Digital Multimedia Coding and Processing

Week 1: Introduction. Motivation. Main Principles. Review.

Week 2: Information Measures. Lossless Coding Techniques. Entropy Coding. Huffman and Arithmetic Coding.

Week 3: Quantization. Optimal Conditions. Quantizer Design.

Week 4: Multirate System Fundamentals. Polyphase. Filter Banks. Transforms. Basis Functions.

Week 5: KLT. DFT. FFT. DCT. MLT. Wavelet Transform.

Week 6: Audio Coding Standards. MP3. AAC. Image Compression Standards. JPEG.

Week 7: Zerotree Coding. Embedded Coding. JPEG2000. Project Proposal Due.

Week 8: Spring Vacation. No Lecture.

Week 9: Video Coding Fundamentals. Motion Estimation and Compensation.

Week 10: Popular Video Coding Standards. MPEG Family. H.26 Family.

Week 11: Latest Video Compression Standard: H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10 or MPEG-4 AVC.

Week 12: Multimedia Processing in the Compressed Domain. Communication and Networking Issues. Error Resilience.

Week 13: Multimedia Streaming. Packet Video.

Week 14: Final Project Oral Presentations.

Week 15: Final Project Report Due.