A NDREW T ESCHER , Series Editor, Compression Science Corporation Advisory Editors L EONARDO C HIARIGLIONE , CSELT T ARIQ S. D URRANI , University of Strathclyde J EFF G RALNICK , E-splosion Consulting, LLC C HRYSOSTOMOS L. "M AX " N IKIAS , University of Southern California A DAM C. P OWELL III , The Freedom Forum
The Integrated Media Systems Center ( IMSC ), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center in the University of Southern California's School of Engineering, is a preeminent multimedia and Internet research center. IMSC seeks to develop integrated media systems that dramatically transform the way we work, communicate, learn, teach, and entertain . In an integrated media system, advanced media technologies combine, deliver, and transform information in the form of images, video, audio, animation, graphics, text, and haptics (touch- related technologies). IMSC Press, in partnership with Prentice Hall, publishes cutting-edge research on multimedia and Internet topics. IMSC Press is part of IMSC's educational outreach program. |