Multimedia Technology

Code:

CINF034

Acronym:

TECM

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S (of 09-09-2013 to 06-06-2014)

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=697
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	10	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	3	-	5	3	3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

a) to present concepts, services and multimedia applications; b) presenting the techniques of representation, encoding and compression of multimedia information; c) to present the protocols used in networked multimedia applications; d) to develop appropriate algorithms to create multimedia applications and services.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course, students will:

- know the nature of the different types of multimedia information and respective representation formats,
- understand the nature of human auditive and visual systems, as well as the importance of their modeling for the purposes of representation, compression and efficient communication of multimedia signals;
- be able to explain the basics of the main generic encoding techniques, with and without losses;
- be able to identify the main international standards of representation and compression of multimedia signals;
- identify requirements of multimedia information systems;
- be empowered to design and develop multimedia applications using the tools studied.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to multimedia: representation, media types, information capture. 2. the human visual system. 3. principles of multimedia compression and encoding. 4. standards for image and video compression: JPEG, JPEG2000, MPEG, H. 264. 5. Network Requirements of multimedia applications: performance parameters, requirements of various transmission media. 6. multimedia applications and networks: architectures and protocols, distributed systems, Internet, QoS models and applications. 7. metadata.

Mandatory literature

Ze-Nian Li, Mark S. Drew; Fundamentals of Multimedia. ISBN: 0-13-127256-X
François Fluckiger; Understanding networked multimedia. ISBN: 0-13-190992-4
Ralf Steinmetz, Klara Nahrstedt; Multimedia Fundamentals: Media Coding and Content Processing

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposure classes; practical lessons for the development of multimedia applications; presentation of multimedia applications development tools in the practical classes.

Software

App Inventor

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	58,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho laboratorial	38,00
Total:	152,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimum grade in the laboratory assginments: 8

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam 60%

Laboratory assignments: 40%

Necessary a minimum of 8/20 in the exam.