Cover Story: Teaching and Learning in the New Millennium

• Education -- The Technology Imperative
  How will the Internet revolution change the way we educate ourselves and our children? Examples from Singapore schools and universities give some clues.
• Giving Students Online Textbooks
  Lessons come to life in with the eduPAD, a new hand-held digital pad on trial at a Singapore secondary school
• Logging on to the Virtual Laboratory
  Electrical engineering students conduct experiments in the comfort of their homes, thanks to an online virtual laboratory
• Promoting Adult E-learning
  Working professionals and other adult learners choose exactly the kind of skills and knowledge they need, all on their own schedule
• Globalising Research and Education
  Lectures from halfway around the world? Why not, if you have access to a high speed network platform like Singapore's SingAREN

Features

• Generating Scenes with 3D Image Analysis Applications
  What does it take to reproduce the human face? Lots of maths and plenty of computing power say electrical engineers at the National University of Singapore
• High Performance Computing on the Internet
  Small to mid-size engineering firms can have the latest software, thanks to a new e-engineering portal developed by the Institute of High-Performance Computing.

Departments

• From the Editor
  Welcome message from Editors-in-Chief, Associate Professor Lim Khiang Wee, of the National University of Singapore, and Dr K K Phua, World Scientific Publishing
• In This Issue
  We highlight the key features in this inaugural issue, and briefly introduce one of our International Advisory Board members
• In Brief
  We profile both on-going and completed research in the biological sciences, dentistry, engineering, geography and others.
• Topic Overview - Linking the Physical and Digital Worlds
  The ideal wearable computer provides a seamless background tool to the user in his natural environment says researcher Adrian Cheok. He reviews the latest developments in this field.
• Spotlight - Cerf on the Net
  Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf talks about the development of the web and its future role, including his latest research -- an Internet connection to Mars and beyond
• Feature
  High Performance Computing on the Internet
• Viewpoint - Mixed Emotions
  Sociologist and father of three K C Ho analyses our fascination with the Internet and some of the social effects of this technology
• Events
  We list of some of the key scientific conferences in Singapore and around the world.
• Advertiser Listing
  A compilation of advertisers, addresses and more
• Media Representatives
  A listing of World Scientific Publishing Media Offices around the world