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Application 1: Caching and Prefetching

1. W3Gate: Use and Abuse
   • Manfred Bogen, German National Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY
   • Guido Hansen, German National Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY
   • Michael Lenz, German National Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY
2. An Adaptive WWW Cache Mechanism in the AI3 Network
   • Hiroyuki Inoue, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
   • Kanchana Kanchanasut, Asian Institute of Technology, THAILAND
   • Suguru Yamaguchi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
3. An Interactive Prefetching Proxy Server for Improvement of WWW Latency
   • Ken-ichi Chinen, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
   • Suguru Yamaguchi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN

Application 2 (see Engineering 1)

Application 3: Next-Generation Applications

1. Desktop Video and Its Obstacles for Collaborative Work
   • Manfred Bogen, German National Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY
   • Christian Bonkowski, German National Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY
   • Richard Rodriguez-Val, German National Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY
   • Clemens Wermelskirchen, German National Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY
2. Multicast Audio: The Next Generation
   • Colin Perkins, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM
   • Vicky Hardman, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM
   • Isidor Kouvelas, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM
   • Martina Angela Sasse, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM
3. A Scalable Directory Schema in LDAP for Integrated Conferencing Services
   • Andrew Sears, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Application 4: Security

1. A Review of E-mail Security Standards
   • Laurence Lundblade, Qualcomm Incorporated, USA
2. A System for Public-Key Services in the Spanish Research and Academic Network
   • Lucia Pino, Universidad de Málaga, SPAIN
   • Juan J. Ortega, Universidad de Málaga, SPAIN
   • Javier López, Universidad de Málaga, SPAIN
   • Antonio Maña, Universidad de Málaga, SPAIN
3. Capability-Based Usage Control Scheme for Network-Transferred Objects
   • Shuichi Tashiro, Electrotechnical Laboratory, JAPAN

Application 5 and Education 5: Education and Conferencing: From Cable to Web

1. MulticablE: Experimental Internet Access on the Paris Cable TV Network
   • Pierre Bouriez, Lyonnaise Communications, FRANCE
   • Olivier Muron, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, FRANCE
2. NASA Virtual Conferences and Instruction over the Internet
   • Mark León, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
   • Andrea McCurdy, Sterling Software, USA
   • Charles Wood, University of North Dakota, USA
3. WebSteer: An Open Framework for Interactive Documentation and Training over the Web
   • Jorge H. C. Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BRAZIL
   • Silvio Lemos Meira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BRAZIL

Application 6: Collaborative Environments

1. The WebDesk Framework
   • Peter Parnes, Luleå University of Technology, SWEDEN
   • Mattias Mattsson, Luleå University of Technology, SWEDEN
   • Kåre Synnes, Luleå University of Technology, SWEDEN
   • Dick Schefström, Luleå University of Technology, SWEDEN
2. WebRoom: InterMUD Communications Protocol with Extensions to VRMLize Multiuser Domains
   • Chan Fang Khoon, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • James Seng, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • J. K. Tan, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • L. S. Ooi, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • Tan Tin Wee, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
3. Extending the World Wide Web for Multicasting an HTML Document
   • Myung-Ki Shin, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KOREA

Application 7: Searching and Filtering

1. A Query Transformer in a Digital Library Environment
   • Sang-goo Lee, Seoul National University, KOREA
   • Sang Ho Lee, Soong Sil University, KOREA
2. A Distributed Mobile Code-Based Architecture for Information Indexing, Searching, and Retrieval on the World Wide Web
   • Pedro Falcão Gonçalves, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BRAZIL
   • Silvio Lemos Meira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BRAZIL
   • Ana Carolina Salgado, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BRAZIL
3. PICS-Aware Proxy System Versus Proxy Server Filters
   • Wayne B. Salamonsen, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • Roland Yeo, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE

Application 8: Multilingual Applications

1. SPIRIT-W3: A Distributed Cross-Lingual Indexing and Search Engine
   • Christian Fluhr, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, FRANCE
   • Dominique Schmit, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, FRANCE
   • Philippe Ortet, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, FRANCE
   • Faïza Elkateb, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, FRANCE
   • Karine Gurtner, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, FRANCE
2. Multilingual Databases and Global Internet Integration
   • Michael G. McKenna, Sybase, Inc., USA
3. A Framework for Multilingual Searching and Meta-information Extraction
   • Susumu Shimizu, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JAPAN
   • Takashi Kambayashi, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JAPAN
   • Shin-ya Sato, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JAPAN
   • Paul Francis, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JAPAN

Policy 1: Internet Service Providers

1. Issues in the Regulation of Internet Quality of Service
   • Peng Hwa Ang, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
   • Berlinda Nadarajan, National Computer Board, SINGAPORE
2. Copyright: Internet Service Provider Rights and Responsibilities
   • William Foster, Commercial Internet eXchange Association, USA
3. How Countries Are Regulating Internet Content
   • Peng Hwa Ang, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE

Policy 2 (Panel): Recent Developments in International Regulation of the Internet: Speech, Privacy, and Crypto

Policy 3 and Commerce 3: Strategic Positioning

1. InfoVía: From a Centralized Access System to a Parallel Internet
   • Javier Solá, Spanish Internet Users' Association, SPAIN
2. The Internet at the Federal Communications Commission: Cybernauts Versus Ma Bell
   • Robert Cannon, Cyberspace Law Authority Reports, USA
3. Results of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions
   • Kurt Kemper, World Intellectual Property Organization, SWITZERLAND

Policy 4 (Panel): Policy and Regulatory Issues in Asia: Dilemma or Opportunity?

Policy 5: Domain Names

1. Internet Governance in Crisis: The Political Economy of Top-Level Domains
   • Milton L. Mueller, Rutgers University, USA
2. New Paths in Internet Name Rights
   • Andreas Schachtner, IntraNet GmbH, GERMANY
   • Michael Schneider, IntraNet GmbH, GERMANY
3. Trademark Law on the Internet: Will It Scale? The Challenge to Develop International Trademark Law
   • David W. Maher, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, USA

Policy 6 (Panel): A New Paradigm for Internet Governance

Policy 7: Opening and Structuring Access

1. Information Technology in Africa: A Proactive Approach and the Prospects of Leapfrogging Decades in the Development Process
   • S. Yunkap Kwankam, University of Yaounde I, CAMEROON
   • N. Ntomambang Ningo, University of Yaounde I, CAMEROON
2. Local Democracy and the Information Society: Citizen-Users as NICT Co-Designers
   • Alain d'Iribarne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FRANCE
3. A Subnational Perspective on Building Public Information Infrastructure: Insights from the FARNET/NSF States Inventory Project on Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure in the 50 United States
   • Heather E. Boyles, Federation of American Research Networks, USA
   • J. Keith Harmon, Electronic Commerce, Law, and Information Policy Strategies, USA

Commerce 1 (see Users 1)

Commerce 2: Experience with Electronic Commerce

1. Small Businesses' Use of the Internet: Some Realities
   • Simpson Poon, Swinburne University of Technology, AUSTRALIA
   • Jim Strom, Manchester Metropolitan University, UNITED KINGDOM
2. What the Internet Is Telling Us About Itself
   • Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., USA
3. Economics of Residential Internet Access in the USA: Strategic and Regulatory Implications
   • Andrew Sears, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Commerce 3 (see Policy 3)

Commerce 4 (Panel): Electronic Commerce Developments in the ASEAN Region

Commerce 5: EDI and Internet Commerce

1. Electronic Data Interchange: Concepts and Effects
   • Kenneth W. Copeland, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, USA
   • C. Jinshong Hwang, Southwest Texas State University, USA
2. Third-Generation Web Applications, Full-Service Intranets, EDI: The Fully Integrated Business Model for Electronic Commerce
   • Kenneth W. Copeland, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, USA
   • C. Jinshong Hwang, Southwest Texas State University, USA

Commerce 6: Case Studies

1. Internet Marketing and the Norwegian Tourism Industry: A National Coordinated Marketing Effort on the Internet
   • Ingvar Tjostheim, Norwegian Computing Center, NORWAY
   • Kari Aanonsen, Norwegian Computing Center, NORWAY
2. A World Wide Web Directory Service Architecture for Electronic Commerce
   • Dae-Ki Kang, Systems Engineering Research Institute, KOREA
   • Joong-Bae Kim, Systems Engineering Research Institute, KOREA
   • Joo-Chan Sohn, Systems Engineering Research Institute, KOREA
   • Ho-Sang Ham, Systems Engineering Research Institute, KOREA
3. Exploring Online Stock Transactions over the Internet
   • Alex Ho, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • Gary Ng, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • Chang Huong Tan, National Computer Board, SINGAPORE
   • Lawrence Loh, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • Tin Wee Tan, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE

Education 1: The Internet in the Classroom

1. Using the Internet to Teach Software Engineering
   • Barry Burd, Drew University, USA
2. Using Internet-Based K-12 Classroom Activities: Materials and Staff Development
   • David A. Thomas, Montana State University, USA
   • Cynthia S. Thomas, Montana State University, USA

Education 2: Fostering Collaboration Between Classrooms

1. Asian Students' Internet Exchange Program
   • Makoto Kageto, Nagoya Seiryo Commercial High School, JAPAN
2. The KidNet Movement: A Model of Innovation in Education
   • Brett Hwi-Gook Song, Michigan State University, USA
   • Hae Un Rii, Dongguk University, KOREA
   • Mija Moon, Jinahn Elementary School, KOREA
3. Multimedia/Internet Education Project in Japan (Part 2)
   • Kayo Itoh, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JAPAN
   • Yutaka Mori, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JAPAN
   • Toshiro Takano, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JAPAN

Education 3 (also of interest to Application and Users): Learning Resources

1. Information Unlimited: Employing Internet Resources in Education
   • Tobias Rademann, Ruhr University Bochum, GERMANY
2. New Roles for Education Through the Internet
   • Kim H. Veltman, University of Toronto, CANADA
3. An End User's View of Mining the Web: Focused and Satisficed Internet Search and Retrieval Strategies
   • Wallace C. Koehler, Jr., University of Tennessee, USA

Education 4: Empowering the Teacher

1. New Paradigm of Education in the Global Information Environment: Learning from the Internet, Contributing to the Internet
   • Yuri V. Demchenko, National Technical University of Ukraine, UKRAINE
2. Spin a Web Between the School and the World
   • Sirkku Männikkö, Stockholm University/KTH, SWEDEN
   • Eva R Fåhræus, Stockholm University/KTH, SWEDEN
3. East Meets West: Web Support of a U.S.-India Vocational Training Project
   • William J. Struhar, Sinclair Community College, USA
   • Adrian Almeida, Centre for Vocational Education, INDIA

Education 5 (see Application 5)

Education 6 (Panel): Teaching with the Internet: Order or Chaos?

Regional 1: Breaking Linguistic and Cultural Barriers

1. Fishing with New Nets: Maori Internet Information Resources and Implications of the Internet for Indigenous Peoples
   • Alastair G. Smith, Victoria University of Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
2. Multilingual Databases and Global Internet Integration
   • Michael G. McKenna, Sybase, Inc., USA
3. Trilingual Sinhala-Tamil-English National Web Site of Sri Lanka
   • S. T. Nandasara, University of Colombo, SRI LANKA
   • K. Y. Leong, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
   • V. K. Samaranayake, University of Colombo, SRI LANKA
   • T. W. Tan, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE

Regional 2: Building Community Services

1. MEDINET: A Nonprofit Initiative to Provide Internet Access for Medical Professionals in Bangladesh
   • Abul Kalam Azad, Dhaka Medical College, BANGLADESH
2. The Citizens' Network of the Municipality of Recife, Brazil: Lessons from the Experience with the First Latin American Freenet
   • Cláudio Marinho, Recife Municipal Informatics Enterprise/EMPREL, BRAZIL

Regional 3: Regulation and Development

1. Overview of Internet Access in Bangladesh: Impact, Barriers, and Solutions
   • Abul Kalam Azad, Dhaka Medical College, BANGLADESH
   • Nazrul Islam, United Nations World Food Program, BANGLADESH
2. The Asian NII Experience
   • Peter Lovelock, University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG
3. Internet Development in Turkey: A Case Study
   • Tolga Yurderi, SoftCom Technology Consultancy Inc., CANADA

Regional 4: Models for Network Development

1. Internet Development in Africa: The Case of Cameroon
   • Lot Tcheeko, School of Polytechnic Yaounde, CAMEROON
   • Julius Nashipu, School of Polytechnic Yaounde, CAMEROON
   • Roger Bollo, School of Polytechnic Yaounde, CAMEROON
2. CIGB Intranet
   • Nelson López Centeno, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CUBA
   • Viena García Acosta, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CUBA
   • Carlos Armas Alvarez de la Campa, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CUBA
   • Felix Miguel Armona Araujo, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CUBA
   • Ricardo Ricardo Parellada, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CUBA
   • Luis F. Lorenzo-Luaces, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CUBA
3. Using Today's (and Yesterday's) Tools to Plan Tomorrow's Networks: A Developing Nation's Perspective
   • Stephen Ruth, George Mason University, USA
   • Randy Bush, University of Oregon, USA

Regional 5: Regional Integration

1. Regional Integration of Central American Countries and Opportunities for Internetworking
   • Jorge D. Calvo-Drago, Central American Integration System, EL SALVADOR
2. Expansion of the Internet Backbone in Ghana
   • Nii Quaynor, Network Computer Systems Accra, GHANA
   • William Tevie, Network Computer Systems Accra, GHANA
   • Andrew Bulley, Network Computer Systems Accra, GHANA
3. Sustainable Collaborative Efforts in Internet Development in Asia: AI3 Phase II
   • Suguru Yamaguchi, WIDE Project, JAPAN
   • Hidetaka Izumiyama, WIDE Project, JAPAN
   • Jun Murai, WIDE Project, JAPAN

Regional 6: Economic Viability

1. Developing a Viable Framework for Commercial Internet Operations in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Philippine Experience
   • Miguel A. L. Paraz, IPhil Communications, PHILIPPINES
2. Internet Commercialization in Egypt: A Country Model
   • Tarek Kamel, Information and Decision Support Center/Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center, EGYPT

Engineering 1: Measurement and Statistics

1. Usage Accounting for the Internet
   • Gregory R. Ruth, GTE Laboratories Inc., USA
2. OC3MON: Flexible, Affordable, High-Performance Statistics Collection
   • Joel Apisdorf, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, USA
   • k claffy, National Laboratory for Applied Network Research, USA
   • Kevin Thompson, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, USA
   • Rick Wilder, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, USA
3. Internet Data Acquisition and Analysis: Status and Next Steps
   • Tracie Monk, National Laboratory for Applied Network Research, USA
   • k claffy, National Laboratory for Applied Network Research, USA

Engineering 2 and Application 2 (Panel): High-Bandwidth Applications

Engineering 3: Network Technology

1. Characteristics of UDP Packet Loss: Effect of TCP Traffic
   • Hidenari Sawashima, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
   • Yoshiaki Hori, Kyushu Institute of Design, JAPAN
   • Hideki Sunahara, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
   • Yuji Oie, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
2. Satisfying High Quality Requirements of Videoconferencing on a Packet-Switched Network
   • Mauro Draoli, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica, ITALY
   • Carlo Gaibisso, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica, ITALY
   • Maurizio Lancia, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica, ITALY
   • Emiliano Antonio Mastromartino, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica, ITALY
3. A Conference Control Model for Lightweight Sessions
   • Woohyong Choi, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KOREA
   • Kilnam Chon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KOREA

Engineering 4: Routing

1. Hop, Step, but Don't Jump for Scalable Lower-Layer Forwarding of Best-Effort Traffic
   • Masataka Ohta, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN
2. Path QoS Collection for Stable Hop-by-Hop QoS Routing
   • Yukinori Goto, Kyushu University, JAPAN
   • Masataka Ohta, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN
   • Keijiro Araki, Kyushu University, JAPAN

Engineering 5: Satellite-Based Networking

1. Satellite Communications in the Global Internet: Issues, Pitfalls, and Potential
   • Yongguang Zhang, Hughes Research Laboratories, USA
   • Dante De Lucia, Hughes Research Laboratories, USA
   • Bo Ryu, Hughes Research Laboratories, USA
   • Son K. Dao, Hughes Research Laboratories, USA
2. Providing Global Broadband Internet Access Using Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites
   • Daniel M. Kohn, Teledesic Corporation, USA

Engineering 6: ATM

1. IP/ATM Networks with Straightforward Multicasting and QoS Assurance
   • Fujikawa Kenji, Kyoto University, JAPAN
   • Ohta Masataka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN
   • Ikeda Katsuo, Kyoto University, JAPAN
2. High-Speed Network Traffic Management: Automatic Control Approach
   • V. Zaborovski, State Technical University of Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
   • Y. Podgurski, Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, RUSSIA
   • S. Yegorov, State Technical University of Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
   • Y. Shemanin, Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, RUSSIA
3. ATM Experiments for Advanced Backbone Services
   • Michael H. Behringer, Dante, UNITED KINGDOM

Engineering 7: Security

1. Privacy on the Internet
   • David M. Goldschlag, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
   • Michael G. Reed, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
   • Paul F. Syverson, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
2. Seamless VPN
   • Makoto Kayashima, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN
   • Minoru Koizumi, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN
   • Tatsuya Fujiyama, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN
   • Masato Terada, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN
   • Kazunari Hirayama, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN
3. Network Access Control for DHCP Environment
   • Kazumasa Kobayashi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
   • Suguru Yamaguchi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN

Users 1 and Commerce 1: Electronic Publishing

1. JournalsOnline: An Electronic Publishing Service for Higher Education and Research
   • Terry Morrow, University of Bath, UNITED KINGDOM
2. The Internet and the Ethnic Press: A Study of Network-Based Chinese Publications
   • Kewen Zhang, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
   • Xiaoming Hao, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
3. World Wide Web Publishing: An Overview of WWW Newspapers from the United States
   • Naphtali Irene Tham, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
   • Foo Yueh Peng, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE

Users 2: Using Technology

1. Environment to Inspire Network Users (ETINU): The Development of a Complete Online Support System
   • Christine Cahoon, Queen's University of Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM
   • George Dunn, Queen's University of Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM
   • Majella McCarron, Queen's University of Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM
   • George Munroe, Queen's University of Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM
2. Get Involved in a Volunteer Experience (GIVE) on the Internet
   • Patricio Navia, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
3. Selecting the Right Person for the Job: An Interactive Tutor Recruitment Package on the World Wide Web
   • Angela Carbone, Monash University, AUSTRALIA

Users 3: Art and the Internet

1. Art After the Internet: The Impact of the World Wide Web on Global Culture
   • Niranjan Rajah, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA
2. Problems and Possibilities of the Experience of Modern Art Through the Internet
   • Jin-Kyeong Oh, Ewha Womans University, KOREA
   • Gill-Chin Lim, Michigan State University, USA

Users 4: Impact of the Internet

1. The Internet as a Tool for Social Development
   • Paula Uimonen, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, SWITZERLAND
2. Beyond the Global Information Frontiers: What Global Concepts ("Weltbilder") Are There on the Internet and Why?
   • Nils Zurawski, University of Münster, GERMANY
3. Virtual Community: Seeking the Real Influence
   • Martin Vystavil, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SLOVAKIA

Users 5: Disabilities

1. Ensuring Universal Access by the Visually Impaired to the National Information Infrastructure: A Case Study of the Golden Point Computer System at the Tamkang University in Taiwan
   • Chung-Chuan Yang, National Institute of Technology at Kaohsiung, TAIWAN
   • Chung-Yi Cheng, National Chung-Hsing University, TAIWAN
2. The Room 13 Project: Community Connections and the Global Village
   • Keenan G. Wellar, Ingenia Communications Corporation, CANADA

Users 6 (Panel): Disabilities Panel Session

Users 7: Community Networking

1. Virtual Policy Networks: The Internet as a Model of Contemporary Governance?
   • Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University, CANADA
2. The Internet in the Service of Constitutionalism: Project CoCoNet
   • Dagmar Weisova, Arco Consulting, SLOVAKIA
     
   • Tibor Weis, Technical University, Zvolen, SLOVAKIA

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