Multimedia Compression Techniques Course

Study of theory and mastery of skills regarding audio-visual media compression, including the ability to build multimedia systems through understanding the concepts of the constituent sub-systems. Lectures are generally divided into 7 (seven) topics, consisting of: (i) Introduction to Multimedia, (ii) Multimedia Content Production, (iii) Multimedia Data Representation, (iv) Multimedia Data Storage and Retrieval, (v) Multimedia Networking, (vi) Multimedia Distribution, and (vii) Multimedia Security. The lecture will begin by providing knowledge about the basics of Multimedia, such as definitions, types of multimedia, applications, including an initial overview of the material that will be provided during the lecture. Furthermore, students will be equipped with knowledge about the general description of the multimedia content production process, including the types of resources needed, both software, hardware and human resources. Next, students are introduced to the types of multimedia data compression and their formats, both for text, sound (speech/voice), audio/music, static images (still images) and moving images (video). After understanding various multimedia data representations, students are given knowledge about multimedia data storage and retrieval techniques, which include multimedia databases, as well as data search and retrieval techniques. Furthermore, students will be equipped with knowledge about networks and multimedia data distribution, such as multimedia network design and various distribution methods. As the end of the subject, students will be introduced to multimedia data protection and security, such as watermarking techniques and digital rights management (DRM). After each material, students are asked to search and analyze international articles which are divided into the 7 subjects above.