Spring 2012
CE40-342 Multimedia Systems
Sharif University of Technology
Department of Computer Engineering
Course Syllabus
CE40-342: Multimedia Systems
Spring 2012: Sunday & Tuesday: 16:30-18:00: CE, Room 201
“This world is just too wonderful to be described by words, that's why there is Multimedia...”
Instructor
Hamid R. Rabiee, PhD
Mahdi Amiri, PhD
Office: CE-803
Phone: 66166683
Email: rabiee@sharif.edu
m_amiri@ce.sharif.edu
URL: http://sharif.edu/~rabiee http://ce.sharif.edu/~m_amiri/
TA
Mehrdad Moradi, Nima Najafzadeh, and Nazanin Makkinejad
Office: DML, CE-803
Email:: imehrdad2012@gmail.com, najafzadeh@ce.sharif.edu,
nazanin.makkinejad@gmail.com
Course
Website
http://ce.sharif.edu/courses/90-91/2/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
Z-N. Li, M.S. Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle
River, NJ, 2004*.
* We will mostly use class handouts and lectures. Therefore, text books could be used as
a reference.
Other
Reference
Books
1. R. Steinmettz and K. Nahrstedt, Multimedia: Computing, Communications and
Applications, Prentice Hall, 1995.
2. R. Steinmettz 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.
Grading
Policy
There will be Homework, Weekly Quizzes, Critical Reading, Mid-Term and Final Exam.
The grade will be determined as:
Quiz
15%
Lowest quiz will be dropped
Homework
15%
MATLAB is required
Critical Reading
10%
Mid-Term Exam
30%
Final Exam
30%
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
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services.
Tentative
Course
Outline
Topic
Overview of the Course
Introduction to Multimedia
Review of Signals and Systems
Speech I (PCM, Sampling)
Speech I (PCM, Quantization, DPCM)
Handout
Handout
Handout
Handout
Handout
Speech II (ADPCM, Spectrogram,
Formant)
Speech II (LPC, CELP, Vector Q.)
Entropy Coding
Amiri
Handout
Amiri
Amiri
Handout
Handout
Color Space
Amiri
Handout
Image I (Acquisition and
Representation)
Amiri
Handout
Image II (Enhancement)
Image III (Compression, JPEG)
Video I (Video Systems)
Amiri
Amiri
Amiri
Handout
Handout
Handout
HW#4
Amiri
Amiri
Rabiee
Handout
Handout
Handout
Midterm Exam
MM System Design Issues
Multimedia Networks I
Multimedia Networks II
Wireless Multimedia
Multimedia Applications I
Multimedia Applications II
3D Technologies, I
Rabiee
Rabiee
Rabiee
Rabiee
Rabiee
Rabiee
Amiri
Handout
Handout
Handout
Handout
Handout
Handout
Handout
3D Technologies, II
Amiri
Handout
HW#5
Critical Reading Paper
Assigned
Midterm Exam
HW#6
HW#7
HW#8
Critical Reading
Report Due
Video IV (MPEG7, MPEG 21)
Course
Regulations
HW
Amiri
Amiri
Rabiee
Amiri
Amiri
Video II (Video Coding, MEMC)
Video III (Video Coding Standards)
Tentative
Homework
Instructor Readings
HW#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
HW#1
HW#2
HW#3
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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
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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.
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.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Prof. Hamid R. Rabiee, who founded and developed this course.
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CE40-342, Multimedia Systems, Spring 2012, M. Amiri
With acknowledgement and thanks to Prof. Hamid R. Rabiee, who founded and developed this course.