SWE 423: Multimedia Systems

I. Course Syllabus

1.SWE 423 Course Syllabus

II. Lecture Notes

1. Course Overview
2. Introduction (Chapter 1)
3. Media and Data Streams (Chapter 2)
4. Audio Technology (Chapter 3)
   4.1 Audio Technology (Part 1)
   4.2 Audio Technology (Part 2)
   4.3 Audio Technology (Part 3)
5. Optical Storage Media (Chapter 8)
6. Graphics and Images (Chapter 4)
   6.1 Graphics and Images (Part 1)
   6.2 Graphics and Images (Part 2)
   6.3 Extra Material: Color Spaces & Transformations Part 1
   6.4 Extra Material: Color Spaces & Transformations Part 2
   6.3 Extra Material: Color Spaces & Transformations Part 3 - Color Difference
   6.4 Graphics and Images (Part 3)
   6.5 Programming Practice: FFT Code in C#
   6.6 Graphics and Images (Part 4)
7. Video Technology (Chapter 5)
   7.1 Video Technology (Part 1)
   7.2 Video Technology (Part 2)
8. Computer-Based Animation (Chapter 6)
9. Data Compression (Chapter 7)
   9.1 Data Compression (Part 1)
   9.2 Data Compression (Part 2)
   9.3 Data Compression (Part 3)
   9.4 Data Compression (Arithmetic Coding From Drew and Li Textbook)
   9.5 Data Compression (Part 4)
   9.6 Data Compression (Part 5)
   9.7 Data Compression (Part 6)
   9.8 Data Compression (Part 7)
10. Multimedia Compression (Extra Material - Courtesy of Prof. Mark S. Drew - Simon Fraser University, Canada)
   10.1 Lossy Compression Algorithms
   10.2 Image Compression Standards
   10.3 Basic Video Compression Techniques
   10.4 MPEG Video Coding I --- MPEG-1 and 2
   10.5 MPEG Video Coding II --- MPEG-4, 7 and Beyond
   10.6 Basic Audio Compression Techniques
   10.7 MPEG Audio Compression
11. Content-Based Retrieval in Digital Libraries (Extra Material - Courtesy of Prof. Mark S. Drew - Simon Fraser University, Canada)
   11.1 Content-Based Retrieval in Digital Libraries

III. Reading Assignments

1. Reading Assignment 1 (Semester 062)
2. Reading Assignment 2 (Semester 062)

 

IV. Homeworks

     1. Homework No. 1
     2. Homework No. 2
     3. Homework No. 3
     4. Homework No. 4

V. Course Project

     1. Project Statement

VI. Course References

     1. Blu-ray versus HD DVD: State of the Division
2. HD DVD – A technical introduction
3. Semantic Modeling and Knowledge
Representation in Multimedia Databases [Work of Dr. Wasfi G. Al-Khatib]