CpSc 863 (Section 1): Multimedia Systems and Applications
Spring 2015

General Information:

      Class Time: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM   Tuesday and Thursday.
      Location: Daniel Hall 314
      Instructor: Dr. James Z. Wang
      Office: McAdams Hall 305
      Phone: 864-656-7678
      Email: jzwang@clemson.edu
      Office Hours: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM   Tuesday and Thursday.
      Syllabus: http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~jzwang/1501863/syllabus.htm

Final Exam Schedule:

             Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 am - 10:30 am

Project Topics:

  1. Research projects presented in ACM MM 2014.
  2. Research projects presented in ACM MM 2013.
  3. Research projects presented in ACM MM 2012.

Project:

      01/08: Project Description
      01/08: Please form a project team by Thursday, January 15, 2015. You need to elect a team leader who must email the instructor the names and contact information of all team members by 11:59PM. The instructor will assign a team number for you when he receives your team information.
      01/08: Project proposal is due by 11:59PM on Thursday, January 29, 2015. Your submission must include a cover page listing the team number and member names. You should submit your proposal in PDF file format and name the file as "teamXP.pdf" in which "X" is your team number. For instance, team 4 should name their file as "team4P.pdf". Please submit your proposal by email.

Each team member must also evaluate the contribution of his/her by filling the evaluation form. Every team must finish one evaluation form for each of your teammates and send the evaluate forms directly to the instructor by email. Please rename the evaluation file so that it includes the team number and the member name in the filename. Here is a sample evaluation.
      01/08: Final project submission is due by 11:59PM on Monday, April 20, 2015. You should have completed your project by then. You are required to submit a final project report, source code, testing data, testing results if there is any, and presentation slides (revised according to your project). An instruction on how to submit your project will be sent to you later.

Each team member must also evaluate your teammates when you submit your project. However, you should email your evaluation forms to the instructor. Please download the evaluation form here, and finish one evaluation for each of your teammates. Here is a sample evaluation. Please rename the file to include the team number, your name, and the name of the teammate you evaluate.

Notes and Schedule:

      01/08: Introduction
      01/13: Data Compression
      01/20: Image Compression - JPEG
      01/29: Image Compression - JPEG 2000
      02/05: Video Compression
      02/12: Audio Compression
      02/19 : Multimedia Streaming
      02/26: Multimedia Distribution - BitTorrent
      04/07: Image Colorization Using Similar Images -- by Gupta et al.
      04/09: Song Recommendation for Social Singing Community -- by Mao et al.
      04/09: Visual Interestingness in Image Sequences -- by Grabner et al.
      04/14: What’s Making That Sound ? -- by Li et al.
      04/16: Joint Statistical Analysis of Images and Keywords with Applications in Semantic Image Enhancement -- by Lindner et al.
      04/21: Exploring Principles-of-Art Features For Image Emotion Recognition -- by Zhao et al.

Academic Integrity:

“As members of the Clemson University community, we have inherited Thomas Green Clemson’s vision of this institution as a “high seminary of learning.” Fundamental to this vision is a mutual commitment to truthfulness, honor, and responsibility, without which we cannot earn the trust and respect of others. Furthermore, we recognize that academic dishonesty detracts from the value of a Clemson degree. Therefore, we shall not tolerate lying, cheating, or stealing in any form. In instances where academic standards may have been compromised, Clemson University has a responsibility to respond appropriately and expeditiously to charges of violations of academic integrity.”

“When, in the opinion of a faculty member, there is evidence that a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty, the faculty member shall make a formal written charge of academic dishonesty, including a description of the misconduct, to the Associate Dean for Curriculum in the Office of Undergraduate Studies. At the same time, the faculty member may, but is not required to, inform each involved student privately of the nature of the alleged charge.”

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