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Multimedia and New Services

Code: EIC0064     Acronym: MNSE

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Interaction and Multimedia

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active? Yes
Responsible unit: Telecommunications
Course/CS Responsible: Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym No. of Students Study Plan Curricular Years Credits UCN Credits ECTS Contact hours Total Time
MIEIC 24 Syllabus since 2009/2010 4 - 6 56 162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objectives of this course are:
a) to present the concepts, services and their multimedia and hypermedia applications;
b) to present coding techniques and representation of multimedia information;
c) to introduce application development tools;
d) to develop applications.

At the end of the course the students will be able to:
- Identify the distinct technologies required for an multimedia application or service;
- To know the reality, the requirements and constraints of different technologies involved;
- Designing a multimedia application or service taking into account technological limitations;
- Develop an application or service using multimedia authoring software Adobe Flash.

Program

1. Introduction to multimedia: definition, types of media, levels of information, basic technologies.
2. Multimedia applications: classification, some examples.
3. Coding and representation of multimedia information: information theory and compression techniques, image compression, video compression, audio compression
4. User interfaces: usability, design, evaluation.
5. Network requirements of multimedia applications: performance parameters, requirements of various media.
6. Networks and multimedia application: architectures and protocols, distributed systems, QoS (Quality of Service) on ATM and on the Internet, models and applications.
7. New services: interactive digital television; multimedia streaming, IPtel

Mandatory literature

François Fluckiger; Understanding networked multimedia. ISBN: 0-13-190992-4
Nuno Ribeiro; Multimédia e tecnologias interactivas. ISBN: 972-722-415-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of the program; practical classes which introduce the tools; homework and development of an application; public presentation of the assignments.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description Type Time (hours) Weight (%) End date
Attendance (estimated) Participação presencial 42,00
Implementing practical work Trabalho escrito 35,00
Validation of practical work Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese 8,00
Study and definition of practical work Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese 12,00
Extra Classes Attending Participação presencial 8,00
Evaluation Exame 3,00
Total: - 0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description Type Time (hours) End date
Study of the theoretical component Estudo autónomo 40
Aprendizagem da ferramenta de autoria multimédia Estudo autónomo 12
Total: 52,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimum grade on the assignment: 8 out of 20

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam: 60% of the final grade
Assignment: 40% of the final grade
Minimum grade on the exam: 8 out of 20

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Student workers, although exempt from classes, must perform the same practical works as other students. They must also submit them to evaluation, as well as defend them on the dates that are set globally.

Classification improvement

Improvement of the exam grade is possible according to the rules in FEUP. Improvment of practical works is still possible at the end of this course occurrence.

Observations

Presentation of the practical work [version beta]: May 30
Delivery of practical work: June 6
Delivery of practical work for classification mprovement: the day of the last exam
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