Context Adaptive Self-configuration System
This paper suggests a context adaptive self-configuration system, in which the system itself is aware of its available resources, and executes a configuration suitable for each system and the characteristics of each user. A great deal of time and effort is required to manually manage computing systems, which are becoming increasingly larger and complicated. Many studies have dealt with these problems but most unfortunately have focused on ‘automation’, which do not reflect the system specifications that differ between systems. Therefore, this paper proposes an adaptive self-configuration system that collects diverse context information for a user and its system, reflects it to an auto-response file and executes the detail parameter setting automatically. A prototype was developed to evaluate the system and compare the results with the conventional methods of manual configuration and MS-IBM systems. The results confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed system.

title: Context Awarable Self-configuration System for Distributed Resource Management
abstract: Today's system administrator is forced to perform individual configuration and maintenance tasks (i.e. installation, reconfiguration, update) on numerous systems, in various formats. These tasks are time-consuming and labor intensive. Several research projects have attempted to resolve these issues with the development of an integrated, centralized management system. However, many tasks are still left to the system administrator for manual handling. A customized configuration system that reflects comprehensive context has not yet been fully realized. This paper proposes a context aware self-configuration system by employing multi-agents to collectively gather contextual information based on the system resources and user's system usage patterns. This proposed system, then analyzes the collected information and performs automatic configuration as and when required. This system will allow not only enable automation of the previously manual tasks, but also allow, in effect, a more customized configuration.

title: Striping delay-sensitive packets over multiple burst-loss channels with random delays
abstract: Multi-homed mobile devices have multiple wireless communication interfaces, each connecting to the Internet via a long range but low speed and bursty WAN link such as a cellular link. We propose a packet striping system for such multi-homed devices - a mapping of delay-sensitive packets by an intermediate gateway to multiple channels, such that the overall performance is enhanced. In particular, we model and analyze the striping of delay-sensitive packets over multiple burst-loss channels with random delays. We first derive the expected packet loss ratio when forward error correction (FEC) is applied for error protection over multiple channels. We next model and analyze the case when the channels are bandwidth-limited with shifted-gamma-distributed transmission delays. We develop a dynamic programming-based algorithm that solves the optimal striping problem for the ARQ, the FEC, and the hybrid FEC/ARQ case.

title: Design and implementation of a multi-threaded TMN agent system
abstract: A telecommunications management network adopts the OSI manager-agent model in which an agent system plays a more important role than a manager system. Because the existing agent systems sequentially perform a CMIS operation on selected managed objects, it cannot guarantee quick response time when many managed objects are selected. We propose a multi-threaded process structure for the agent system which performs CMIS operations concurrently on managed objects. We implemented our agent system using OSIMIS-4.O TMN platform in Solaris. We measured response time to a CMIS operation to evaluate the performance of our system. Experimental results show that the performance of our system is not so good when network resources reside within the agent system, but very good when network resources reside outside the agent system.

title: Image Metamorphosis with Scattered Feature Constraints
abstract: This paper describes an image metamorphosis technique to handle scattered feature constraints specified with points, polylines, and splines. Solutions to the following three problems are presented: feature specification, warp generation, and transition control. We demonstrate the use of snakes to reduce the burden of feature specification. Next, we propose the use of multilevel free-form deformations (MFFD) to compute C/sup 2/-continuous and one-to-one mapping functions among the specified features. The resulting technique, based on B-spline approximation, is simpler and faster than previous warp generation methods. Furthermore, it produces smooth image transformations without undesirable ripples and foldovers. Finally, we simplify the MFFD algorithm to derive transition functions to control geometry and color blending. Implementation details are furnished and comparisons among various metamorphosis techniques are presented.

title: Intelligent Multimedia Service System Based on Context Awareness in Smart Home
abstract: According to the rapid change of a computing environment, it is coming an age of ubiquitous computing that we can make use of information service at any time and anywhere as the paradigm of digital convergence such as broadcasting, communication, and appliances. Consequently, Smart Home environment is constructed in the house. Various services such as security/automation, health monitoring, medical examination and treatment, entertainment, education, and e-business are realized at home. Both affective, systematic managements and services that correspond with the above environment are required inmultimedia services as well. In this paper, we propose a Intelligent Multimedia Service System(IMSS) based on context awareness in Smart Home which provides multimedia interoperability among incompatible multimedia play devices, intelligently processes context awareness information, transparent, and provides safe services.

title: Requirements, Implementation and Applications of Hand-held Virtual Reality
abstract: While hand-held computing devices are capable of rendering advanced 3D graphics and processing of multimedia data, they are not designed to provide and induce sufficient sense of immersion and presence for virtual reality. In this paper, we propose minimal requirements for realizing VR on a hand-held device. Furthermore, based on the proposed requirements, we have designed and implemented a low cost hand-held VR platform by adding multimodal sensors and display components to a hand-held PC. The platform enables a motion based interface, an essential part of realizing VR on a small hand-held device, and provides outputs in three modalities, visual, aural and tactile/haptic for a reasonable sensory experience. We showcase our platform and demonstrate the possibilities of hand-hand VR through three VR applications: a typical virtual walkthrough, a 3D multimedia contents browser, and a motion based racing game. Index Terms—Virtual Reality, Computer interface human factors