USA-India Bilateral Seminar on Multimedia Science & Technology, September 1995, New Delhi

说明：这项建议将支持六名美国专家参加计划于1995年9月在新德里举行的美印多媒体科学和技术研讨会。主持人是印度政府电子部部长N. Vittal。在研讨会上，来自美国的6位知名专家将发表演讲，探讨最合适的合作领域。计算机/网络的最新进展正在彻底改变信息获取、合成、发布、传递、学习和使用的过程。大容量存储磁盘和高速光纤网络使文本、音频、视频等多种媒体在存储和传输过程中得以融合。这些进步促进了多媒体技术的发展，使用户可以通过宽带网络获得多种形式的信息——期刊、讲座、历史文献、电影和报纸。多媒体科学引发了许多创新，如数字多媒体“无墙图书馆”和远程教育。范围：作为这项活动的一部分，美国能源部将为美国参与者提供进入分散在印度各地的几个能源部实验室的机会，在那里他们将能够与印度同事一起调查重要的多媒体和信息技术研究挑战。这些包括远程学习、计算机支持的多媒体协作工作和数字图书馆。这项活动对美国非常有益，因为他们将与印度方面非常重要和强大的领域的顶尖研究人员进行互动。* * *

9523564 Rangan Description: This proposal will support the participation of six US experts at the US-Indo Seminar on Multimedia Science and Technology, planned for September 1995 in New Delhi. The host is the Secretary, N. Vittal, of the Department of Electronics, Government of India. At the seminar, six leading experts from the US will give talks and discuss the most appropriate areas for joint collaboration. Recent advances in computers/networking are revolutionizing the process of information acquisition, composition, publishing, delivery,learning, and usage. Large-capacity storage disks and high-speed fiber-optic networks are enabling the integration of diverse media, such as text, audio, and video, during storage and delivery. These advances are stimulating multimedia technologies that allow several forms of information--journals, lectures, historic documents, movies, and newspapers--to be made available to users via broadband networks. The multimedia sciences have sparked a number of innovations such as digital multimedia "libraries without walls" and distance learning. Scope: As part of this activity, the DOE will provide US participants with access to several DOE laboratories scattered throughout India where they will be able to investigate important multimedia S&T research challenges with their Indian colleagues. These include distance learning, computer supported multimedia collaborative work, and digital libraries. This activity is highly beneficial for the US as they will be interacting with top-notch researchers in an area of great importance and strength on the Indian side. ***