CpSc 881 (Section 3): Multimedia Systems and Applications

Spring 2003

 

General Information:

Class Time:           2:30 PM -3:45 PM, Monday and Wednesday
Location:               Jordan Hall, G-32
Instructor:             Dr. James Wang
Office:                    421 Edwards Hall
Phone:                   656-7678
Email:                    james.wang@cs.clemson.edu
Prerequisites:      

(1)     Java or C/C++ programming

(2)     Computer Networks OR Operating Systems

Office Hours:         4:00-5:00 MW or by appointment

Web site:                http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~jzwang/cpsc88103.htm

 

Objective:

Multimedia has become an indispensable part of modern computer technology. In this course, students will be introduced to principles and current technologies of multimedia systems and gain hands-on experience in this area. Issues in effectively representing, processing, and retrieving multimedia data such as sound and music, graphics, image and video will be addressed.

 

Topics to cover:

This course will cover topics in the emerging area of multimedia systems including (not limiting to) the following:

·         Multimedia, media and data streams, sound/audio, image, graphics, video and animation.

·         Topics in data compression including coding requirements, source, entropy, and hybrid coding, JPEG, H.261 (px64), MPEG, MP3 and etc.

·         Computer technology issues such as communication architecture, multimedia workstations, storage systems and optical storage.

·         Multimedia operating system issues such as real-time operation, resource management, process management, file systems, and Multimedia networking.

·         Multimedia synchronization, presentation requirements, reference model, and synchronization techniques.

·         Multimedia applications including digital libraries, system software, toolkits, conferencing paradigms, structured interaction support, and examples from video/audio/graphics conferencing.

 

Textbook:

Multimedia deals with an understanding of a lot of different technologies. Consequently, I have not been able to find a good textbook for the course. Students are encouraged to study using class notes, which will be posted on the website and will cover all course material. Additional material (such as selected articles, recent research papers) will be provided during the course.

 

References:

  1. Multimedia Communication Systems, K. Rammohanarao, Z. S. Bolzkovic, D. A. Milanovic, 1st edition, Prentice Hall, May 2002.
  2. Video Processing and Communications, Yao Wang, Joern Ostermann, and Ya-Qin Zhang, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  3. Multimedia Communications: Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards, Fred Halsall, Addison-Wesley, 2001.
  4. Multimedia: Concepts and Practice, Stephen McGloughlin, November 2000, Prentice Hall
  5. Digital Multimedia, Nigel Chapman and Jenny Chapman, Wiley, 2000.
  6. Multimedia Systems, Standards, and Networks, A. Puri, T. Chen (editors.),  Marcel Dekker, 2000
  7. Multimedia Database Management Systems, Guojun Lu, Artech House Publishers, October 1999.
  8. Multimedia: Computing, Communications and Applications, R. Steinmetz and K. Nahrstedt, Prentice Hall, 1997.
  9. Multimedia Systems Design, P. K. Andleigh & K. Thakrar, Prentice Hall, 1996.
  10. Image and Video Compression Standards: Algorithms and Architecture, V. Bhaskaran and K. Konstantinides, 2nd ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

 

Additional References:

  1. Compressed Video over Networks, Ming-Ting Sun, Amy R. Reibman (editors.), Marcel Dekker, 2000
  2. Internetworking Multimedia, Jon Crowcroft, Mark Handley and Ian Wakeman, Taylor and Francis, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999.
  3. Managing Multimedia, Elaine England and Andy Finney, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1999.
  4. Multicast Networking and Applications, C. Kenneth Miller, Addison-Wesley, 1999.
  5. Multimedia Information Networking, Nalin K. Sharda, Prentice Hall, 1999.
  6. The Emergence of Net-Centric Computing, Bernard C. Cole, Prentice Hall, 1999.
  7. Modern Information Retrieval, Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Berthier Ribiero-Neto, Addison Wesley, 1999
  8. Handbook of Multimedia Computing, Borko Furht (Editor), CRC Press, 1999.
  9. Video Information Retrieval, A. D. Bimbo, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999.
  10. Computed Synchronization for Multimedia Applications, Charles B. Owen et. al., Kluwer Academic, August 1999.
  11. Intelligent Image Databases Towards Advanced Image Retrieval, Y. Gong,  Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998
  12. Wireless Multimedia Communications, Networking, Video, Voice, and Data, E.K. Wesel, Kluwer Academic, 1998.
  13. Video Coding – An Introduction to Standard Codecs, Mohammed Ghanbari, The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), London, UK, 1999.
  14. Networked Multimedia Systems, by S. V. Raghavan, Satish K. Tripathi, Prentice Hall, 1998.
  15. Multimedia Communications: Protocols and Applications, F. Kuo, W. Effelsberg, J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, Prentice Hall PTR, 1998
  16. Multimedia Information Retrieval Content-Based Information Retrieval from Large Text and Audio Databases, Peter Schduble, Kluwer Academic, 1997.
  17. Video Database Systems Issues, Products, and Applications, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Kluwer Academic, 1997.
  18. Representation and Retrieval of Visual Media in Multimedia Systems, HongJiang Zhang et al., Kluwer Academic, 1996.
  19. Multimedia Database Management Systems, B. Prabhakaran, Kluwer Academic, 1996.
  20. Searching Multimedia Databases by Content, Christos Faloutsos, Kluwer Academic, 1996.
  21. Distributed multimedia, P. W. Agnew, A. S. Kellerman, Addison-Wesley, 1996.
  22. Multimedia Systems Design Prabhat K. Andleigh and Kiran Thakrar, Prentice Hall PTR, 1996.
  23. A Guided Tour of Multimedia Systems and Applications, B. Furht and M. Milenkovic, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995.
  24. Image and Video Processing in Multimedia Systems, B. Furht, S. Smoliar, and HJ Zhang,  Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.
  25. Digital Video Processing, A. Murat Tekalp, Prentice Hall, 1995.
  26. Understanding Networked Multimedia: applications and technology, Francois Fluckiger, Prentice Hall, 1995
  27. Image and Video Compression Standards: Algorithms and Architectures, Vasudev Bhaskaran and Konstantinos Konstantinides, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995