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I would like to collect some evidence that image processing is moving more
and more into the mainstream of consumer electronics.  More specifically,
I am trying to find information that would motivate a greater emphasis on
teaching image processing to undergraduates in electrical engineering (if,
indeed, this is justified).

Examples that I've thought of are:

- HDTV will soon move into the mainstream and will require engineers with
  a working knowledge of image and video signal processing.
- Increasingly sophisticated VCR's and camcorders are beginning to use
  image processing.
- AT&T's picture phone points to the fact that true videophones are just
  around the corner.
- The possibility of telecomputers that provide random access to TV programs
  and interactivity --- this will soon be feasible with continued growth in
  available bandwidth and transmission technology.

Any thoughts along these lines would be greatly appreciated.  I will summarize
email responses to the net.



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Stan Reeves
Auburn University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Auburn, AL  36849
INTERNET: sjreeves@eng.auburn.edu