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 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. 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 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 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 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%) ·
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. is an example of ·
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.
Fikret Gurgen
Tentative Course Schedule
·
INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA
CONCEPT AND APPLICATIONS
·
AUDIO AND VIDEO INFORMATION
·
MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS
AND COMMUNICATION
·
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Some useful links: