MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND ALGORITHMS

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Objectives
1. To introduce multimedia computing and communications.
2. To impart knowledge of Sound/ Audio, video processing techniques.

Expected Outcome
The students will be able to
1. Use multimedia computing hardware, software tools multimedia authoring and design process.
2. Identify the research issues involved in multimedia systems

Prerequisites/Exposure
Computer Graphics

Contents
INTRODUCTION
Branch-overlapping Aspects of Multimedia, Content, Global Structure, Multimedia- Media and Data Streams,
Medium, Main Properties of a Multimedia System, Traditional Data Stream Characteristics, Data Streams
Characteristics for Continuous Media, Information Units.

SOUND/AUDIO
Basic Sound Concepts, Music, Speech, Image and Graphics- Basic Concepts, Computer Image Processing,
Introduction to Optical Storage

VIDEO AND ANIMATION

Basic Concepts, Television, Computer-based Animation, Data Compression-Storage Space, Coding Requirements,
Source, Entropy, and Hybrid Coding, Some Basic Compression Techniques-JPEG, H.261, MPEG, DVI

MULTIMEDIA OPERATING SYSTEMS

Introduction, Real-time, Resource Management, Process Management, File Systems, Additional Operating System
Issues, System Architecture, Multimedia Communication Systems- Application Subsystem, Transport Subsystem,
Quality of Service and Resource Management

MULTIMEDIA DATABASE SYSTEMS

Multimedia Database Systems and its characteristics, Data Analysis, Data Structure, Operations on Data, Integration
in a Database Model, Introduction to Hypertext, Hypermedia, Document Architecture, SGML, ODA, MHEG, A
Reference Model for Multimedia Synchronization, Multimedia Applications- Media Preparation. Media
Composition, Media Integration, Media Communication, Media Consumption, Media Entertainment

Text/ Reference Books

1. Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Mahrstedt, "Multimedia computing, communications and Applications", Pearson
Education Asia, 1st reprint – 2001.
2. K. Rao, "Multimedia Communication Systems: Techniques, Standards, and Networks", Prentice Hall, 2002

Mode of Evaluation
Written examinations, seminar, assignments, surprise tests and quizzes

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