THE ROAD TO THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY,Tokyo, Japan, September 14, 1994 -- [ Japan

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

                   Interdisciplinary Supercomputing Research
                                ISR WORKSHOP '94
                   High Performance Computing & Networking II
                          Symposium & Mini-Exhibition


                      THE ROAD TO THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY
                                  Tokyo, Japan
                               September 14, 1994




                              ISR Workshop '94
                              Co-sponsored by
          International Systems                 Science Educational
          Research Co.                          Foundation of Japan
          Green Capital 401, 1-71-15            4-8-8-305 Kohinata
          Wada Suginami-ku Tokyo 166            Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 112
          TEL:81-3-3382-1130                     TEL:81-3-3945-2670
          FAX:81-3-3382-1140                     FAX:81-3-3945-2265




THE ROAD TO THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY


1. NII: Comparison of U.S. and Japan


2. ATM: The latest standardization trend in ATM forum


3. The latest architecture trend in VOD bidirectional media server




SUMMARY
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                            SUMMARY OF PROGRAM




SUBJECT                        SPEAKER                    AFFILIATION
MPT's Next Generation         Hiroshi Ooya             The Ministry of
Posts
Communication Vision
and Telecommunication


MITI's Next Generation        Motoi Suwa               The Ministry of
Tradecommunication Vision                              and Industry


NTT's Multimedia              Kurihara                 NTT
Strategy


Multimedia to the Home        Kazuhiko Nishi           President, ASCII
Corp.


The Deployment                Shouichirou Asano        National Center for
of the ATM National                                    Science Information
Network's Backbone                                     Systems


The Latest MPEG               Hiroshi Fujiwara         Senior vice
president,
Standardization                                        Graphics
Trends                                                 Communications
                                                       Laboratories


Bidirectional                 Panel Discussion         SGI, IBM, nCUBE, DEC
Video On Demand                                        HP, NTT, HITACHI
Media Server


Supported by The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication and American
Embassy.








Chairman: Raul Mendez (International Systems Research Co.)


Conference: Program Chairman: Prof. Yoshio Oyanagi (Tokyo University)


Co-Sponsors:  Science Educational Foundation of Japan
              International Systems Research Co.


Secretariat: Space Media Japan Co., Ltd.
             Tel. (03) 3836-9100   Fax. (03) 3836-9292
             Asahi Building 4F 2-31-3 Taitou Taitou-ku, Toyko 110




For more information, email:  mendez@isr.recruit.co.jp
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