ISBN: 0-7695-1198-8

Klimis S. Ntalianis, National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Nikolaos D. Doulamis, National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Stefanos D. Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Anastasios D. Doulamis, National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Kumi Jinzenji

Hiroshi Watanabe

Shigeki Okada

Naoki Kobayashi

Jun Xin, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington

Ming-Ting Sun, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington

KouSou Kan, ChungHwa Telecommunication Laboratories

Seong-cheol Heo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), KOREA

Kwang-deok Seo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), KOREA

Kyu-chan Roh, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), KOREA

Jae-kyoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), KOREA

Isao NAGAYOSHI, WASEDA University

Tsuyoshi HANAMURA, WASEDA University

Hiroyuki KASAI, WASEDA University

Hideyoshi TOMINAGA, WASEDA University

Phoom Sagetong, University of Southern California

Antonio Ortega, University of Southern California

Jen-Chung Chou, National Tsing Hua University

Yao-Jen Chang, National Tsing Hua University

Yung-Chang Chen, National Tsing Hua University

Shin OGATA

Kazumasa MURAI

Satoshi NAKAMURA

Shigeo MORISHIMA

SungChan Park

NamRye Son

JungHyun Kim

GueeSang Lee

Dmitry Zotkin, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Ramani Duraiswami, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Harsh Nanda, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Larry S. Davis, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Motoyuki Ozeki

Yuichi Nakamura, IEMS, University of Tsukuba, 305-8573, Japan

Yuichi Ohta, IEMS, University of Tsukuba, 305-8573, Japan

Munehiro Nakazato, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Atsuo Yoshitaka, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University

Masato Miyake, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University

Sangkeun Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Signal and Image Processing

Monson H. Hayes, III, Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Signal and Image Processing

Shu-Ching Chen, Distributed Multimedia Information System Laboratory

Mei-Ling Shyu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami

Cheng-Cui Zhang, Distributed Multimedia Information System Laboratory

R. L. Kashyap, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

Ba Tu Truong, Curtin University of Technology

Svetha Venkatesh, Curtin University of Technology

Nicu Sebe, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science

Michael S. Lew, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science

M. Bertini, Dipartimento Sistemi e Informatica

C. Colombo, Dipartimento Sistemi e Informatica

A. Del Bimbo, Dipartimento Sistemi e Informatica

Ye Wang, Nokia Research Center

Mohamed F. Mansour, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota

Ahmed H. Tewfik, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota

Guo-Shiang Ma

Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University

Jeng-Chun Chen, Philips Research East Asia

Myoung-Kyoung Ji

Tae-Uk Choi

So-Huyn Lee

Seong-Ho Park

Ki-Dong Chung

Shinji Yamanaka, Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Tokyo

Masato Kawamoto, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Science University of Tokyo

Takayuki Hamamoto, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Science University of Tokyo

Seiichiro Hangai, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Science University of Tokyo

Christian Maihofer, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed High Performance Systems

Kurt Rothermel, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed High Performance Systems

Shunan Lin, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University

Shiwen Mao, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University

Yao Wang, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University

Shivendra Panwar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University

Jen-Chun Chang, National Taiwan University

Wanjiun Liao, National Taiwan University

Kunihiko Takano, Shonan institute of technology

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Koki Sato, Shonan institute of technology

Alfons H. Salden, Telematica Instituut, Drienerlolaan 5, 7500 AN Enschede, The Netherlands

Jehan-François Pâris, University of Houston

Darrell D. E. Long, University of California

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Kevin Warwick, University of Reading

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B. Anantharaman, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

K.R. Ramakrishnan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

S.H. Srinivasan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Tsung-Han Tsai, National Central University Taiwan

Ya-Chau Yang, National Central University Taiwan

Lin Xiao, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798

Li Gang, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798

Li Zhengguo, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798

Chia Thien King, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798

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Qi Zhi, National University of Singapore

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Thomas S. Ray

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T. Oohashi

T. Maekawa

O. Ueno

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Rodney Berry, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories

AIsato Kataoka

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Atsuhito Sekiguchi

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Baback Moghaddam, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Qi Tian, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA

Thomas S. Huang, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA

Ronald Alferez, University of California at Santa Barbara

Yuan-Fang Wang, University of California at Santa Barbara

Lei Zhu, State University of New York at Buffalo

Chun Tang, State University of New York at Buffalo

Aibing Rao, State University of New York at Buffalo

Aidong Zhang, State University of New York at Buffalo

Chii-Tung Liu, Department of Computer Science National Tsing Hua University

Pol-Lin Tai, Department of Computer Science National Tsing Hua University

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Chen-Hsing Peng, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160. Taichungkang Road Sec. 3,

Tain Lee, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160. Taichungkang Road Sec. 3,

Jia-Shung Wang, Department of Computer Science National Tsing Hua University

Huaxin You

Edward Chang

Beitao Li

K. Inoue, Dept. of Visual Communication Design, Kyushu Institute of Design

K. Urahama, Dept. of Visual Communication Design, Kyushu Institute of Design

Changsheng Xu, The University of Sydney, Kent Ridge Digital Labs

Yongwei Zhu, Kent Ridge Digital Labs

David Dagan Feng, The University of Sydney

Hong-mei Liu, Dept. of Electronics, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R.China.

Ji-wu Huang, Dept. of Electronics, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R.China.

Zi-mei Xiao, Dept. of Electronics, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R.China.

Qiang Cheng, Beckman Inst. & ECE Dept., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801

Thomas S. Huang, Beckman Inst. & ECE Dept., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801

Hao Pan, Beckman Inst. & ECE Dept., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801

Guo-Shiang Lin, National Chung Cheng University

Tom C.- I.. Lin, National Chung Cheng University

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Mahfuzur Rahman, Panasonic Information and Networking Technologies Laboratory

Prabir Bhattacharya, Panasonic Information and Networking Technologies Laboratory

Sabu Emmanuel, National University of Singapore

Mohan S Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore

Liang-Gee Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Chung-Jr Lian, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Kuan-Fu Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Hong-Hui Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Ruby B. Lee, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

A. Murat Fiskiran, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

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Frans Sijstermans, TriMedia Technologies 1840 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas CA 95035, USA

Masafumi Takahashi, Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan

Tsuyoshi Nishikawa, Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan

Hideho Arakida, Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan

Tohru Furuyama, Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan

H.-J. Stolberg, Universitat Hannover, Germany

M. Berekovic, Universitat Hannover, Germany

P. Pirsch, Universitat Hannover, Germany

H. Runge, Robert Bosch GmbH Hildesheim, Germany

Takafumi Misawa

Kazumasa Murai

Satoshi Nakamura

Shigeo Morishima

Socrates Varakliotis, University College London

Jörn Ostermann, AT&T Labs - Research

Vicky Hardman, University College Londonv

Chih-Chang Chen, National Chung Cheng Univ.,

Oscal T.-C. Chen, National Chung Cheng Univ.,

Kuntal Sengupta

Ying Qiao

Chi Chung Ko

G. F. Fahmy, Arizona State University

J. Bhalod, Arizona State University

S. Panchanathan, Arizona State University

Milind R. Naphade, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ashutosh Garg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H.W. Chang

E.K. Kang

S.G. Jahng

H.K. Song

J.S. Choi

Nariman Habili, Adelaide University, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

Cheng-Chew Lim, Adelaide University, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

Alireza Moini, VLSI Group Leader, Intelligent Pixels Inc. R&D Center, Sanori House, 126 Grand Blvd.

Yu-Fei Ma, Microsoft Research, China

Hong-Jiang Zhang, Microsoft Research, China

Baoxin Li, Sharp Laboratories of America

M. Ibrahim Sezan, Sharp Laboratories of America

Hari Sundaram, Dept. Of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University,

Shih-Fu Chang, Dept. Of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University,

W. Zhao, Vision Technologies LabSarnoff Corporation Princeton, NJ 08540

L. Bogoni, Vision Technologies LabSarnoff Corporation Princeton, NJ 08540

M. Hansen, Vision Technologies LabSarnoff Corporation Princeton, NJ 08540

Hsuan-Huei Shih, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2564

Shrikanth S. Narayanan, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2564

C.-C. Jay Kuo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2564

Yongwei Zhu, RWCP* Information-Base Functions KRDL Laboratory, Kent Ridge Digital Labs

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Mohan Kankanhalli, School of Computing, National University of Singapore

Jyh-Shing Roger Jang, Multimedia Information Retrieval Laboratory

Hong-Ru Lee, Multimedia Information Retrieval Laboratory

Ming-Yang Kao, Multimedia Information Retrieval Laboratory

Kensuke Onishi

Michihiro Kobayakawa

Mamoru Hoshi

Tadashi Ohmori

A. Del Bimbo, Dipartimento Sistemi e Informatica - Universita di Firenze

E. Vicario, Dipartimento Sistemi e Informatica - Universita di Firenze

P. Pala

Liping CHEN, Nattional University of Singapore

Tat-Seng CHUA, Nattional University of Singapore

Cheng-Ta Yang

Long-Wen Chang

Qiang Cheng, Beckman Inst. and ECE Dept., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801

Thomas S. Huang, Beckman Inst. and ECE Dept., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL61801

Huang Daren

Liu Jiufen

Huang Jiwu

Liu Hongmei

Hyen-O Oh

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H. Fujii, NTT Cyber Solutions Laboratories

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Shih-Hsuan Yang, National Taipei University of Technology

Yi-Lan Chang, National Taipei University of Technology

Hsin-Chang Chen, National Taipei University of Technology

Masoud Alghoniemy

Ahamed H. Tewfik

Baochun Li, University of Toronto

Mukta Kar, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., USA

David Broberg, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., USA

Dorothy Raymond, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., USA

Xiaoyan Sun

Feng Wu

Shipeng Li

Wen Gao

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Hironori Komi, Digital Media Systems R&D Division, Hitachi, Ltd.

Antonio Ortega, University of Southern California

Yung-Chi Chang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Chao-Chih Huang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Hao-Chieh Chang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Hung-Chi Fang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Liang-Gee Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Hiroyuki Kasai

Mike Nilsson

Bing Zhang

Mehdi N. Shirazi

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Lin Luo, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P.R.China.

Jin Li, Microsoft Research, Signal Processing, One Microsoft Way, Bld. 113/3033, Redmond WA 98052

Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research China, Sigma Ctr. 49 Zhichun Rd, Haidian, Beijing, P.R.China

Zhenquan Zhuang, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P.R.China.

Ya-Qin Zhang, Microsoft Research China, Sigma Ctr. 49 Zhichun Rd, Haidian, Beijing, P.R.China

Shunichi Tano, University of Electro-Communications

Tomoaki Watahiki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Stephan Steglich, Technical University Berlin

Radu Popescu-Zeletin, Technical University Berlin

Junichi Hoshino, University of Tsukuba / PRESTO, JST

Yumi Hoshino, University of Tsukuba / PRESTO, JST

S. Sidney Fels, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada, {ssfels, matty}@ece.ubc.ca

Matt Yedlin, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada, {ssfels, matty}@ece.ubc.ca

ByongChul Ko

Jing Peng

Hyeran Byun

Shermann S.M. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, China

Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, China

Yi Wu, Department of Computer Science

Yueting Zhuang, Department of Computer Science

Peter Bosch, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Alex van Ballegooij, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Arjen P. de Vrie, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tatsuya Yamazaki, ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories

Juan Carlos De Martin, IRITI-CNR Politecnico di Torino C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24

Davide Quaglia, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Politecnico di Torino

Chia-Chen Kuo, National Taiwan University

Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University

Jeng-Chun Chen, Philips Research East Asia

Z. G. Li, Center for Signal Processing, Nanyang Technological University

X. Lin, Center for Signal Processing, Nanyang Technological University

X. Huang, Physics and Electronics Engineering University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia

Wen-Kuo Lin, The University of Adelaide

Alireza Moini, The University of Adelaide

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Takashi TAKAHASI, WASEDA University

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Belle L. Tseng, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

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Wing Ho Leung, Carnegie Mellon University

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Janet Chen, Philips Research

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Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University

Noriyuki Kurabayashi, Research Laboratories Seika-cho, Soraku-gun

Tatsuya Yamazaki, Research Laboratory Informatics, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun

Kazuo Hasuika, Research Laboratories Seika-cho, Soraku-gun

Taiichi Yuasa, Informatics, Kyoto University

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Ming-Ting Sun

Takanobu Nishiura, ATR Spoken Language Translation Research Laboratories

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Jonathan H. Manton, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.

Jonathan H. Manton, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.

G. Djuknic, Lucent Technologies

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Cheng-Fa Tsai, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, 91201

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Reinder J. Bril, Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven (PRLE)

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Chitra Dorai, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

Hrishikesh Aradhye, The Ohio State University

Jae-Chang Shim, Andong National University

Reetta Pitkänen, Dept. of Informatics, AUEB

Michalis Vazirgiannis, Dept. of Informatics, AUEB

George C. Polyzos, Dept. of Informatics, AUEB

Chung-Wei Lee, University of Florida

Jonathan C.L. Liu, University of Florida

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Keon Hyo Baek, Department of Computer Science, Pusan National University

YongWoon Park, Department of Computer Science, Dong-eui Institute of Technology

Ki Dong Chung, Department of Computer Science, Pusan National University

Tsukasa TANAKA

Yoshiyori URANO

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Marek R. Ogiela, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Institute of Automatics

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Mahfuzur Rahman, Panasonic Information and Networking Technologies Laboratory

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Sooyong Kang, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742 Korea

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H. Sakamoto, NTT Cyber Solutions Laboratories

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Atsuo Yoshitaka, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University

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Keiji Yanai, The University of Electro-Communications, JAPAN

Florin Lohan, Signal Processing Laboratory & Digital Media Institute

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Kang Zhang, Dept of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas

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Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei, 251, Taiwan

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G. Ghinea, Department of Information Systems and Computing Brunel University

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Xiaohui Gu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Y. Dai, Faculty of software and information science Iwate Pref. University

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Noboru BABAGUCHI, ISIR, Osaka University

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Ying Li, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2564

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Kanji AKAHORI, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Mitsuru Ikeda, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

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Shoji Kajita, Center for Information Media Studies, Nagoya University

Akihiko Koga, Systems Development Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd. Hitachi System Plaza Shinkawasaki,

Kiyoshi NAKABAYASHI, NTT-X, Inc., Advanced Learning Infrastructure Consortium naka@nttx.co.jp

Shigeo MORISHIMA

Shin OGATA

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Kenji Mase, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories

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Ryohei Nakatsu, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories

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Jianming Qiu, Microsoft Research China No. 49 Zhichun Road, Beijing

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Ya-Qin Zhan, Microsoft Research China No. 49 Zhichun Road, Beijing

T. M. Liu

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Mei-Ling Shyu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 331v24, USA

Shu-Ching Chen, Distributed Multimedia Information System Laboratory

Hongli Luo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 331v24, USA