Intelligent Multimedia Interfaces

On Monday, 15 July 1991, prior to the Ninth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-91) in Anaheim, California, over 50 scientists and engineers attended the AAAI-91 Workshop on Intelligent Multimedia Interfaces. The purpose of the workshop was threefold: (1) bring together researchers and practitioners to report on current advances in intelligent multimedia interface systems and their underlying theories, (2) foster scientific interchange among these individuals, and (3) evaluate current efforts and make recommendations for future investigations. The workshop was planned and coordinated by Mark Maybury (MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts), Steve Feiner (Columbia University), Alfred Kobsa (University of Saarbruecken), and Bonnie Webber (University of Pennsylvania). The purpose of the workshop was threefold: (1) bring together researchers and practitioners to report on current advances in intelligent multimedia interface systems and their underlying theories, (2) foster scientific interchange among these individuals, and (3) evaluate current efforts and make recommendations for future investigations. Intelligent multimedia interfaces go beyond traditional hypermedia or hypertext environments in that they process input and generate output in an intelligent or knowledge-based manner.