School of Information Science and Technology hosted the Forum on Multimedia Future Research in USTC, on May 6th, 2012. Multimedia experts from all over the country gathered together at USTC to discuss the issues of future research directions in multimedia field as well as how to gain world-leading achievements in such directions through collaborative innovation. “USTC Master Lecturer”, Prof. CHEN Changwen, chaired Forum, and CAS Academician, USTC President HOU Jianguo made welcoming remarks to open the Forum.

CAE Academician, Prof. GAO Wen from Beijing University, and Prof. LI Weiping, Dean of SIST, delivered two keynote speeches, entitled “The Practice of AVS Collaborative Innovation” and “Exploring an Approach to Collaborative Innovation in Multimedia Field”, respectively. The following experts also made presentations on specific topics:

Dr. ZHUANG Yueting from Zhejiang University

Dr. LIU Qingfeng from USTC iFLYTEK Co., Ltd.

Dr. MA Huadong from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Dr. JI Xiangyang and Dr. DAI Qionghai from Tsinghua University

Dr. HUANG Jiwu from Zhongshan University

Dr. YAN Yonghong from CAS Institute of Acoustics

Dr. HU Ruimin from Wuhan University

Dr. GAO Xinbo from Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology

Dr. HUANG Tiejun from Beijing University

Dr. CHEN Xilin from CAS Institute of Computing Technology

Dr. YANG Xiaokang from Shanghai Jiaotong University

Dr. YANG Jingyu from Tianjin University

Dr. YU Li from Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Dr. ZHU Wenwu from Tsinghua University

Dr. LI Shipeng from Microsoft Research Asia

Dr. SHI Guangming from Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology

After the presentations, the participating experts had open discussions on exploring future research directions in multimedia field and gave many positive suggestions on how to gain world-leading achievements. The insightful forward-looking opinions benefit the participants a lot. The Forum ended in a relaxed and harmonious atmosphere.