Media Technologies

Code:

PDMD003

Acronym:

TM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Technology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://ctp.di.fct.unl.pt/~nmc/2Semestre1415/tm/tm-en.html
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Digital Media

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDMD	14	Syllabus since 2009/2010	1	-	7,5	42	202,5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The course aims to deepen and systematize the knowledge of Digital Media technologies, considering the following topics:

•        Main characteristics of different media and its digital representations.
•        Multimedia information processing.
•        Architectures, software models and environments for building multimedia applications.
•        Navigation and structuring models for multimedia and hypermedia information.
•        Advanced application systems including mobile applications, tangible interfaces and augmented reality.

Learning outcomes and competences

As a result of this course students should acquire the following skills:

• Theoretical knowledge about the different media and their digital representation;
• Analyze and process multimedia information;
• Define and specify basic media architecture and software for the development of advanced applications.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Introduction : overview and challenges


• Multimedia Information 




• Static information and dynamic information


• Text, image, audio and video: features and computational representation


• Color representation


• Sampling, spatial and temporal resolution


• Formats and representation standards, compression and transmission




• Information processing




• Filters


• Segmentation


• Feature extraction




• Application development with digital media




• Multimedia Project


• Tools and development environments


• Architecture and application development




• Hypermedia systems




• Models and examples


• Narrative and hypermedia




• Multimedia applications on mobile devices, tangible interfaces and augmented reality

Mandatory literature

Nuno Ribeiro; Multimédia e Tecnologias Interactivas, 2ª edição, FCA, 2006
Fernando Pereira, Paulo Correia et al; Comunicações Audiovisuais: Tecnologias, Normas e Aplicações, IST Press, 2009

Complementary Bibliography

Joshua Noble; Programming Interactivity: A Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and openFrameworks, O'Reilly Media, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes include lectures and support in project implementation.

Throughout the semester there will be two deliverables:

• Article synthesis and presentation on discipline topics, with theme proposed by the professor or proposed by the student and approved by the lecturer This article is individual and must have a maximum of 10 pages in ACM format. It is important to include a critical perspective on the subject(s) being compared with different approaches and paradigms. Although not mandatory, a concept map such as the ones produced by the VUE environment can be used. An example of a synthesis article example (in this case applied to the case of augmented reality , considering the evolution as one of the most important conferences in the area - ISMAR )  is available in the digital library of ACM (PDF only available where subscription is available).
• Project, that includes the specification of components and the implementation of a multimedia system. It identifies the requirements, develops a detailed proposal for the system architecture and hosts a number of specific components. This work can be done individually or in groups ( two elements ). Intructions are available for project specifications. For the class diagrams the UML language can be used, which is available on various information, e.g. Quick Reference  and  UML 2 Class Diagrams. There is also a tool to generate diagrams from a textual explanation . For the class diagrams are multiple tools, for example UMLet and Violet.

Software

VUE ( http://vue.tufts.edu/ )

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho laboratorial	100,00
Total:	202,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Article 30%
Project 70%

Observations

Classes start on March 3rd.