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Received May 18, 1998; accepted for publication June 17, 1999

Nader Mohsenian IBM Research Division, 1701 North Street, Endicott, New York 13760 (nmohseni(y,us.ibm.com). Dr. Mohsenian graduated from Lehigh University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992. From 1992 to 1994 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering of Princeton University. In 1994 he joined the research and development staff of the IBM Digital Video Products group, where he is currently a Senior Scientist. His work is focused on developing digital video processing techniques for MPEG-2 products. Dr. Mohsenian has published several papers on digital image and video compression. He is a member of IEEE, SMPTE, and Eta Kappa Nu.

Rajesh Rajagopalan Lucent Technologies, 1160 Route 22E, Room 227B, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807. Dr. Rajagopalan received the Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronics and communication engineering in 1986 from the Regional Engineering College, Suratkal, India, and the Master of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996, both in electrical and computer engineering. He has been a Research Assistant in the Electrical Engineering departments of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Research Associate at the Institute for Geophysics, Austin, Texas, a visiting student at Princeton University, and a Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center at various times from 1990 through 1997, working in the areas of signal, image, and video processing. He is currently a Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies, working in the field of digital video. His areas of interest include video processing, distribution, and communications.