IEEE BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY

To: Members and Potential Members of IEEE G-2.1.6

From: Alan S. Godber, Interim Chairman of IEEE G-2.1.6.

The next meeting of the Subcommittee will be held on Monday, July 13^th, 1998, at the Holiday Inn in Somerset, New Jersey. The meeting will begin at approximately 10AM or later, at the termination of the G-2.1.4 meeting. The meeting is being held adjacent to the series of T1A1.5 meetings, which will take place from Tuesday, July 15^th to Friday, July 17^th, 1998.

The Draft Agenda for the G-2.1.6 meeting is attached.

The Draft Minutes of the 8^th meeting of the Subcommittee on March 16^th, 1998 should be available on the IEEE Web site shortly, courtesy of our Secretary, Doug Lung.

Documents for G-2.1.6 can be found on the Web at www.ieee.org. Then select "Standards", "Working Group Areas", "Video Compression (Digital ) Measurement Standards (P1486)".

Looking forward to a good attendance at the meeting. Hoping to see you in Somerset, New Jersey.

The meetings will be hosted by Bellcore. The address of the hotel is:

Holiday Inn, Somerset, 195 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873

Phone (732) 356-1700 FAX (732) 356-0939

The per night rate is $99.00 and a block of rooms will be held at this rate until June 29, 1998. Please mention the Bellcore sponsored T1A1 meeting of July 13^th to 17^th, when making your reservations.

If you need further information, please contact Peggy Eisen at (732) 758-4594

Transportation options - Rental cars are preferred if you want to get around during the week.

Following are directions from Newark Airport to the Holiday Inn, Somerset - Take the New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit 10, (Metuchen/Edison). Follow exit 10 to Route 287 North. Take exit 6 (Route 527 New Brunswick/South Bound Brook). Follow Route 527 North to the first traffic light and make a left turn onto Davidson Avenue. The Holiday Inn is 1/4 mile along Davidson Ave. on the right.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Broadcast Technology Society, Audio Video Techniques Committee G-2.1

Video Compression Measurements Subcommittee G-2.1.6

Ninth Meeting, Monday, July 13^th, 1998, Approx.10AM to 6PM,

Holiday Inn, Somerset, New Jersey, (approx. 4 miles west of New Brunswick).

DRAFT AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introduction by Interim Chairman, of IEEE G-2.1.6

2. Approval of Revised Draft Agenda.

3. Review and Approval of Minutes of the Previous Meeting #8, March 16^th, 1998.

4. Matters Arising from the Minutes.

5. Report of recent Meetings of ITU Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) at NIST, MD, pertinent to video compression - Arthur Webster, David Fibush, Al Morton, Alan Godber & other participants.

5.1 Further Discussion and Recommendations from the Subcommittee.

6. Report of Task Force on Compression Measurements Information Gathering - Chair, Bill Zou.

6.1 Further Discussion and Action.

7. Report of Task Force on "Defining A Unit of Measure & a Means of Calibration for Video Impairment", Leon Stanger.

7.1 Further discussion and Action.

8. Further Discussion of Compression Measurement Methodologies.

8.1 Discussion of Future Work, Additional Assignments, etc.

9. Any Other Business.

10. Date(s) of Future Meeting(s).

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