1. Multimedia Systems Course Overview & Introduction Instructor: Leila Sharifi UUT Fall 2011 1

2. Scoring policy Final35~ 40% Midterm25~30% Assignments-30~30% – Most of the assignments should be hand in in a handwritten format. – All the assignments will be available on the course materials link after the class announcement. !! Plagiarism would be punished seriously. Presentation-10~10% Quizup to 10% Class Activityup to 15% Total Score is beyond 100%, Try to get as much as you can. – There is exceptional chance for you to get high score, do not turn you back to this great opportunity. 2

3. References Main Book (Required): – Fundamentals of Multimedia – Ze-Nian Li & Mark S. Drew – Pearson-Prentice Hall -2004 Others – Papers – Slides – Course Materials & Resources are available at: http://ceit.aut.ac.ir/~sharifi/Courses/Multimedia/ 3

4. Syllabus We will proceed roughly through these topics: MM Authoring & Data Representation – Introduction to MM – MM Authoring and tools – Graphics and Image Data Representation – Color in Image and Video – Fundamental Concepts in Video – Basics of Digital Audio Midterm 4

5. (…)Syllabus MM Data Compression – Lossless Algorithms – Lossy Algorithms – Image Compression STDs – Basic Video Compression Techniques – MPEG 1 & 2 – MPEG 4, 7 & 21 – Basic Audio Compression Techniques – MPEG Audio Compression MM Communication and Retrieval – Computer and MM Networks – MM Network Communications and Apps 5

6. Contact info Contact me via email: Leila.sharifi@aut.ac.ir Office Hours (May Change) – Saturday 2-5 PM – Sunday1-2 PM – Monday 2-5 PM Do not hesitate to ask your questions within the office hours or via email. All your emails would be responded within 24 working hours. 6