GRK 466:  Processing, Administrating, Visualization and Transfer of Multimedia Data - Technical Basics and Social Implications

• Subject Area: Computer Science
• Term: from 1998 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272563

The interdisciplinary research activities of the research training group covers the development of methods for processing, administration, presentation and transfer of multimedia data. In the range of the multi media research activities the following fields of topics are considered: Usability in the area of multimedia application, user- and inter-application interfaces in Java, data banks for multimedia application,3-d objects in MPEG-4, visualization and presentation of structuredinformation, client-server architectures for mobile multimediaapplication, data transfer with digital communication channels, datareduction for multimedia applications and data security in new media.Research activities in the field of the social implications of tthe multimedia technology will be an essential part in the topics of thenext period. Especially the "legal matters of the internet" as well as the investigation of the psychological consequences of virtualteamwork will belong to this extended thematic area.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Universität Rostock
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Andreas Heuer
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Clemens Cap; Professor Dr. Hubertus Gersdorf; Professor Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Jackèl; Professorin Dr.-Ing. Erika Müller; Professor Dr. Friedemann W. Nerdinger; Professorin Dr.-Ing. Heidrun Schumann; Professor Dr.-Ing. Dirk Timmermann