Informal Multimedia Collaboration, E.J. Craighill,, R. Lang, K. Skinner, and M. Fong, SRI International Collaborative Multimedia Scientific Design in SHASTRA, V. Anupam and C.L. Bajaj, Purdue University The BERKOM Multimedia Collaboration Service, M. Alternfofen, DEC CEC, et al. 3:30-5:00 PM: Support for Video Applications Chair: G. Davenport, MIT Media Lab Integrating Video into an Application Framework, P. Schnorf, Canon Information Systems VideoScheme: A Programmable Video Editing System for Automation and Media Recognition, J. Matthews, Dartmouth College, P. Gloor, MIT, F. Makedon, Dartmouth College A Digital On-Demand Video Service Supporting Content-Based Queries, T.D.C. Little, R.J. Folz, F.W. Reeve, D.H. Schelleng, and S.D. Venkatesh, Boston University