ITR: Bridging Objects and Bits - New Software Tools for Programming Next-Generation Media Applications

拟议的研究将试图提供必要的概念工具（语言和体系结构），这些工具将允许信号表示弥合比特（传统的信号处理和压缩研究人员的信息单位）和对象（传统的软件开发人员和程序员的信息单位）之间的差距；开发软件工具，允许将媒体数据集成到现代软件应用程序中，而程序员的工作量最少或不需要额外的努力，并开发面向电气工程和计算机科学专业学生的本科和研究生课程，提供一种集成方法，允许面向对象和面向位的数据表示原则结合起来。因此，电气工程师和计算机科学家的教育背景的根本障碍将被消除，为面向媒体的应用程序的发展开辟了更广泛的可能性。

The proposed research will attempt to provide the necessary conceptual tools (languages and architectures) that will allow signal representation to bridge the gap between bits - the traditional unit of information of signal processing and compression researchers - and objects - the traditional unit of information for softwaredevelopers and programmers; develop the software tools that will allow integration of media data to modern software applications with minimal or no additional effort by the part of the programmer and develop undergraduate and graduate courses that will be offered to both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students, providing an integrated approach that will allow object-oriented and bit-oriented principles of data representation to become combined.As a result, a fundamental barrier in the educational background of Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists will be eliminated, opening up a wider range of possibilities for the development of media-oriented applications.