The2002IEEEPaci?cRimConferenceonMultimedia(PCM2002)isthethird annualconferenceoncutting-edgemultimediatechnologiesandwasheldatTsing HuaUniversity, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December16 18,2002.HsinchuCity, located about70kmtothesouthofTaipei, isknownasTaiwan sSiliconValley, where hundredsofsuccessfulhi-techcompanies, twomajornationaluniversities, several research centers, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) are clusteredtoformandreinforcethe Science-BasedIndustrialPark. Thecon- rencecomplementedthiswonderfulsettingbyprovidingaforumforpresenting...