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InfoWin User Group to Help Us Improve Services Trying to bridge the gap between the ACTS projects and the general R&D community, InfoWin offers a unique information window for the ACTS projects that want to reach out. One way to do this is to regularely publish information about the projects and to feature developments within in the projects which might have a great impact on the future of telecommunications.
In order to improve the quality of this service, InfoWin is creating a user group - open to individuals both from within the ACTS universe as well as from outside, eventually getting our audience more involved in what we do. The following quality aspects should be adressed by such a group:
We ask for people who are interested in increasing the visibilíty of the ACTS programme: either ACTS projects managers, or people concerned with the future of the information society. You will be in direct contact with InfoWin marketing people, and have considerably influence on our production. Your participation is important to us! Please contact Serge Soudoplatoff, marketing manager of InfoWin.
By Serge Soudoplatoff, CP2i, 30.10.1996
EXPERTs on ATM within the ACTS Programme
Much work on ATM is being done within the ACTS Programme. Like many others, the project focuses, in particular, on ATM network performance. EXPERT intends to determine critical factors in ensuring the maintenance of an end-to-end QoS (Quality of Service) when integrating different service types (ABR, CBR, UBR, real-time and non real-time VBR).
In the set-up procedure of an ATM connection, the source and the network make a contract defining the amount of bandwith, constant or variable, and the QoS in terms of tolerances for the time transparency (information delay) and semantic transparency (information loss). This contract is the great advantage that ATM offers. However, it is difficult to make the most of it, due to the complexity of having multiple service types.
EXPERT, housed on two sites, Basle, Switzerland (ex-EXPLOIT), and in Leidschendam, The Netherlands (ex-TRIBUNE), tries to understand these issues and others using the EXPERT Platform at the Swiss National Host.
All work of EXPERT is published in deliverables (the files are uuencoded but you can easily uudecode them).
By Jaume Llardén Prieto, Swiss Telecom PTT, 25.10.1996
Call for Papers on Virtual Studios 
The last years have seen the introduction of "virtual studios" (also called "virtual sets") within the video production and broadcast industry. Several products are now on the market and most major broadcasters are planning trials in order to become better acquainted with the capabilities of virtual studios. The Institute for Media Communication of GMD (German National Research Center for Information Technology ), project coordinator of DVP (Distributed Video Production) and IEEE Multimedia have now launched a call for papers on Virtual Studios concentrating on the technical aspects of their realization. This includes among others the following topics:
In addition to a manuscript, authors may also submit extra material (such as video clips or additional images) which will be placed on IEEE Multimedia's web site . In this case the manuscript should have a sidebar explaining what is on the Web. Submissions should be send in electronic format by November 15 to Dr. Simon Gibbs at the Institute for Media Communication, GMD.
Generally virtual studio systems operate by compositing live "blue screen" shots with 3D imagery rendered in real time and synchronized with camera motion. Virtual studios are highly demanding applications since rendering must occur at high rates (typically 50 or 60 Hz) and camera tracking must be extremely accurate. Currently this requires expensive hardware but the benefits are manyfold: the ability to quickly create and modify sets, reduced set construction and storage costs, greater creative freedom in set design, and the possibility of viewing effects live rather than during post-production. One example of a state-of-the-art service is DRUMS offered by Silicon Graphics and Sprint in California.
In the ACTS project DVP leading European broadcasters, computer, communication and media technology providers have started an innovation initiative in remote controlling, production, post-production and dissemination of digital video and multimedia material. DVP will enable TV producers to improve the economic efficiency and the time to market of broadcast program production by using a Distributed Virtual Studio. The starting point in DVP is the basic technology for transferring studio-quality digital video over broadband networks (ATM) and for video coding and compression. ATM allows TV producers a "studio on demand" approach which could save equipment costs and reduce time for training and manpower. External service providers will link the production environment via ATM to virtual studios. A transatlantic link will be used between European partners and an American supercomputing centre for real-time simulations.
First pre-trials have been performed successfully. SWF, a German broadcaster, recorded the award ceremonies for an International Video Art competition in a virtual studio that was delivered in real time over ATM. Live camera tracking data from the recording site, a blue room studio in Baden-Baden, was sent to GMD in Bonn over 300 km away. Using an SGI Onyx/RealityEngine2, GMD rendered the virtual studio synchronized with the remote camera motion. A broadcast quality signal was sent back to SWF over a 155 Mbps ATM connection. The virtual studio was then chroma-keyed with the live camera signal and recorded.
The European Commission, DGXIII-B is publishing a quarterly newsletter on Interactive Digital Multimedia Services. The next issue, due January 97, will addresd all aspects of digital video production. ACTS projects are requested to contribute to the newsletter. For information on how to submit papers please contact Eric Badique at DGXIII-B.
By Peter Christ, DeTeBerkom, 28.10.1996
ARUBA Makes Europe's Largest Telemedicine Network Possible 
One year ago, the Berlin Virchow Klinikum has been connected with other hospitals in the region of Berlin-Brandenburg to form the largest telemedicine network in Europe. The joint administration of distributed hospitals, located up to 50 km apart, was realised by the ARUBA project. ARUBA stands for "ATM Pilot model installation supporting the implementation, operation and application of innovative network technology in telemedicine. The project was initiated by DeTeBerkom GmbH to implement a reference communication infrastructure for hospitals which benefits both physicians and patients. .
One of the partners in ARUBA is Dr. Eckard Fleck, chief cardiologist at the German Heart Centre in Berlin. Instead of long-winding preliminary examinations he now takes the patient file from his workstation and accesses all necessary information via remote database. The response time is extremely short. Images of complex graphics, high resolution medical findings as radiology and ultra-sound photographs appear without delay. An integrated video-conferencing system enables Prof. Fleck to discuss with his assistant medical director the workload of the day. Although they are working in different buildings of the campus they can discuss the patient file, the results of the examination and all related to each case. This state-of-the-art scenario will be enhanced in a follow-up project, dubbed BERMED. For further information please contact project manager Sylvio Fuchs .
The backbone of the communication infrastructure is formed by the hospital-wide ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) network. Central ATM nodes provide transmission speed of up to 622 Mbit/s for extremely time critical applications. This equals the simultaneous transmission of one hundred X-ray high resolution images. New ATM specific communication services and applications in routine operation have been integrated to support users in hospitals, i.e. physicians, administrative staff and scientists. Via the ATM pilot network of Deutsche Telekom AG world-wide access is available.
By the end of this year additional hospitals in the region Berlin-Brandenburg will be connected. Future plans are to enhance the applications towards other sectors of telemedicine as neuro-surgery, pathology and research in general. Successful international trials have demonstrated the feasibility of world-wide applications. Another project jointly undertaken by DeTeBerkom and the Virchow Klinikum is CHIN, an initiative of the Telematics programme to establish regional Co-operative Health Information Networks.
By Peter Christ, DeTeBerkom, 28.10.1996
Video on Demand for Iceland In the AMUSE (Advanced MUltimedia Services for Residential Users) project, a consortium of major European telecommunications companies and universities undertake extensive trials of digital interactive multimedia services across Europe.The Icelandic trial site is characterised by a small but technologically advanced community, which gives the island a distinct place in the AMUSE research project.
The Icelandic project members are the Post and Telecom Iceland (PTI), the University of Iceland and Nyherji Ltd., the former IBM company in Iceland. PTI is building a FTTC/FTTB access and core network with an ATM end to end connectivity. The network will connect residential users to interactive, multimedia services such as Video on Demand. The goal is to offer a wide range of different interactive multimedia services to the participating users. Co-operation with content and service provides for a Home Banking, Home Shopping, News on Demand and Video on Demand services has been established and the design and development of this services are well underway.
The first demonstration phase will take place during a three month period, presumably from March to May 1997. Ten homes will be connected to the ATM network and supplied with the necessary equipment, i.e. set-top boxes provided by Online Media (UK). In the second demonstration phase in early 1998, approximately 100 homes are planned to participate in the Icelandic trial.
By Ari Johannsson, PTI, 29.10.1996
SQUALE Makes Safety and Security Evaluation Easier Everybody recognises that all systems must be protected against threats and risks. However, safety and security are often in opposition. For instance, safety requires that people should badge to enter a place. But security requires doors to be easily opened in case of fire. Fortunately, tools and methods are quite the same for both domains. Many norms that deal with those problems. ISTEC, developed in Europe, has gained world-wide fame. Apart from this one, 150 other norms have been identified by SQUALE.
"There is a strong need for harmonising the evaluation criteria regarding safety and security," says SQUALE's project manager Pierre Corneillie. There are too many different norms, which makes it difficult to evaluate a system. Given the right evaluation criteria however, any system's design can be evaluated, regardless whether it contains hardware, software, or humans. For instance, the capacity of a network to react against intrusion can be avaluated. A first version of the evaluation criteria has already been delivered to the European Commission in August. Having been tested on nuclear power plant management, it contains a dictionary of terms, and a framework for safety analysis.
The framework can be used by ACTS projects. As the need for safety and security is very crucial in the telecommunication world, projects are welcome to discuss with SQUALE.
By Serge Soudoplatoff, CP2i, 26.10.1996
European Telework Week The second European Telework Week (ETW '96) provides opportunities for everyone interested in telework - employers, teleworkers, unions, suppliers of telework technologies and services, policy makers and environmentalists. Starting on November 4 with the "European Assembly of Telework and News Ways of Working" in Vienna (see also below), ETW '96 aims to build on last year's success to achieve even wieder public attention. Organisations throughout Europe will host international, national, regional and local events and activities. With European Commissioner Martin Bangemann serving as "patron" for ETW, there's no doubt that the European Commission's most senior executives are putting their full support behind the many telematics/teleworking initiatives across Europe.
The first European Teleworking Week saw over 30 registered events accross Europe. Activities ranged from key international events like the Austrian ACTS/National Hists Conference: A Day in the Information Society, 2nd European Assembly on Telework in Rome and Tomorrow's Workplace in London, to grass roots "open days" at telecottages und telecentres.
For more information check the European Telework On-Line, or email etw96-info@eto.org.uk
By Reinhard Geiger, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 31.10.1996
European Charter for Telework 
European Assembly of Telework and News Ways of Working a consensus building initiative of the European Commission/DGXIII, is designed to support and enable Europe to better adopt, implement and benefit from increases in information technology enhanced distributed working. The initiative is creating a European Charter for Telework to be signed by influential organisations and employers throughout Europe in order to promote telework in their constituencies. The European Charter of Telework will work out 6 Memorandums of Understanding on:
The main objective of DIPLOMAT is to reach consensus on socially attractive and economically efficient new patterns of work. Signatures play an important role to raise awareness of the benefits of advanced communications technology and new working methods. Signatories are employers organisations, labour unions, professional bodies, SME associations, government departments and other European institutions. MoUs should accelerate the adoption and use of ACTS technologies at work and in the society. To become a signatory please contact Josef Hochgerner, Center for Social Innovation, Vienna. Over 1000 high level signatures are expected by 1998.
DIPLOMAT is involved in European Assembly of Telework and News Ways of Working, the 3rd European Assembly on Telework and New Ways of Working. The conference is organised by the European Community Telework Forum (ECTF) in association with the European Commission, the City of Vienna, the Federal Ministry of Science, Transport and Arts of Austria, the Chamber of Labour of Vienna and the Association of European Trade Unions. The conference will take place November 4-6, 1996 in Vienna, Austria. Linked to the conference, a signatory meeting of DIPLOMAT will bring together important public and private actors in the field of telework.
By Peter Christ, DeTeBerkom, 28.10.1996
Ericsson Hops the ADSL Bandwaggon Frustratingly slow Internet access will be a thing of the past when Ericsson´s new Cobra World Wide Web system is deployed in public telecom networks. Teaming up with Motorola, the leading Swedish telecom equipment manufacturer has recently presented an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL - see also ACTS NewsClips Nr. 09 and 11) access solution for the use in existing copper telecommunications infrastructures - allowing high-speed on-line access for Internet services, remote LAN access, and interactive video services (e.g. Video On Demand).
Ericsson has developed the Cobra World Wide Web as an Internet solution for copper networks. First prototypes had been shown at CommunicAsia '96 in Singapore in June. The Cobra World Wide Web (WWW) transmission system splits a standard telephony line into two channels. One channel, the low-band, is used for voice communications, whereas the high-band is used for data communications at 512 kbps. Expanding the data communications capacity of an ordinary copper subscriber, this new development will speed up Internet access by a factor of 30. And at the same time, it will give each subscriber a separate channel for POTS or ISDN, so s/he can make and receive telephone calls during Internet sessions. The public telecom network will in effect become an Internet sub-net, with special traffic concentration and routing features that will cut the costs of Internet transit within the network. These enhanced Internet services should be esspecially attractive to small businesses and residential users, including teleworkers who spend some or all of their time working from home.
By Ari Johannsson, PTI, 29.10.1996
Storm Clouds Over the Swiss Internet Market 
Swiss Telecom PTT has won the first battle in a war that has just begun: the Swiss Federal Court ruled on September 25 that the monopolist for telephony can continue its new Internet service . This service, available since September 16, provides an online access to the Internet with local rates for all customers in Switzerland who use the new "0842" phone number. The most controversial point being that Blue Window, a subsidiary of Telecom PTT, has to pay the difference to Telecom PTT when the phone call in fact is long distance.
Several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have sued Swiss Telecom PTT because of unfair competition by cross subsidizing its lucrative telephone services. "Telecom PTT speaks of an investment of SFr 100 million (MECU 62,85). But this money will be used only to finance the dumping over the prices with the 0842", says Maurize Inzirillo of Biel/Bienne based ISP Bielstar, a supporter of the Freedom on the Internet initiative. This alliance of local ISP claims that "blue window" plans to destroy the multicoloured variety information on the Internet. "Already now, a year before liberation of the telecommunication market, Telecom PTT is trying, with the help of illegitimate and unfair means, to support its till now from the law protected monoply", aiming to destroy the private sector market.
According to Bielstar, "after the first wave of protest Telecom PTT was willing to offer the controversial telephone number 0842 to the swiss ISPs, which allows providers to maintain a nationwide access facility. However without any guarantee of its functionality and at runious conditions. The swiss fair trade commission has started to investigate this matter."
"Blue Window pays to Telecom PTT for the facilities the same amount of money that any other customer would pay, and although now we finance it, because it's a new service, in a short time it will be capable of financing itself", replys Hans Rüegsegger, number 3 of the Swiss Telecom PTT in an interview for the L'Hebdo newspaper.
All this happens just two weeks before the alliance of Swiss Online and Newtelco, a recently formed communications joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways SBB, retailer Migros and Credit Suisse/UBS bank, is scheduled to enter the competition for the Swiss Internet market. Swiss Online aims to have set up 26 access nodes for its online services throughout Switzerland by the end of this year. Under a strategic collaboration agreement with Microsoft, Swiss Online has announced it will offer MSN's 12,000 clients in Switzerland priority access to the Internet - at prices 10 to 20% below Telecom PTT's prices.
The juicy part of the story: Two state owned companies now compete for the Swiss Internet surfers: Swiss Federal Railways own a state-of-the-art fibre optical net which so far has only run the SBB's Datarail communications and theoretically make al Swiss railway stations an access node. The other partners in the Newtelco venture throw in their Ubinet (UBS) and M-Netz (Migros).
By Reinhard Geiger, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 24.10.1996
PROMS '96 - Papers on Multimedia Systems Available 
Readers interested in multimedia systems can now download the presented at the Third International Workshop on Protocols for Multimedia Systems . Sponsored by IEEE and ACM, this workshop took place in Madrid, from October 15 to 17.
Twenty seven papers were presented, grouped in the following technical sessions:
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In addition to the technical sessions, the event featured several keynote addresses, tutorials, and panel sessions, plus an exhibition of multimedia workstations, broadband communication equipment, and results of research projects.
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The ACTS Programme was represented in PROMS'96 in two ways. Firstly, one of the keynote addresses was given by Michel Roy, from EC DG XIII. Michel Roy is in charge of the TEN-IBC action and is the EC co-ordinator for the ACTS concertation domain on High Speed Networking. In his talk, titled Broadband Infrastructures for Multimedia - The European Perspective, Michel Roy presented the programmes and actions that promote the deployment of advanced broadband communications in Europe, with special emphasis on ACTS, the ACTS projects in the Multimedia Services domain, and related worldwide activities. |
Two ACTS projects participated in the PROMS'96 exhibition: LEVERAGE and InfoWin.
The presented during the workshop, in zipped Postscript format, can be downloaded from the PROMS'96 Web server. The in HTML format are included in the conference program. The workshop proceedings are also available as a . |
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By Enrique Vázquez Gallo, DIT-UPM, 25.10.1996
Barcelona Encourages European Network of Virtual Cities The Bangemann Challenge Mid-Term Review took place in Barcelona between October 7 and 9. In the conference, 25 cities introduced and discussed 106 of Europe's best IT projects. Also, an audience of 300 had the opportunity to hear some of Europe's leading authorities in the field.
Back in November 1994 Mats Hulth, the Mayor of Stockholm, challenged the European metropoles to a competition in effective use of Information Technology. This challenge was based on the Report of the European Information Society presented to the EU Commission by Commissioner Martin Bangemann. The Report could be seen as an expression of European perceptions that the region had been lagging the US and Japan. In Barcelona, Mr. Mats Hulth said: "Now we Europeans have come so far that we can go head-to-head with the best that the US and Japan have to offer". Also, he introduced the Global Bangemann Challenge, will take up where the European challenge leaves off, on January 22, 1997, when the King of Sweden officiates at an awards ceremony at Stockholm City Hall for the winners of the European challenge. For the next Bangemann Challenge, major cities around the world are invited to enter projects..
Parallel to the Bangemann Challenge Mid-Term Review, Barcelona organized an exhibition, called Ciutats bit a bit (, which (until November 30) demonstrates how Barcelona and other European cities are confronting their immediate future. This exhibition, which features projects on telework, telemedicine, teleteaching and others can also be visited .
By Jordi Domingo, UPC-DAC, 16.10.1996
European Conference on Numerical Methods in Engineering andCompared with last year's ECCOMAS CFD-conference, a huge crowd gathered in Paris between September 9 and 13 to receive big packs of books with the proceedings and hear a grand opening with contributions from the French ministry of research, INRIA, CNRS, British Aerospace, EC DG III and XII and by chairman Jaques Periaux from Dassault Aviation.
In his presentation, Thierry van der Phyl from EC DG III focussed on the future activities of the EC in HPCN, stating the EC's interest "to put more emphasis on the use of HPCN technologies by SMEs which are often not even aware of the existence of HPCN at all." The reason for this is the availability of inecpensive hard- and software like clusters of PCs and MPI/PVM. "Furthermore the EC wants to encourage European industries to make more use of 'technology breaks' like the transition from UNIX to NT in the technical market", van der Phyl said.
The technical program was organized in up to 10 parallel sessions. Most oft the talks and Minisymposia focused on one of the four fields:
The industrial users of CFD actually put most of their emphasis on
The conference - a big and successful gathering of the European computational engineering community - was accompanied by an exhibition, where mostly Hard- and Software vendors from the Supercomputer industry presented their products. The next ECCOMAS CFD conference will take place 1998 in Athens. The next joint CFD and Numerical Methods conference will be held at Barcelona in the year 2000.
By Alfred Geiger, RUS, 22.10.1996
Promoting Networking Best Practice in Industry
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION DEADLINE 08.11.1996
EITC '96 - Doing Business in the Information Society, the European IT Conference, will be held in Brussels, between November 25 and 27. In the context of High-Performance Computing and Networking workshops on "Promoting Networking Best Practice in Industry" will take place on November 28. The post-Conference workshops on 28 November are an opportunity for Conference participants, and persons not attending the Conference to meet and work with others having similar interests.
The events will take place in the Congress Centre and surrounding EC premises. There is no fee to attend the Workshop, but space will be limited. Workshops Registration Forms must be returned by fax or E-mail before November 8. After this date attendance will depend on the actual space available.
The aim of the workshop is to identify the actions necessary to undertake at European level for a more effective promotion of networking best practice in industry. We will examine the current state of play and presents flagship projects now underway in Europe, including a status report on the HPCN networking best practice and experiments projects. The existing opportunities offered to interested parties by EU R+D programmes to support experiments and best practice in using advanced networking services. Highlights on the forthcoming 1997 calls for proposals in HPCN will be given with special emphasis on the integration of Information Technologies and Communication Technologies. The workshop will consider the potential benefits that can be derived from the use of advanced networking services, the current hot issues, and possible pitfalls.
The morning will be devoted to presentation from various speakers to give a panorama of the activities in progress in the various commission programmes and in some member states.The afternoon will be devoted to discussions between the various participants and will be more of a forum type of discussion. In order to have a more effective information exchange between the participants, potential attendees are invited to send written statements in advance to the attention of Mr. Franck Boissiere at the European Commission - DGIII F5
By Reinhard Geiger, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 30.10.1996
ACTS Results on Satellite and Mobile Communications 
Researchers from three ACTS projects (DIGISAT, SECOMS, and STORMS), will present results in the areas of advanced satellite communication services and cellular network planning during the conference, which will take place in Madrid, November 13 and 14.
The project DIGISAT (Advanced Digital Satellite Broadcasting and Interactive Services) will present the results of a set of digital TV transmission trials performed in July. (For more information about these trials, see ACTS NewsClips Nr. 07) The presentation will discuss several advanced communication services that are being considered by DIGISAT, for example teleshopping, near video on demand, and pay per view.
DIGISAT is led by Hispasat and comprises 23 partners, including most Spanish TV broadcasting companies. In October the project published the results of a survey made during the July trials, investigating the users' interest in the different services considered, the attractivity of types of programs (sports, movies, news), and the tariffs users would be willing to pay. Other service aspects investigated are the question of how many different movies should be offered in a near video on demand service, or just how long users would be willing to wait until the start of the selected movie.
The presentation of SECOMS (Satellite EHF Communications for Mobile Multimedia Services) will describe the payload architecture of the satellite system proposed by the project. The system, based on geostationary satellites with on-board processing and multibeam antennas, is designed to communicate various types of mobile terminals with ultra small antennas, including portable briefcase terminals and terminals mounted on cars, trains or planes. SECOMS planned trials will test multimedia services with prototype terminals connected via the Italsat satellite.
The increasing complexity of cellular networks demands advanced planning tools with sophisticated functionality such as the computation of micro-cell coverage. The technical evolution in this area is reaching the third generation of planning tools. The project STORMS (Software Tools for the Optimisation of Resources in Mobile Systems) aims at the implementation and validation of a third-generation tool able to support the planning of the UMTS network. The presentation announced for the conference will summarise the technical issues of the evolution process that leads to the new type of planning tools in which the project STORMS is working.
By Enrique Vázquez Gallo, DIT-UPM, 28.10.1996
ECMAST '97 - Last Call for Papers The importance of Multimedia technology, services and applications for the future prosperity of our society has been widely recognised. Many initiatives, both national and international, are actively promoting the research activities and experiments in this field, which is progressing very fast.
The objective of ECMAST '97, taking place in Milan, Italy, next May, is to provide a forum to monitor and to anticipate the development of technologies that make multimedia applications possible. ECMAST is a recurrent event promoted by the Commission of the European Union (DGXIII B) that aims at involving the world-wide community in order to reach an up-to-date state of the art in the multimedia applications, services and techniques. Contributions and participation from interested parties inside and outside Europe encouraged.
The deadline for the submission of full papers is November 30, 1996. The notification of acceptance will be given on February 15, 1997. For more detailed information please contact Giorgio Gallassi, Italtel, 20019 Settimo Milanese, Italy.
By Vera Franz, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 28.10.1996
Catalan Internet Congress Announced 
In collaboration with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, the Catalan Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOCCAT), organizes its first annual congress of the Internet in Catalonia, iNET-CAT'96 from November 25 to December 1 in Barcelona. This Congress aims to physically bring together the members of the Internet community in Catalonia for first time.
The main topics of this Congress are the following:
With this event, ISOCCAT wants to foster the custom of the annual congresses that the Internet Society (which is represented by chapters in several European countries) has established with its annual international congresses. INET '97, The Internet: The Global Frontiers, will take place in June of 1997 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
By Jordi Domingo, UPC-DAC, 22.10.1996
Telework ´96: 3rd European Assembly on Telework and New Ways of Working
04.-06.11.1996, Vienna, Austria
IWSIP-96, 3rd International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing
04.-07.11.1996, Manchester, UK
CYBERCITIES: Everyday life in digital cities
06.-07.11.1996, Rome, Italy
CEN/TC304 - Character Set Technology Workshop
11-12.11.1996, Bled, Slovenia
MobiCom'96 - 2nd ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing & Networking
11-12 November 1996, New York, NY, USA
CHARGING FOR ATM Workshop, organised by ACTS Project CANCAN
12.11.1996, Savoy Place, London, UK
3rd International Conference on Multimedia Modeling
12-15.11.1996, Toulouse, France
Telematics Engineering Workshop
13.11.1996, Brussels
Fourth Biennial Conference on Participatory Design
13.-15.11.1996, Cambridge, MA, USA
MARCOM'96 Advanced communications within and between harbours
14.-15.11.1996, Brest, France (see also ACTSNewsClips Nr. 08 and 11)
Supercomputing '96
17.-22.11.1996, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Globecom ´96 - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
18-22.11.1996, London, UK
3rd COST 237 Workshop - Multimedia Telecommunications and Applications
25-29.11.1996, Barcelona, Spain
European IT Conference & Exhibition (EITC)
25-27.11.1996, Brussels, Belgium
ACTS Mobile Summit
27-29.11.1996, Granada, Spain
3rd IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision
02-04.12.1996, Sarasota, FL, USA
Telecom Summit '96
02.-04.12.1996 Stockholm, Sweden (see also ACTSNewsClips Nr. 10)
Flexible Billing Systems for Telecommunications and Broadcasting Industries
03.-05.12.1996, London, UK
Distributed Virtual Reality Environments
07.-10.01.1997, Maui, Hawaii
Mobile Broadband Conference
06.03.1997, London, UK
7th International Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy
11.-14.03.1997, Burlingame, CA, USA
AVBPA - Audio- and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication
12.-14.03.1997, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Open Workshop on Broadband Network Deployment
25.03.1997, Rennes, France
BCS International Conference on Virtual Environments on the Internet, WWW, and Networks
15.-17.04.1997 Bradford, UK
2nd Erlangen Symposium on Advances in Digital Image Communication
25.04.1997, Erlangen, Germany
5th Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics
27.-30.04.1997, Providence, RI, USA
8th Joint European Network Conference
12.-15.05.1997, Edinburgh, UK
ECMAST - 2nd European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Services and Technologies
21.-23.05.1997, Milan, Italy (see above)
IEEE ATM'97 Workshop
26.05.1997, Lisbon. Portugal
IS&N 97
27.-29.05.1997, Como, Italy (see also ACTS NewsClips Nr. 11)
9th Conference on Computer Animation '97
05.-06.06.1997, Geneva, Switzerland
International Workshop on Sampling Theory and Applications
23.-26.06.1997, Aveiro, Portugal
Collected by Ermina Chatzipavli NCSR/Demokritos, Vera Franz &Reinhard Geiger, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 30.10.1996
