CmpE 468 Multimedia Computing

Fall 2004

Fikret Gurgen

 

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.

 

 

Tentative Course Schedule

 

 

·         INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA CONCEPT AND APPLICATIONS

 

1.         Multimedia Information and Applications

-          What is Multimedia? Types: continuous media (CM), hypertext, audio, video..

-          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

 

 

 

·         AUDIO AND VIDEO INFORMATION

 

5.        Digital Audio Representation and Processing

-          Basics of Digital Audio Signal Processing: voice, speech and the other audio types, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), etc.

6.        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 and examples

 

·         MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

 

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

      

 

·         FUTURE DIRECTIONS

 

8.        High Definition Television and DeskTop Computing

-          Video versus Computing

-          Quality and Conditions

-          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.