CmpE 468 Multimedia Computing

Fall 2002

 


Announcements

The letter grades are here.

The final and project results are here. If you think you need to object to your project grade, please read the assistant's note about the projects.

Here is a guideline document for making presentations. Please read it and use it. If you have any suggestions, feel free to contact the assistant.

The second homework is announced here. It is due 20 November.

Each student or student group should specify a couple of presentation slots or preferences (as soon as possible, as late as possible, first thursday anytime, etc.) and send me an e-mail. Please specify the project title, and the names of the group members. I will assign slots on a FCFS basis, and reply with an e-mail. Check the possible slots here.

Get some more useful links here

The first homework, (due to 23 October) is here

Notes on Reviewing a Paper/Subject are here


 

 

Office: ETA 204 Hours: WWTh  2 3 3  Anytime available Ext: 1863

Fikret Gurgen

 

Reference book:

Multimedia Systems, J. F. Koegel Buford, Contributing Editor, Addison Wesley, 1994.

The other references:

1) Multimedia: Computing, Communications and Applications, Steinmettz R. And Nahrstedt K., Prentice Hall, 1995.

2) Multimedia Fundamentals: Media Coding and Content Processing, Steinmettz R. And Nahrstedt K., Pentice Hall, 2002.

 

Objectives: In this course, the principles and current technologies of multimedia system applications will be overviewed. Topics include elementary digital signal processing, multimedia systems applications, examples of multimedia hardware and software, issues in effectively representing, processing, and retrieving multimedia data such as text, graphics, sound and music, image and video. 

 

Tentative Course Schedule

 

·        INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA CONCEPT AND APPLICATIONS

 

1.         Multimedia Information and Applications

-          What is Multimedia?

-          Multimedia and Personalized Computing

-          A Tour of Emerging Applications

2.        The Convergence of Computers, Communications, and Entertainment Products

-          Technology Trends

-          A Forward Overview

 

3.        Architectures and Issues for Distributed Multimedia Systems

-          Distributed Multimedia Systems

-          The Role of standards: Synchronization, Orchestration, and QOS Architecture

-          A Framework for Multimedia Systems

 

·        AUDIO AND VIDEO INFORMATION

 

4.        Digital Audio Representation and Processing

-          Basics of Digital Audio Signal Processing

-          Introduction to MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

 

5.        Image and Video Technology

-          Scanning Principles and Sensors for TV Cameras

-          Color Fundemantals and Color Video

 

6.   Audio and Video Compression

                -       Lossless Compression Algorithms

                -       Audio and Video Standards

 

·        MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATION

 

7.        System and Architecture Support for Continuous Media Applications

-          Limitations in Workstation Operating Systems (OS) and new OS Support

                -      Multimedia System Services Architecture

-          Multimedia Devices Data models and System Support

-          Communication Issues

      

  • PRESENTATIONS

 

·        FUTURE DIRECTIONS

 

8.        High Definition Television and DeskTop Computing

-          Video versus Computing

-          Quality and Conditions

 

9.        Knowledge-Based Multimedia Systems

-          The Anatomy of an Intelligent Multimedia System

 

10.  Discussions

 

Grading:   Midterm (30%) + Presentation and Project (30%) + Final (40%)

 

Some useful links:

 

·        http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/courseware/cs294-3/

 

covers the design and implementation of interactive distributed multimedia applications.

 

·        http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/vin/cs384m.html

 

is a course in advanced systems covering both theoretical and practical issues in designing multimedia systems.

 

·        http://mpeg.snu.ac.kr/

 

is an example of Multimedia Systems Lab. Seoul National University, School of Electrical Eng.

 

·        http://medialab.cs.ucla.edu/

 

is another site of  Multimedia lab that its interests lie in a variety of areas of applications of multimedia computing...

 

·        Go and try with http://www.altavista.com/  or http://www.google.com/

 

You will find more than you want! For example, try “multimedia systems” or “multimedia computing”.

 

·        http://www.bmrc.berkeley.edu/courseware/cs39/fall00/links.html

 

is also for useful readings. A list can be seen:

           

               Web Design / HTML Links

               Digital Imagery Links

               Privacy, Copyright, Your Rights

               Interesting Videos

               Software

 

            For example, there, it says

Web Design / HTML Links

 

          The world of web development is a crazy place. Help is available. Check it out.

 

               Barebones Guide To HTML

                    The HTML reference. Useful for all skill levels.

                                               

 

Suggested Presentation and Project Topics:

 

(Not limited to suggested topics)

1)       Media data Streams

2)       Audio technology

3)       Video technology

4)       Graphics and animation applications

5)       Data compression

6)       Optical storage media

7)       Multimedia computer technology

8)       Multimedia operating systems

9)       Multimedia networking

10)    Multimedia communication systems

 

 

Example choices:                 1) Title: Audio technology

Presentation: Text-to-speech synthesis area

Project: Description of how Java speech API works?

 

 2) Data Compression

Presentation: Lossless data compression techniques

Project: Huffman coding example with MATLAB software

 

3) Graphics and animation applications

Presentation: An image creation with Adobeshop software

Project: A demonstrative example of image creation with Adobeshop.

 

 

 

NOTE: Grading is on the basis of the presentation issues, a project report and clarity of descriptions,..etc.