GRAD. COURSE EE6614
Spring 2010
Tues & Thurs 8:05AM - 9:25AM
Prof. Nikil Jayant
MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS:
Media Processing and Advanced Communications: Principles, Standards and Research Frontiers
This course is a comprehensive introduction to multimedia communications. It covers media processing (including the compression, recognition and synthesis of speech, audio, image and video) as well as media communications (including joint designs of source coding, channel coding and networking). Channel and network models are used in conjunction with media compression principles to understand and solve problems in internet and wireless multimedia. Media recognition and synthesis are briefly covered as bases of human-computer interaction, as an increasingly important part of next-generation information technology. Project assignments introduce the student to hands-on multimedia computing or to a specialized topic in multimedia networking. The course will prepare students for multimedia-related jobs and research careers in the high-opportunity areas of internet and wireless communications.
| January 12 | Class 1 | Course Overview |
| Classes 2-3 | Overview of Signal Compression | |
| Classes 4-7 | Speech Compression: LPC, CELP | |
| Classes 8-9 | Audio Compression: MP3, AAC | |
| Classes 10-11 | Image Compression: JPEG, JPEG2000 | |
| Classes 12-14 | Video Compression: MPEG2. H.264 | |
| Class 15 | Midterm Exam | |
| Class 16 | Models and Standards for Wired and Wireless Networks | |
| Classes 17-18 | Multimedia Communications Over Imperfect Networks | |
| Classes 19-20 | Special Project Preparation | |
| March 23 & 25 | Spring Break | |
| Class 21 | Special Project Review | |
| Class 22 | The Voice User Interface: Speech Recognition and Synthesis | |
| Class 23 | Special Project Review | |
| Class 24 | The Visual User Interface: Image Recognition and Synthesis | |
| Class 25 | Special Project Review | |
| Class 26 | Multimedia Information Retrieval: Computing of Semantics | |
| Class 27 | Special Project Review | |
| Class 28 | Research Directions: Converging Networks and Services | |
| April 27 | Class 29 | Special Project Submission |
- Desired Prerequisites: Random Signals and Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing
- Desirable Background: Communication Systems and Communication Networks
- Questions-Email; (404) 894-7285
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