Digital Multimedia Perception and Design

Product description About the Author Gheorghita Ghinea is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics at Brunel University He holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, an MSc in Computer Science (with Distinction, 1996), both from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and a PhD in Computer Science (2000) from the University of Reading, U.K.. He has published over 60 research papers in leading international journals and peer-reviewed conferences and has consulted for both public and private organizations in his areas of research interest which are: distributed multimedia (especially perceptual aspects), web-based systems, ubiquitous computing, and telemedicine . Dr. Ghinea is a member of the IEEE and the British Computer Society. Sherry Chen is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics at Brunel University. She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Sheffield in 2000. Her current research interests include human-computer interaction, data mining, digital libraries, and educational technology. She has published widely in these areas. Dr. Chen was the co-editor of the books, Adaptive and Adaptable Hypermedia Systems and Advances in Web-based Education: Personalized Learning Environments. She is a member of the editorial boards of five computing journals. She has been invited to give several talks, including 9th International Conference on User Modelling and EPSRC Network of Women in Computer Science colloquium.