[AG-TECH] [SEMINAR] Wed 11/13: "Challenging Five Common Assumptions about Videoconferencing"

[Lawrence A. Rowe]

       BERKELEY MULTIMEDIA, INTERFACES, AND GRAPHICS SEMINAR
              (Final Seminar for Fall 2002 Semester)

Title: Home Media Networking
Speaker: Gordon Bell (Microsoft Research)
Day/Date: Wed Nov 20, 12:10-1:30 PM (PDT)

		             ABSTRACT

Home media acquisition, production, storage, and use are on the cusp 
of a radical change as PC and network technologies integrate all media.
Most current residences contain a jumbled mix of analog and digital 
equipment that will be replaced by all-digital, net-worked media 
equipment: the Home Media Network. There is no question this change is
coming; the question is "how soon"? The goal of this article is to spur
consumer electronics and computer manufacturers to start delivering the 
Home Media Network -- early adopting users are already influencing and
stimulating the market. We hope this discussion of the issues, the
advantages, and the breakthrough possibilities will provoke action. 

Note: This abstract comes from an article published in the 
Communications of the ACM. See the article at 

http://research.microsoft.com/copyright/accept.asp?path=/~jgemmell/pubs/HomeMediaNetworkCACM02.pdf&PUB=ACM 

Gordon will discuss these ideas and experiences he has had using home
media technology.

More information about the webcast, including a copy of the slides, 
will be posted at the following URL shortly before the seminar:
  http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/bibs/instance?prog=1&group=25&inst=856

-- 
Professor Lawrence A. Rowe          Internet:  Rowe at BMRC.Berkeley.EDU
Computer Science Division - EECS       Phone: 510-642-5117
University of California, Berkeley       Fax: 510-642-5615
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776            URL: http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/~larry