Welcome to the first public issue of the ST Journal of System Research (STJSR). The STJSR has been in existence as an internal publication for three years, and we are pleased and proud to open it to a wider readership.
As a rule, STJSR issues are thematic. However, to pique your interest we have gathered here a collection of papers from the seven previous internal issues, whose guest editors deserve a marked acknowledgment for their invaluable contribution: Roberto Sannino, Denis Mestdagh, Massimo Mancuso, Roberto Zafalon, George Chen, and Jean Nicolai.
Our collection opens with two papers drawn from the very first issue of the journal, dedicated to Imaging and Video. Both contributions testify to the significant efforts in research aimed at improving the performance of MPEG -2 encoders, from both architectural (F. Rovati et al.) and algorithmic (A. Borneo et al.) points of view.
Representing the VDSL issue are C. Del Toso and M. Combe, who introduce the integrated Zipper-VDSL chipset developed by STMicroelectronics.
The paper by M. Mancuso et al., appearing in the STJSR issue on Image Processing for Digital Still Camera, details an architecture for the distributed processing of high-quality images, based on the mobile agent communication paradigm.
The collection continues with a contribution in the area of System Design for Low Power. The article by L. Benini et al. depicts a methodology for the power consumption estimation of embedded VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) architectures, such as STMicroelectronics' Lx embedded processors.
Two papers, one each by L. Hong and G. Chen et al., introduce algorithms developed in the field of Visual Interface. The former describes a technique that attempts to reconstruct a higher resolution image from a low-resolution input video. The latter discusses the concept of hyperlines in light fields and their use in light field rendering.
The theme of our most recent issue was Security. M. Marchetti and G. Bertoni, and C.L. Tisse present papers dealing with problems as disparate as encryption (ASIC implementation of the AES Rijndael algorithm) and biometrics (algorithms for human iris recognition).
Our ultimate aspiration is that you will learn something from reading these pages. We look forward to having the privilege of your interest in the future. |
