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Message from the President		1
	ATR's Rebirth as an Assertive Research Institute FUGONO Nobuyoshi (D.Eng.) President
Special Essay		3
	Pride and Some Prejudice Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson Project Leader of the Communication Dynamics Project in the ATR Human Information Science Laboratories
MIC Special
	Toward the Creation of New Communications Incorporating Multimedia Technologies NAKATSU Ryohei President, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories	4
	Scene Generation for Communication TETSUTANI Nobuji	6
	Research on Agent-Mediated Communication: Toward Creative Communication Systems that Demonstrate "Understanding" MASE Kenji	7
	Research to Support Image Expression: Toward a Technical Understanding and Utilization of Human Kansei TADENUMA Makoto	8
	Human Communication Science: A Step Toward Social Agents KATAGIRI Yasuhiro	9
	Research on Media Integration for the Generation of Communication Environments MIYASATO Tsutomu	10
	Research on Future Communications Based on Collaboration between Artists and Engineers NAKATSU Ryohei	11
	Commercializing the Technologies Developed through Research at ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories HARADA Ikuo	13
	List of Selected Papers from MIC	14
Farewell MIC
	Remarks on MIC Lab Journal Article Stephen A. Benton	15
	Major Waves Initiated by Media Integration & Communications Research: Returning to the Origin of Human Sensitivity HABARA Kohei	15
	The Seeds of "da Vinci Science" Have Been Sown HARASHIMA Hiroshi	16
	My Memories of ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories at the Conclusion of the Project SAKANE Itsuo	17
	My ATR IWADATE Yuichi	18
	ATR-MIC Farewell Message Sidney Fels	19
Current Projects at ATR
HIS	Could You Surpass Coach Troussier: Controlling Interaction Among Multiple Agents TAKADAMA Keiki	20
SLT	Toward Automated Chinese-to-Japanese Interpretation: Enabling Recognition of Spoken Mandarin Chinese by ATR-MATRIX Shuwu Zhang and Jinsong Zhang	22
ACR	Adaptive Control Algorithm for the ESPAR Antenna Blagovest SHISHKOV and OHIRA Takashi	24
Letters from Alumni		26
	Mike Shuster, Angela Lee and Junwei Lu
Dedication to Playing (Mini-)Soccer with the ATR Team Christian Kroos Enjoying the Beauty of Nature Chengqing Zong ATR Main Event 2001		27
SHIEN Diary		28
	Preparing to Cross International Borders
Notice From the Editor's Desk SAKATA Yasumi		29