Course detail
Multimedial Data Processing
FEKT-MPA-MUMAcad. year: 2024/2025
The course focuses in detail on the description of modern compression algorithms and methods used in image and video processing, description of security of multimedia content by means of watermarking techniques, description of principles of multimedia data transmission in IP networks, and description of the principles of indexing and retrieval in large multimedia databases.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
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.
Aims
Students who will complete this course will be able to:
- describe and explain the basic parameters of digital image and video,
- describe and explain the procedure for measuring the quality of digital image and video,
- explain the transformations used to image/video compression,
- explain the entropic coding used to image/video compression,
- explain the principles of motion estimation and compensation used in video compression standards,
- describe and implement individual parts of JPEG and MPEG compression,
- describe current compression formats, define their advantages and disadvantages,
- to orientate in the environment of the transmission of multimedia data over the Internet,
- Explain the principles of multimedial content security,
- describe the principles of multimedia databases.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
SALOMON, D. Data compression. New York: Springer, c2004. ISBN 0-387-40697-2. (EN)
SALOMON, David, Giovanni MOTTA a David BRYANT, Handbook of data compression. 5th ed. ISBN 978-1848829022 (EN)
Recommended reading
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. General information, basic concepts related to image data distribution and compression
2. Multimedia data quality measurement, differential coding and quantization
3. Transform coding (DCT, DWT, DWHT)
4. Entropic coding (Huffman, arithmetic, dictionary)
5. Standards for compression of static images JPEG, PNG, HEIC
6. Entropic encoding (SPIHT, EZW - suitable for use with DWT)
7. Watermarking of still images
8. Motion estimation and compensation in video compression
9. Video compression standards AVC, HEVC, AV1, VVC
10.Streaming techniques, protection of streamed data
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1st half of the semester
Assignments demonstrating the steps of image compression according to JPEG compression
2nd half of the semester
Individual applications
Elearning