Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the Technical Program Committee, I am very pleased to welcome and invite you to join the 2005 Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2005), the sixth annual conference on cutting-edge multimedia technologies. PCM 2005 will be held in Jeju Island, Korea, from November 13 to 16, 2005. The conference will feature the latest developments in multimedia from technical and artistic perspectives, and discuss likely trends with leading technical specialists from all over the world. We are confident to continue the tradition of excellence in PCM 2005 with some 200 selected papers, in addition to the tutorial sessions and plenary lectures. Thus, please join us and exchange your innovative ideas and rich experience with other distinguished participants across the world. Jeju Island, where the conference will be held, is one of the most famous and beautiful tourist resorts in Korea, which is only an hour flight from Seoul, Korea. Jeju Island has a mild oceanic climate throughout the year with the smallest annual temperature range in the country. It offers breathtaking coastline, outstanding beaches, and various cultural attractions. Thus we urge you to take advantage of this wonderful setting of conference site. Once again, I am honored to host PCM 2005 in Korea and very pleased to invite you to PCM 2005 and look forward to meeting you at Jeju in the middle of November, 2005.

Jae-Kyoon Kim Conference Chair of PCM 2005, Professor Emeritus of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)