Enriched Content: Concept, Architecture, Implementation, and Applications
Enriched Content: Concept, Architecture, Implementation, and Applications by Hung-Hsien Chang A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Computer Science New York University May, 2003 Professor Ken Perlin c Hung-Hsien Chang All Rights Reserved, 2003 ii Dedication To my parents, for their extreme patience and supports. To Ya-Ya, for its “understanding”. iii Acknowledgements It has been a long journey. A page or two of descriptions do not do justice to the people who have assisted me over the years; however, that is why they call such thanks an acknowledgement. For New York University, I thank my advisor Ken Perlin who have given valu- able guidance at critical moments, over the years he showed me his fun computer graphics demo and we shared a few child-like geeky moments, and of course not to mention the influence of his more incurable optimism (I thought I was incurably optimistic.) My reader committee have been supportive: Alan Siegel who has pa- tiently and constantly given me advice on both academics and life, Ernest Davis whose “extreme” encouragement and enthusiasm are crucial while his scrutinizing my work kept me on my toes. My other two thesis committee members are gener- ous and understanding, to say the least. Richard Cole, who I believe, is surprised to see my change, and Dennis Shasha is enduring to my ever changing mind in the last minute. I also thank Chee Yap, Ricky Pollack, Ravi Boppana, Dan Melamed, David Geiger, Ben Goldberg, Bud Mishra, Joe Spencer, late Robert Paige, Arthur Gold- berg, Jack Schwartz, Eero Simoncelli, Zvi Kedam, Dennis Zorin, Victor Schwartz, Vasilis Vassalos, and Deborah Weichenberg.
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