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Ralf Steinmetz

RALF STEINMETZ is Professor of Multimedia Communications at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Chairman of the Board of the Hessian Telemedia Technology Competence Center httc, and a leader in the worldwide community of advanced multimedia researchers. He initiated the IEEE Multimedia Magazine, has been editor of various journals, is an IEEE Fellow, and also recently became an ACM Fellow. His textbook, Multimedia Technology: Principles, Components and Systems, has been the authoritative resource in various languages for American and European universities since its first publication in 1995.