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Multimedia Systems Lecture 1: Introduction. Prof. Charlene Tsai tsaic@cs.ccu.edu.tw. http://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~tsaic/teaching/spring2007_grad_ms/main.html. Requirements. 10% class participation 20% 4 Homeworks 25% term project 20% midterm 25% final exam. Course Materials.
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Multimedia SystemsLecture 1: Introduction Prof. Charlene Tsai tsaic@cs.ccu.edu.tw http://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~tsaic/teaching/spring2007_grad_ms/main.html
Requirements • 10% class participation • 20% 4 Homeworks • 25% term project • 20% midterm • 25% final exam
Course Materials • Prescribed textbook: • “Fundamentals of Multimedia” by Ze-Nian Li and Mark S. Drew (Highly recommended by Prof. Chang) • Other references: • Multimedia Communications: “Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards” by Fred Halsall • Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods: Digital Image Processing. Prentice Hall; 2nd edition, 2002 • Lecture notes will be available online
Course Materials • We’ll cover most of the fundamental concepts using the book by Li& Drew • Extra materials are included from other two reference books • Toward the end of the course (last month), students are expected to present topics in more depth as part of the final project.
Lecture Format • Learning should not be passive, but active • I highly encourage students’ participation • The more active you are in class discussion, the higher your score for class participation.
Course Outline • Multimedia Authoring & Data Representation • Introduction to multimedia • Multimedia authoring and tools • Graphics and image data representations • Color in image and video • Fundamental concepts in video • Basics of digital audio
Course Outline • Multimedia Data Compression • Lossless compression algorithms • Lossy compression algorithms • Image compression standards • Basic video compression techniques • MPEG video coding I --- MPEG-1&2 • MPEG video Coding II --- MPEG-4,7&beyond • Basic audio compression techniques • MPEG audio compression
Course Outline • Multimedia Communication and Retrieval • Computer and multimedia networks • Multimedia network communications and applications • Wireless networks • Content-based retrieval in digital libraries • Each topic takes on average 1 lecture.
Discussion • What is your understanding of multimedia? • Please discuss how availability of multimedia affect your everyday life.