Multimedia Information Systems

This is the third year for the minitrack on Multimedia Information Systems at the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. The presence of this minitrack reflects the importance and recent proliferation of multimedia applications. This proliferation has been driven by technological advances resulting in dramatic decreases in price/performance ratios in processing and storage technologies, video and audio input/output devices, imaging systems, and telecommunications. As it is not disputed that multimedia technology will be an indispensable aspect of computer/human interaction in the next-generation computing environment, approaches for applying multi-media technology and mechanisms for managing multimedia information in organizations are in demand.