Spring 2015
CE40-342 Multimedia Systems
Sharif University of Technology
Department of Computer Engineering
Course Syllabus
CE40-342: Multimedia Systems
Spring 2015: Saturday & Monday: 9:00-10:30: CE, Room 101.
“This world is just too wonderful to be described by words, that's why there is Multimedia...”
Instructor
Hamid R. Rabiee
Office: CE-804
Phone: 66166683
Email: rabiee@sharif.edu
URL: http://sharif.edu/~rabiee/
TA
Ali Yadegari, Email: ayadegari@ce.sharif.edu, Office: DML, CE-803
Fariborz Mafakheri, Email: mafakheri@ce.sharif.edu , Office: DML, CE-803
Course
Website
http://ce.sharif.edu/courses/93-94/2/ce342-1/
Objective
To make the senior level undergraduate students acquainted with the fundamental concepts of
multimedia and multimedia systems in emerging multimedia value added services.
Textbook
We will mostly use class handouts and lectures. Therefore, text books could be used as a reference.
Z-N. Li, M.S. Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ,
2004.
Other
Reference
Books
1. Parag Havaldar, Gerard Medioni, Multimedia Systems: Algorithms, Standards, and
Industry Practices, Cengage Learning, 2010.
2. R. Steinmetz and K. Nahrstedt, Multimedia Fundamentals: Media Coding and Content
Processing, Prentice Hall, 2002.
3. K. R. Rao, Z. S. Bojkovic and D. A. Milanovic, Multimedia Communication Systems:
Techniques, Standards and Networks, Prentice Hall, 2002.
4. R. Steinmettz and K. Nahrstedt, Multimedia: Computing, Communications and
Applications, Prentice Hall, 1995.
Grading
Policy
There will be Homework, Weekly Quizzes, Critical Reading, Mid-Term and Final Exam. The grade
will be determined as:
Quiz
Homework
Critical Reading
Mid-Term Exam
Final Exam
15%
15%
10%
30%
30%
Lowest quiz will be dropped
MATLAB is required
Prerequisites
Signals & Systems.
Course
Description
The course includes fundamental concepts of multimedia, Speech, Image and Video processing
including international standards. Fundamentals of multimedia systems design, multimedia
networks, multimedia search engines and emerging multimedia value added services.
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Tentative
Course
Outline
Starting
Monday
Bahman 20th
There would
be a Quiz
every
Monday.
CE40-342 Multimedia Systems
Topic
Overview of the Course
Introduction to Multimedia
Review of Signals and Systems
Entropy Coding
Speech I (PCM, Sampling)
Speech I (PCM, Quantization, DPCM)
Speech II (ADPCM, Spectrogram, Formant)
Speech II (LPC, CELP, Vector Q.)
Color Space
Image I (Acquisition and Representation)
Image II (Enhancement)
Image III (Compression, JPEG)
Video I (Video Systems)
Video II (Video Coding, MEMC)
Video III (Video Coding Standards)
Video IV (MPEG7, MPEG 21)
Midterm Exam
MM System Design Issues
Multimedia Networks I
Multimedia Networks II
Wireless Multimedia
Multimedia Applications I
Multimedia Applications II
3D Technologies, I
3D Technologies, II
Tentative
Homework
Course
Regulations
HW#
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Readings
HW
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HW#1
HW#2
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HW#4
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HW#5
Critical Reading Paper
Assigned
Midterm Exam
HW#6
HW#7
HW#8
Critical Reading
Report Due
Home Work Title
Digitizing Audio Signals – Changing Sampling Rates
Signal Compression: Audio & Speech
Image Processing Tools
Color Concepts
Image Compression
Analog & Digital Video
Video Compression
Video Conferencing
a) Homework Problems
Homework problems will be handed out on Tuesdays and will be due two weeks later,
before the beginning of lectures. The problems will cover the following week materials so
do not expect to cover the whole problem set related materials right after the release. There
will be some simple Programming Projects using MATLAB. There will be learning
materials and classes on how to use MATLAB for problem solving. Course policy for late
submission is mentioned below:
50% of the whole point for delivery up to three days after the deadline.
25% of the whole point for delivery up to one week after the deadline.
Do not even think of submission after more than one week delay.
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b) Quizzes and Exams
Each Sunday there will be a quiz, at the beginning of the lectures. Each quiz will cover the
facts discussed in the previous week, so use your Fridays to study!
c) Problem Solving Classes
The problem solving classes are an integral component of the course. Attendance at
recitation is very important.
d) Statement on Collaboration, Academic Honesty, and Plagiarism
We encourage working together whenever possible on; homework, working problems in
tutorials, and discussing and interpreting reading assignments. Talking about the course
material is a great way to learn.
Regarding homework, the following is a fruitful (and acceptable) form of collaboration;
discuss with your classmates possible approaches to solving the problems, and then have
each one fill in the details and write her/his own solution independently. An unacceptable
form of dealing with homework is to copy a solution that someone else has written.
We discourage, but do not forbid, use of materials from prior terms that students may have
access to. Furthermore, at the time that you are actually writing up your solutions, these
materials must be set aside; copy-editing from other’s work is not acceptable. At the top of
each homework you turn in, we expect you to briefly list all sources of information you
used, except known course materials like Text Book, Lectures, etc. A brief note such as
“Did homework with ABC and ABD in study group” or “Looked at old solution for
Problem 4” would be sufficient. Besides the morality issues, it will help TAs on grading
your hand outs.
There will be a zero tolerance policy for Cheating/Copying HW’s. The first time you are
caught, you will receive a zero for the task at hand. If you are caught for a second time, you
will fail the course.
In general, we expect students to adhere to basic, common sense concepts of academic
honesty. Presenting another's work as if it were your own, or cheating in exams will not be
tolerated.
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