Nalin ShardaNalin Sharda teaches and leads research in multimedia systems and human-computer interaction at Victoria University (Australia). He has held visiting positions at Aachen University (Germany), Karlstad University (Sweden), Jaypee University of Informaion Technology (India), and Florida Atlantic University (USA). Dr. Sharda’s publications include the Multimedia Information Networking textbook published by Prentice Hall, and over 120 articles, papers and handbook chapters. Nalin has invented the Movement Oriented Design (MOD) Paradigm for the creation of effective multimedia content based experience, and applied it to e-tourism, e-learning and other applications. He has led projects for the Australian Sustainable Tourism CRC to develop e-Tourism systems using Semantic Web technologies and innovative visualization methodologies. Dr. Sharda has been invited to present lectures and seminars in the Distinguished Lecturer Series of the European Union’s Prolearn program. He has presented over 60 seminars, lectures, and keynote addresses in Austria, Australia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Japan, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, and USA. Read More Read Less