Course detail

Multimedia

FEKT-NMUMAcad. year: 2014/2015

Types of media, their content and delivery. Analysis of multimedia networks and high-speed multimedia transport protocols. Lossless and lossy compression of multimedia signals (masking, wavelet and fractal compression, 3D DCT). Multimedia indexing and retrieval in multimedia databases (Fourier Descriptors, MPEG 7). Digital watermarks and their applications. Advanced methods of 3D visualization, multimedia system control over Internet, remote acquisition of multimedia data.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Číka, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Telecommunications (UTKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students will acquire the knowledge of advanced methods of multimedia digital signal processing and methods of their delivery in heterogenous network environments.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Techning methods include lectures and computer laboratories. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system. Students have to write two projects/assignments during the course.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

final examination

Course curriculum

1) Outline - Multimedia data compression
2) Quantisation, prediction encoding
3) Motion estimation and compensation
4) Image transforms
5) Entropy encoding
6) SPIHT and EZW methods
7) JPEG and MPEG standards
8) MPEG-2 standard, Transport stream
9) MPEG-4 and H.264 standards
10) Image postprocessing – filtering
11) Digital watermarks in image and video
12) Multimedia databases (MPEG-7)
13) Multimedia protocols

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Acquiring solid theoretical knowledge in the field of advanced multimedia signal processing in heterogeneous network environments.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KATZENBEISSER,S.-PETITCOLAS,F.:Information hiding techniques for steganography and digital watermarking. Artech House, Boston 2000
LU,G.:Multimedia database management systems. Artech House, Boston 1999
WOODS,J.:Handbook of Visual Communcations. Academic Press, San Diego 1995

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC-MN Master's

    branch MN-MEL , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective interdisciplinary
    branch MN-TIT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective specialised

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Číka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Multimedia, content and delivery.
Multimedia representation, multimedia data types.
Advanced methods of lossless multimedia compression.
Advanced methods of lossy multimedia compression I.
Advanced methods of lossy multimedia compression II.
Multimedia indexing in digital libraries.
Infomation retrieval and measuremnt of retrieval efficiency.
Remote control and acquisition of multimedia data.
Advanced techniques of 3D visualization.
Multimedia security - multimedia encryption.
Advanced techniques of information hiding in multimedia.
High-speed wireless multimedia networks.
Advanced multimedia transport protocols.

Laboratory exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Číka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction to JAVA Media API.
Writing JAVA Media enabled applet.
Description and use of JAVA Media Player.
Description and use of JAVA Media Capture.
Description nad use of JAVA Media Conference.
Graphical user interface design.
Implementation of STP multimedia protocol I.
Implementation of STP multimedia protocol II.
Synchronization of multimedia data.
Monitoring the data transfer.
Testing of communication and its reliability.
Building a JBean.
Checking of functionality, and awarding the credit.