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The International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE) took place in Hong Kong in December 2000. ISCE is an annual event sponsored by the IEEE  Consumer Electronics Society, with authors and attendees from around the world. It complements the annual International Conference on Consumer Electronics, which is held in the USA in June of each year.

PROGRAMME
 

	Morning session (Multimedia Conference Room, Cheng Yik Chee Building)		Afternoon session 2.00 pm - 3.15pm, 3.30 pm - 4.45pm Coffee 3.15 pm		Evening activity
Tues 5 December	9.00 am Registration	12.30 pm Lunch	Multimedia Conference Room Technical session I: Innovative circuit techniques Voice-activated robot control using the 32-bit Tricore embedded controller: Amit Bhatia, Yu Fubung; Singapore Partitioned log-based flash memory management and adaptive cleaning: Mei-Ling Chiang, Ruei-Chuan Chang; Taiwan Design of standalone security access unit: Nicholas Vun, Wai Mun Koo, Alex Kot; Singapore Integrated ultra low power consumer application: Hans W Hauer; Germany A component based operating system for resource limited embedded devices: Zan-yu Chen, Mai-ling Chiang, Ruei-chuan Chang; Taiwan	Room G5416 Technical session II: Mobile /wireless communications Performance analysis of BPSK and DPSK systems in the presence of Nakagami-m fading and noisy phase reference: C M Lo, W H Lam; Hong Kong Capacity analysis for mobile cellular systems with distributed dynamic channel assignment: Zhi Hua Zheng, W H Lam; Hong Kong Cellular short message service using data compaction with bounded character synchronisation: A C M Fong, B Fong; Singapore Impact of the line transmission rate on the upstream capacity of the S-CDMA system with integrated traffic: Chen Hua-Fang; China A practical MAI cancellation scheme for HFC network upstream S-CDMA receiver: Cui Yan Yan, Zhang Zhao-yang, Guan Yun-feng; China Site based dispatching (SBD) technique for proxy load reduction: K Y Wong, K H Yeung; Hong Kong	Reception Multimedia Conference Room
	9.30 am  Coffee 10.00 am Opening and keynote speech Prof P S Chung, VP(R&D), CityU Dr Thomas Tang, Executive Director, HKPC
	11.00 am Tutorial session I: Human interaction design Stefan Mozar CCS Communications, Australia
Wed 6 December	Workshop I: MP3, Past, present and future Karlheinz Brandenburg, Ilemnau University, Germany 9.00 am Registration 9.30 am Part 1 10.45 am  Coffee 11.00 am  Part 2	12.30 pm Lunch	Multimedia Conference Room Technical session III: Video/audio processing applications Motions of multiple objects detection based on video frames: Kit Ming Chan, Chi Kwong Li; Hong Kong Extraction of mood of an image: Tae-sun Choi, Aamir Saaed Malik, Humaira Nisar; Korea Computational reduction of motion estimation using quadrant search for software video coding: Jong-Nam Kim, Byung-Ha Ahn; Korea A simple and efficient deblocking algorithm for low bit-rate video coding: K Ramkishor, Pravin Karandikar; India New block motion estimation algorithm for video compression: C-K Ning, K-T Lo, H-T Tang; Hong Kong Error resilient transmission with multiple description coding for image and video compression: Hsiang-cheh Huang, Hsueh-ming Hang; Taiwan	Room B5616 Technical session IV: Internet and home applications Micro-flow control framework for home gateway: Tan Pek-Yew, Cheng Hong; Singapore Development of PCI voice processing card for internet phone gateway implementation: K M Lo, C K Ning, K T Lo; Hong Kong Development of H.323 terminal for desktop video conferencing: C K Ning, K M Ho, K T Lo; Hong Kong A secured globally accessed control system using Smartcard Design of power line based home network system and its application: D S Kim, K J Myung, W H Kwon, H J Shin; Korea Design of an EEG biofeedback system: Ma Zhong-ming; Singapore An integration of user authentication and dynamic access control: Chin-chen Chang, Der-chyuan Lou; Taiwan Multicast traffoc coordinator framework for real-time multimedia over residential networks China Hooi Tang, Tat Chee Wan, Malaysia	Banquet Boys Scouts HQ (Bus leaves CityU at 6.00 pm)
Thurs 7 December	Workshop II:  IP Everywhere (Internet-able appliances) Bob Frankston, Boston, USA 9.00 am Registration 9.30 am Part 1 10.45 am  Coffee 11.00 am  Part 2	12.30 pm Lunch	Multimedia Conference Room Technical session V: Multimedia A multimedia-evaluation of the Infineon Tricore: Ari Wahyudi, Amos Omondi, Thambilipai Srikantham; Singapore The research of high virtuality on remotely education: Nishihara Isao, Nakano Shizuo, Torityama Tomoji, Shinamura Kazunori, Hibino Yasusha, Kuroda Takashi, Yamanishi Zyunnichi; Japan Remote-controlled scent system for virtual reality applications: E C Tan, C H Vun, A Wahab; Singapore QoS agent applied to QBE of multimedia framework: Hee-Choon Kwon, Dae-Joon Hwang; Korea Development of  NEX II - a modular digital audio player: Leslie Fong, Peter W M Tsang; Hong Kong Database security applied distributed system with public key: Kyung-kug Kim, Yang-kyu Lim, Dong-ho Won; Korea	Room P4801 Technical session VI: Digital television and CATV RAMPEG  gives new performance boost to DTV applications: Albert Dorner; Germany Unified level planning in CATV networks for analogue and digital signals using Crest factor: H Weissleder, E Edelmann, H Danz, M Richter, V Jaecht; Germany DVB and its future: Forest Tan, N Sriskanthan; Singapore Sound in vision: Stefan Mozar; Australia Visual meta data retrieval system with fast similar subsequence in long sequence database: Dong Soon Park; Korea Hardware implentation of an all digital burst mode asynchronous DS-CDMA transceiver for data access over HFC/CATV network: Zhang Zhao-yang, Cui Yan-yan, Guan Yun-feng; China
			Multimedia Conference Room 4.00 pm Round-table wrap: Keynote speakers and session chairs
Fri 8 December	2.00 pm Industrial visit organised by Hong Kong Productivity Centre

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The two keynote spekaers were:  Karlheinz Brandenburg, renowned expert on electronic music distribution (one of the 'fathers' of MP3), and Bob Frankston, who developed the idea of (Internet) connected appliances - IP  Everywhere - when with Microsoft. They will be presenting two half-day workshops as part of the main symposium programme.

ACCOMMODATION

Hong Kong has a plethora of hotels of all grades. The conference venue is in the centre of the Kowloon peninsula, at the main public traansport interchange. As dozens of hotels are available within a few minutes travelling time, and airlines and as travel companies offer superb discounts when booked outside Hong Kong, the organisers  have not arranged a list of specific conference hotels. The choice is up to the individual delegate.

However, if any delegate has difficulties in booking, we will pass the request for accommodation to a local travel agent who deals with such things on our behalf.

CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference venue will be the new, city centre, campus of City University of Hong Kong.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

The basic registration fee is US$260 per person (HK$2000). This will include all documentation, lunches, banquet, and other social activities. The workshop/tutorial sessions are US$96 (HK$750) per session including lunch and documentation. Registration can be made online, or by downloading the registration form (.pdf) and faxing or mailing to the number/address given.

Payment can be made by cheque on a Hong Kong bank, International Money order in HK$, or by Visa. A credit card form is available.

Full time students will be allowed a special reduced attendance fee of HK$1000 for the conference, and HK$400 for the workshops. This reduced fee does not include the conference banquet, or workshop lunch if booked separately. A letter from the academic supervisor must be presented at registration.

ACTIVITIES FOR NON-ATTENDING PARTNERS

As Hong Kong is a popular tourist destination, we are arranging for a local tour company to organise half- and full-day trips for partners who are not attending the symposium. details of these will be announced later. The banquet and reception will cost US$50 (HK$390) for non-attending partners. Please indicate when booking if required.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

General enquiries, other than for registration,  should be sent to:

Enquiries concerning registration only should be sent to: