Office: ETA 204
Class Hours: TThTh 4 3 4
Office Hours: M 1 T 23 and Anytime available
E-mail: gurgen@boun.edu.tr
Tel:
0 212 359 6863
Textbook:
Multimedia
Systems, J. F. Koegel Buford, Contributing
Editor, Addison Wesley, 1994.
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.
3) Multimedia
Communication Systems: Techniques, Standards and Networks, Rao K. R.
Bojkovic Z. S., Milanovic D. A., Prentice 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?
Types: continuous media (CM), hypertext, audio,
video..
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Multimedia and
Personalized Computing
-
A Tour of Emerging
Applications
2.
The Convergence of
Computers, Communications, and Entertainment
Products
-
Technology Trends and a
Forward Overview
3.
Architectures and
Issues for Distributed Multimedia Systems
-
Distributed Multimedia Systems
- The Role of standards:
synchronization, orchestration, and quality of services (QoS)
Architecture
- Example cases for
Multimedia Systems: telemedicine, telerobotics, video on demand, remote access
applications, wireless and light weight clients
4.
A brief on programming
and usage of java in internet
environment
5.
Digital Audio
Representation and Processing
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Basics of Digital Audio
Signal Processing: voice, speech and the other audio types, MIDI (Musical
Instrument Digital Interface), etc.
6.
Image and Video
Technology
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Scanning Principles and
Sensors for TV Cameras
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Color Fundemantals and
Color Video
6. Audio and Video Compression
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Lossless Compression Algorithms
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Audio and Video Standards and examples
7.
Multimedia Information
and Communication Systems and Issues
- Multimedia Systems
Architecture: networks, standards, services (ATM, wireless services,
..etc.)
- Multimedia Devices Data models and
System Support
8.
High Definition
Television and DeskTop Computing
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Video versus
Computing
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Quality and
Conditions
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The Anatomy of an
Intelligent Multimedia System
Grading:
Midterm (25%) + Homeworks, Presentation+Project and quizzes (40%)
+ Final (35%)
Attendance: is required! (2/3 of the total number of classes
must be attended)
Late
presentations and projects
will be graded as 0.