Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering [electronic resource] : MUE 2013 / edited by James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park, Joseph Kee-Yin Ng, Hwa-Young Jeong, Borgy Waluyo.

Multimedia Modeling and Processing -- Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing -- Ubiquitous Networks and Mobile Communications -- Intelligent Computing -- Multimedia and Ubiquitous Computing Security -- Multimedia and Ubiquitous Services -- Multimedia Entertainment -- IT and Multimedia Applications -- Advanced Technologies and Applications for Cloud Computing and Sensor Networks -- Future Technology and its Application -- Pervasive Services, Systems and Intelligence -- Advanced Mechanical and Industrial engineering, and Control I -- Advanced Mechanical and Industrial engineering, and Control II -- Green and Human Information Technology.

The new multimedia standards (for example, MPEG-21) facilitate the seamless integration of multiple modalities into interoperable multimedia frameworks, transforming the way people work and interact with multimedia data. These key technologies and multimedia solutions interact and collaborate with each other in increasingly effective ways, contributing to the multimedia revolution and having a significant impact across a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare, education, and governmental domains. Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering provides an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of multimedia and ubiquitous environment including models and systems, new directions, novel applications associated with the utilization and acceptance of ubiquitous computing devices and systems.