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Telematics has Opened its Web Site
In our September 15 downloaded, we've announced that the Telematics programme would open soon its web site which can now be found at http://www2.echo.lu/telematics/. It features basic information on the programme, its 12 components, and the corresponding projects. The downloaded project heartily welcomes its sister site and wishes Telematics a lot of hits!
By downloaded, CP2i, 14.12.1996
I*MEurope Now in More Flavours
I*M-EUROPE - a "medium for supporting the actions of I*M-EUROPE of the European Commission in stimulating the European electronic information services market and multimedia content industries", has recently introduced a new service called I*M-EUROPE. It intends to highlight new documents offered on the echo.lu server in a "meaningful and user-friendly way" by allowing immediate access to a selection of information market related news items, including occasional links to documents on other servers which are "of relevance to the information market in the wider context of developments leading to the Information Society".
The newsletter's home page contains three or four short news items, linking to the relevant new documents. I*M News comes in different flavours, one featuring Shockwave, the other one plain vanilla HTML files, and the language of your choice - as long as your choice is either English, French or German. Selecting a particular area, e.g., I*M-EUROPE, http://www2.echo.lu/telematics/, I*M-EUROPE (MLIS) will take you to a list of headlines for the most recent news items in the chosen field. Clicking on a headline leads to a short-form news item (or abstract) on this subject - still in the preferred language. You then have the option of reading the full document on I*M-Europe or another server. The number of headlines for each area is still quite small, but the lists will eventually expand as the service proceeds. Headlines and related abstracts will fall off the edge in a month or so.
By downloaded, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 14.12.1996
Will Video Surpass Film Projection?
Video projection offers a new display technology with advantages over traditional film projection such as
It would eventually be acceptable for showing cinema films as well as for high quality, large screen services (e.g. transmission of live events). Although in some respects not quite able to match film projectors yet, continuing development is likely to lead to this technology surpassing the capabilities of film projection before long.
These are the main results of a test organised by the CINENET project at Pinewood Studios (UK) this fall.
downloaded (Cinema Films and Live Events via Satellite and Cable Networks) is developing a complete platform for delivery of digital high definition (HD) services including cinema films and live events via satellite and CATV networks. Since the ability to show large high quality images in cinemas is of major importance for these services, a high quality HD video projector is one of the project's developments. The availability of an advanced Barco 9100 prototype video projector LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) was greeted as an opportunity to assess the latest technology, and to allow operational image quality and future potential to be predicted. The acceptability of video projection in terms of image quality, for example as an alternative to or replacement for existing cinema technology, is important for introduction into the market.
Identical, side-by-side testing of video and film projectors allowed performance of both technologies to be assessed at the test site. The tests involved the viewing of sequences of cinema film and "TV-like" material, judged subjectively by an audience in a true cinema environment. In addition measurements were made of a range of technical parameters for static images including an innovative method for evaluating resolution.
Close co-operation with the TAPESTRIES (The Application of Psychological Evaluation to Systems and Technologies in Remote Imaging and Entertainment Services) project was initiated in support of subjective testing. The EUREKA project ADTT also joined the task force as expert observers.
The technical measurements on the video projection revealed excellent image quality - especially in the important parameters of resolution and brightness: the 1024 pixel/line resolution of the video projection, although less than the 1440 planned for transmission, was shown to be almost 3 times better than commercial film. The results showed that projection technology is still source-dependent: material shot by video camera showed the best reproduction with video projection, whilst film-originated material was still more suited to film projection.
Video projection would be expected to show its superiority in reproducing the original production material even after many digital copies without significant degradation. Although film projectors are capable of high quality, their image quality (e.g. resolution) is limited by the need for copying prints (with unavoidable impairments) to 4th generation or later for commercial distribution.
By downloaded, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 14.12.1996
Satellites Bring Multimedia Interactivity to Remote Places
Services such as Internet Browsing, Telemedicine, Interactive Video, Movie on Demand or Telelearning are becoming more and more a reality for those of us who live downtown where the communication infrastructure is considered an ordinary and natural thing. But what happens to those located in rural areas? How does interactivity look like on a mountain top? Are we going to be cut off from the wonderland of Hi-Tech there?
"Not much longer", says downloaded, who is responsible for the downloaded Project. Satellites give us the possibility to access a range of multimedia services independently from one's location and to overcome the limits of existing terrestrial infrastructure. With satellites such as the EUTELSAT / Hot Bird series, to give just one example, it is just about time to have multimedia service provision over wide-area via satellite. According to Mr. Des Dorides, "the in-the-sky technology is already in place. What we must learn here on the ground is how to get the most of it to provide the interactive functionality. This is what makes the difference and adds value to the traditional TV distribution. Many companies believe in services like Interactive TV, Navigation with Internet Browsers, Tele-education and Telemedicine (see the recent Hot Bird II launch and relevant transponders hiring). What we are doing is to demonstrate the technical/economical feasibility of a multimedia interactive system via satellite".
The ISIS Project addresses the direct to home (DTH) scenario. It is designing and developing a prototype communication system capable of serving typical TV end-users. ISIS proposes to simultaneously utilise the Ku-band and the Ka-band bandwidth segments respectively for the forward service and for the return interactive link, mainly supporting an asymmetric traffic. This innovative idea will permit to tailor the satellite system characteristics to the actual user needs. In particular, the utilisation of Ku-band and of the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) platform will mainly allow:
The Ka-band segment can also permit to stimulate the penetration of Multimedia and Interactive TV service thanks to large bandwidth availability and to improve the cost effectiveness thanks to the increase of system capacity throughput.
ISIS is not directed exclusively towards the evolution of commercial satellite television. In fact the development of multimedia technology will undoubtedly spur new applications and services requiring a wide-band capability in both directions (forward and return). ISIS intends to start from the asymmetric services to arrive at a configuration supporting this new traffic condition thanks to the utilisation of the maximum extent of the benefits of Ka-band. Examples of symmetric multimedia services are video-conferencing or generic PC to PC communications.
With satellite interactivity end-users will get access to the best products available in the information and telematic market. In this framework, ISIS is playing a significant role by proposing one of the first prototype of Multimedia Interactive Satellite systems. The intention is to stimulate local and international operators to offer Interactive TV Services at affordable prices. So far, still relatively high prices of equipment have limited the market to professional usage. However, economies of scale, the extension of the market to residential users and increased competition in the information market promise to bring a gradual but constant price reduction.
By downloaded, CSELT, 05.12.1996
Optical Fibre ATM Components - Using Integrated Optics
ATM has arrived. Network operators across the world are commissioning public ATM networks in advance of the growing demand. Looking through the telescope the other way round - big developments are taking place at the component level.
According to project co-ordinator downloaded, the ACTS R&D project BLISS is prototyping integrated optics components that will give 'optical fibre ATM on a chip'.
The various optical components that make up the transceiver are created directly on an Indium Phosphide substrate. There is nothing new in creating optical components in this way. What is new is they are all contained on a single substrate.
A single fibre might carry information using light of different wavelengths in either direction. At the termination points, the two wavelengths have to be separated and this can be done using a duplexer. The unit being developed by BLISS operates at 1550 nm and 1300 nm, and uses the MMI topological interference. A pathlength difference is contrived so that the two wavelengths separate out. The performance of the system is more than adequate; it provides 25 dB separation between input and output.
Creating the duplexer is only part of the problem. It is a non-trivial problem to connect the fibre onto the substrate. In this system, the wavelength aperture is only 2 micron - whereas a single-mode fibre spot size is 6 microns.
A commonly used method of aligning the optical fibre with the laser source is to make a V-shaped groove next to the laser, and locate the end of the fibre in it. The effectiveness of this connection (the coupling efficiency) is around 10%, and depends on the accuracy with which the alignment can be carried out. It can be improved by forming a micro-lens on the end of the fibre, but coupling efficiencies of 50% are achieved against the need to have even more precise alignment.
The BLISS project is investigating an alternative approach. Alignment would be less critical if the spot size from the laser were made larger. The size of the spot is dictated by the structure of the active region of the laser, and there is little scope for manoeuvre here. The approach is to terminate the active region gradually, rather than as a step change, and implant a fairly weak waveguide beneath the active region. This produces a broader spot, and should enable coupling efficiencies of 40% to be obtained.
The bottom line is that any improvement in coupling efficiency and/or relaxing of the alignment accuracy will lead to higher production yields and lower costs.
Wavelength Division Multiplexing is commonly used to transmit several signals down a single fibre (see ACTS NewsClips downloaded). BLISS is developing a tuneable laser whose wavelength can be shifted over a 40 nm range. Interrupted gratings are installed on either side of the laser's active region, and tuning is carried using the opto-electric effect whereby the refractive index varies in sympathy with the carrier densities.
The laser can be tuned to any wavelength within the 40 nm range by applying the appropriate currents to the two interrupted gratings. Despite high tolerance manufacture, there are small variations in the level of current needed for operation at a particular wavelength.
The manufacturing process includes, therefore, a characterisation phase. The current levels needed to cause emission at various wavelengths within the tuning range are recorded. Once this individual characterisation has been carried out, a particular wavelength can be obtained simply by recalling the necessary current levels. This operation is carried out by the controller circuit that is part of the tuneable laser system.
The wavelength switching function depends upon the movement of carriers within the semiconducting material. This means that the response time is measured in nS - perhaps 'wavelength agile' would be a more appropriate term than 'tuneable'.
The BLISS project has links with other ACTS projects. There is a chain of activities, one project feeding state-of-the-art developments to other projects. BLISS is supplying tuneable lasers to the WOTAN project, and wavelength-steerable lasers to the BROADBAND project.
This article has described specific components that are being developed in the BLISS project. The project also considers higher-level component issues, such as describing the functionality of components that will be needed in the near future, how to manufacture them on a large scale, how to improve performance, and so on. The bottom line is that BLISS is delivering low-cost optical components for access networks, and advanced components for backbone networks.
By downloaded, Open University, 12.12.1996
METON Multiplexers Ready for Testing
Partners in the ACTS project METON (Metropolitan Optical Network) - Ericsson in Sweden and Italy, as well as Pirelli in France - will develop a total number of five optical add/drop multiplexers based on different technologies. Two multiplexers, one Fabry-Perot based and one acousto-optic based, are now ready for testing and evaluation at the CNET testbed in Lannion, France. Results from these tests are expected beginning of next year.
After the testing period the equipment will be shipped to Sweden for integration into the Stockholm Gigabit Network, where the METON project will carry out extensive field trials next year.
METON's main objective is to demonstrate Wave length Division Multiplexing (WDM) in a Metropolitan network. The testbed network is divided into a service/application layer, an ATM layer, and an optical transport layer. The physical topology of the network is based on two transparent optical ring architectures, one bi-directional and one unidirectional. These two ring sub-networks are interconnected using an optical cross-connect, developed by the RACE project MWTN.
The project is focusing on three services:
Different protocols will be evaluated for the implementation of these services.
"Part of the project objective is to assess the cost efficiency of using WDM technology in metropolitan networks", says METON project manager downloaded of Ericsson Sweden. Transport network modelling will also be addressed assessing several network parameters such as:
Another key issue for the project is control and network management. This work will heavily be based on the unique experiences gained from the MWTN project. "The goal for next year will be to define an Information Model that can be provided to the ACTS guidelines", says Sonny Johansson. The METON project expects to make important contributions to the development of new standards in the area of optical networking and related technologies.
By downloaded, Telenor, 12.12.1996
ATM-based teleteaching between Zurich and Lausanne
Télépoly is the name of the teleteaching experiment between the downloaded in Zurich and the EPFL in Lausanne. Its main purpose was initially to provide a technical platform for the exchange of lectures between the ETHZ and the EPFL, but Télépoly has been and can be used for the transmission of workshops, presentations and conferences.
Electronic teaching aids are distributed between the local and the remote site using an application sharing tool. This software runs on standard workstations on top of a TCP/IP protocol stack. For interconnecting workstations two solutions are feasible: connected to the Internet or connected to the ATM network directly, using AAL5.
In the current Télépoly setting both solutions have been applied and tested.
Three experimental phases between Zurich and Lausanne are projected:
A Postscript gzipped article on Télépoly can be downloaded from the ETHZ.
By downloaded, Swiss Telecom PTT, 12.12.1996
Development of ATM in Corporate Networks: the ATM-CN Project
Driven by demands for increasing and flexible bandwidth as well as multimedia traffic, downloaded is rapidly entering the field of Corporate Networks (CN). Installed CNs exhibit historically grown heterogeneous LAN and WAN topologies and protocols posing interworking problems when trying to follow economic migration paths towards ATM technology.
The ATM-CN project, a collaborative effort of downloaded and downloaded, focuses on this migration path and the related technologies such as downloaded, downloaded, or Multiple Protocol over ATM. It will assess the maturity and relevance of existing ATM network techniques and products in relation to complete CN solutions.
According to Newsflash, the internal magazine of Swiss Telecom PTT R&D, the Swiss part is carried out by downloaded 315 (Research & Development 315) with 1.5 MY. An equal amount is contributed by KPN Research. The project is planned to be completed the first quarter of 1997.
For further information on the ATM-CN project, please contact A. Wettstein, FE315, ph.+ 41.31.338.1175.
By downloaded, Swiss Telecom PTT, 11.12.1996
ECDL, the European Computer Driving License
As computers are more and more becoming commonplace, companies expect employees and job applicants to be familiar with this tool. But how to measure the degree of acquisition of computer skills? This is the problem that downloaded, an association of European Informatics Professionals has addressed by launching the ECDL, downloaded.
In a downloaded during the Esprit downloaded event in Brussels, downloaded, who represents ECDL for France, explained the basic principles of the licence. ECDL is meant to certify the familiarity of a person in manipulating computers. It somehow looks like the TOEFL test which measures the proficiency of non-native speakers in English.
ECDL consists of different modules, ranging from basic PC manipulation up to Internet skills (email, web), going through databases, spreadsheets, word processors. A person needs to pass through all 7 modules to obtain the licence, which is a physical document.
ECDL is a European norm: derived from a Finnish experiment, adapted by CEPIS, it is now spreading into other European countries. It is actively supported by Commissioner Martin Bangemann, who included this into the downloaded (number 23) in downloaded. DGIII is financing part of its realisation, and DGXXII has expressed its interest, as well as Commissioner Edith Cresson.
Of equal importance is the interest that the industry shows towards ECDL. Over 15,000 licences have been issued in Finland by 300 accredited centres. In Sweden, 6,500 persons passed it since it was launched in August 1996. ABB, the Swedish Post, Norsk Hydro are planning to use it, so is Rank Xerox in Denmark. Three Ministers in Denmark, including the Ministry of Industry, are strongly pushing this idea. Many Irish companies are already on the edge of acquiring the licenses.
By downloaded, CP2i, 14.12.1996
Third International COST 237 Workshop in Barcelona 
The Third International COST 237 Workshop on Multimedia Telecommunications and Applications took place in Barcelona at the downloaded, from November 25 to 27.
A total of 34 papers were submitted from Europe and USA. After a very selective refereeing process, less than 50% papers of high quality were accepted for a total of 15 presentations, to achieve the goal of a compact and very interesting workshop program.
Click downloaded for some pictures on the workshop.
On the first day invited speakers gave the following talks:
On the following two days, five technical sessions were scheduled. The topics for these sessions were:
For more details about the sessions, please click downloaded.
Over 60 people from more than 14 countries registered for the workshop. The proceedings of the workshop have been published by downloaded in the "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" series (LNCS 1185). For further information about the event check out the downloaded.
By downloaded, UPC-DAC, 10.12.1996
Multidisciplinary DLM-Forum on Electronic Records
At the European Commission in Brussels, December 18-20
The European Commission organises "a multidisciplinary Forum in the framework of the Community on the problems of the management, storage, conservation and retrieval of machine-readable data". The event will bring together specialists and executives involved in the management of information flow and electronic records (public administrations, archivists, industry suppliers, researchers).
The downloaded will be jointly hosted by the European Union Member States and the European Commission (Secretariat-General and DG XII - Science, reasearch and development). The debate will focus on possibilities for wider cooperation, within the framework of the European Union, with regard to the management, storage, conservation and retrieval of electronic records.
The objective is to prepare a set of guidelines for best practice in the field of electronic records and to investigate possibilities for cooperation both between Member states and at Community level. The Forum will consist of plenary sessions and parallel working party meetings. The main topics to be covered will include:
As the registration deadline has already passed, interested parties would have to register on the spot.
A resume of the event will be published in an upcoming issue of ACTSNewsClips.
By downloaded, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 14.12.1996
People think that if you replace your existing network for one with a higher data rate, your congestion problems will vanish. If recent experience is anything to go by, the improvement might not be long lived. Users quickly come to like their new network - so much, in fact, that they use it more and more. Before long, the congestion problems start to re-appear. This sad little story need not be repeated!
A two-day downloaded conference takes place in London on February 26-27, 1997, entitled "Achieving Successful migration to ATM". This is an opportunity to hear what is really happening in ATM, by the people who are making it happen. There are speakers from equipment providers (3Com, Cisco, K-Net), from network operators (British Telecom, Telecom Italia, Belgacom), and the industry is represented through the ATM Forum.
By downloaded, Open University, 14.12.1996
Course on Computer Vision via Satellite and Internet
A tele-course on Computer Vision, covering the major applications of computer vision, the rationale for its use as well as its basic working principles and current trends, is about to take place in January of next year. The course, a joint initiative of the downloaded, downloaded and the downloaded (ECVNet), consists of live satellite broadcasts throughout Europe, and is combined with Internet support.
Each course module comprises an introductory lecture and a discussion on the state of the art by a panel of experts. The audience can ask on-line questions by phone, fax or e-mail. Due attention will be given to related issues such as the choice of cameras, optics and illumination. As to the actual image processing, emphasis is on image enhancement, feature and texture extraction, range acquisition (3-D), shape modelling, motion extraction and tracking, object detection and recognition.
The set of programmes consists of 6 thematic sessions of 2 hours each. The first unit is a lecture-type explanation of working principles. The second unit is a panel discussion with leading experts. Both units are broadcast live, with interaction from the participating centres. These weekly sessions are scheduled from January 24 until February 28, 1997 from 3 till 5 pm C.E.T.
Fur further info write to: downloaded
By downloaded, IENM/Techno-Z FH F&E, 14.12.1996
GAD Chain Meeting
17.12.1996, Brussels, Belgium
contact: Robert Pestel, Ken Fitchew
ACTS Demonstrations and Exhibits at downloaded *
18.-20.12.1996, Brussels, Belgium (see article above)
contact: Nick Heenan
downloaded *
03.-05.01.1997 San Diego, CA
downloaded International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
06.-09.01.1997, Orlando, FL
downloaded
07.-10.01.1997, Maui, HI
4th Outlook for the Mobile Communications Industry Conference
22.-23.01.1997, Dallas, TX
downloaded - 4th Int'l. Congress on Information and Communiations Technologies in Tourism *
22.-24.01.1997, Edinburgh, UK
downloaded *
24.01.-28.02.1997 (see article downloaded)
Technical Audit for all ACTSprojects
27.-31.01.1997, Brussels, Belgium
DECT'97 - Towards full commercialisation
27.-29.01.1997, London, UK
downloaded Towards theVirtual Manufacturing Enterprise - Tools, Technologies and Models *
30.-31.01.1997 Rovereto, Italy
G7 GIBN Workshop
02.02.1997, Brussels, Belgium
downloaded *
03-04.02.1997, Amsterdam, The Nederlands
downloaded *
05.-08.02.1997, Marina del Rey, California
Photonics West '97*
Optoelectronics '97, High Power Lasers (LASE) '97, International Biomedical Optics (BiOS '97), Electronic Imaging Science and Technology (EI '97)
08.-14.02.1997, San Jose, CA
Optical Fibre Conference
16-21.02.1997, Dallas, TX
Optical Networks Workshop (at Optical Fibre Conference)
22.02.1997, Dallas, TX
downloaded - Strategies & Solutions for Operator Profitability
19-21.02.1997, Cannes, France
downloaded Conference Achieving Successful migration to ATM *
26.-27.02.1997, London, UK (see article downloaded)
Conference on Cultural Heritage in the Information Society World
February 1997, Rome, Italy
ACTSConcertation Meeting
04.-05.03.1997, Brussels, Belgium
contact: Paul Verrept
Photonic Technologies Domain Workshop
05.03.1997, Brussels, Belgium
contact: Andy Houghton
SME Workshop
05.03.1997, Brussels, Belgium
contact: Jean Millar
Mobile Broadband Conference
06.- 07.03.1997, London, UK downloaded
downloaded Interactive Distributed Seminar SERVICES, TRIALS AND USERS
06.03.1997, Brussels, Belgium; Madrid, Spain; Berlin, Germany and Tampere, Finland downloaded
downloaded *
10.-12.03.1997, Mainz, Germany
ACTS Demonstrations and Exhibits at Craftsmen and SMEs in the Information Society
10.-17.03.1997, Munich, Germany
contact: Nick Heenan
7th International downloaded *
11.-14.03.1997, Burlingame, CA
downloaded - Audio- and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication
12.-14.03.1997, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
National Host Forum Meeting
19.-20.03.1997, Netherlands
downloaded
20.-22.03.1997, Serre Chevalier, France downloaded
downloaded Looking to the Future Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems
22.-27.03.1997 Atlanta, GA
Open NI Chain Workshop on Broadband Network Deployment
25.03.1997, Rennes, France
contact: Paulo de Sousa, Renaud di Francesco
First Euro-Chinese Conference on the Information Society
02.-04.04.1997, Beijing, PRChina downloaded
downloaded *
06.-11.04.1997
First Annual G7 downloaded Global Marketplace for SMEs *
07.-09.04.1997, Bonn, Germany
downloaded *
14-16.04.1997 Canterbury, UK
BCS International Conference on downloaded
15.-17.04.1997 Bradford, UK
2nd Erlangen Symposium on downloaded
25.04.1997, Erlangen, Germany
5th Symposium on downloaded
27.-30.04.1997, Providence, RI
downloaded *
28.04-01.05.1997 White Plains, NY
Conference on Joint Public/Private Partnership in Cultural Heritage & the Info Society
April 1997, Washington DC
NI Chain and Chain Group Meetings
06.-07.05.1997, Paris, France
contact: Paulo de Sousa, Renaud di Francesco
downloaded
12.-15.05.1997, Edinburgh, UK
downloaded *
13.-15.05.1997, Stuttgart, Germany
downloaded - 16th International Symposium on Human Factors in Telecommunications
14.-16.05.1997, Oslo, Norway
downloaded Conference on Information Security: Research and Business *
14-16.05.1997, Copenhagen, Denmark
Workshop on Synthetic/Natural Hybrid Coding
21.05.1997, Milan, Italy
downloaded - 2nd European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Services and Technologies
21.-23.05.1997, Milan, Italy (see ACTS NewsClips No. downloaded)
contact: Leon Van Noorden, Eric Badiqué, Francisco Guirao, Steffen Malmros
IEEE ATM'97 Workshop
26.05.1997, Lisbon, Portugal
IS&N '97
27.-29.05.1997, Como/Milan, Italy (see also ACTS NewsClips No. downloaded)
contact: Mario Campolargo
downloaded *
28.-30.05.1997 Poznan, Poland
downloaded *
28.-30.05.1997 Le Creusot, France
ACTSConcertation Meeting
03.-04.06.1997, Brussels, Belgium
contact: Paul Verrept
9th Conference on downloaded
05.-06.06.1997, Geneva, Switzerland
GINA-NI Conference on Global Networking
15.-18.6.1997, Madeira, Portugal
downloaded
15.-18.06.1997, Calgary, Canada
5th Annual Cellular Mobile Communications in CEE Conference
23.-25.09. 1997, Warsaw, Poland
International Workshop on downloaded
23.-26.06.1997, Aveiro, Portugal
IEEE Signal Processing Society Workshop on downloaded *
23.-26.06.1997, Princeton, NJ
downloaded - Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services
23.-25.06.1997, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
downloaded From Experience to Innovation, 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association
29.06-04.07.1997, Tampere, Finland
downloaded *
27.07.-01.08.1997, San Diego, CA
downloaded on New Information Technology and Work Psychology
10.-31.08.1997, Budapest, Hungary
downloaded European Human-Computer Interaction forum
12.-15.08.1997, Bristol, UK
downloaded *
18.-20.08.1997, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
downloaded 7th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
jointly with 13th Symposium on Human Interface (Japan)
24.-29.08.1997, San Francisco, CA
downloaded *
01.-03.09.1997, London, UK
downloaded *
07.-11.09.1997, Mackinac Island, MI
downloaded - IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems *
08.-12.09.1997, Grenoble, France
Interactive '97
08-14.09.1997, Geneva, Switzerland
downloaded *
10.-12.09.1997, Berlin, Germany
downloaded *
14.-18.09.1997, Cannes, France
downloaded *
15.-19.09.1997, Grenoble, France
NI Chain and Chain Group Meetings
15.09.1997, Paris, France
contact: Paulo de Sousa, Renaud di Francesco
ACTSConcertation Meeting
16.-17.09.1997, Brussels, Belgium
contact: Paul Verrept
NI Chain and Chain Group Meetings
18.09.1997, Ghent, Belgium
contact: Paulo de Sousa, Renaud di Francesco
ECOC '97 European Conference on Optical Communications
22-26.09.1997, Edinburgh, UK
downloaded 2nd Workshop on ATM *
24.-26.09.1997 Canada
downloaded *
25-26.09.1997, Athens, Greece
Optical Networks Workshop
27.09.1997, Edinburgh, UK
4th European Assembly on Telework and New Ways of Working
September 1997, Stockholm, Sweden
2nd ACTS International Mobile Summit
07-10.10.1997, Arlborg, Denmark
contact: Bartolomé Arroyo
downloaded - 7th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks *
08.-10.10.1997, Lausanne, Switzerland
IEEE Signal Processing Society - 1997 International Conference on Image Processing
26.-29.10.1997, Santa Barbara, CA
Conference on Human Factors and Usability
October 1997, London, UK
NI Chain and Chain Group Meetings
06.-07.11.1997, Athens, Greece
contact: Paulo de Sousa, Renaud di Francesco
ACTSConcertation Meeting
09.-10.12.1997, Brussels, Belgium
contact: Paul Verrept
ACTS Demonstrations and Exhibits at Expo 98
22.05.-30.09.1998, Lisbon, Portugal
contact: Nick Heenan
downloaded *
04.-07.1998, Chicago, IL
ACTS Demonstrations and Exhibits at Telecom 99
01.-17.10.1999, Geneva, Switzerland
contact: Nick Heenan