Technical session I:  Tuesday 5th December: 2.00 - 3.15 pm: 3.30 - 4.45 pm

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
 

Technical session II: Tuesday 5th December: 2.00 - 3.15 pm: 3.30 - 4.45 pm

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
 

Technical session III:  Wednesday 6th December: 2.00 - 3.15 pm: 3.30 - 4.45 pm

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
 

Technical session IV:  Wednesday 6th December: 2.00 - 3.15 pm: 3.30 - 4.45 pm

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
 

Technical session V:  Thursday 7th December: 2.00 - 3.45 pm

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
 

Technical session VI:  Thursday 7th December: 2.00 - 3.45 pm

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