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Database requirements for distributed multimedia systems

January 1996

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Universitt Darmstadt (Darmstadt, Germany) on visual computing and communication. During 1997 he has also taken part of InterSim, a cooperation project on integrating technology support for sustainable urban planning among Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (Germany), University of Costa Rica Research Program on Sustainable Urban Development (Costa Rica), University of Colorado Center for Lifelong Learning and Design (USA), and Universidade Estadual de Campinas School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Brazil) supported by IRETE (International University Network for Interdisciplinary Research on Education and Technology for Environmental Decisions, Systems and Solutions). He is currently involved with project RECOPE on Telemedia (telecommunication and multimedia) services on high-speed networks, supported by FINEP, Brazil (started 1998); and with Sapiens, a UNICAMP-USP cooperation project on collaborative learning supported by distributed hypermedia computer environments,

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