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Multimedia Systems (Comp 727, 3 Crhr.) Graduate Program Department of Computer Science Addis Ababa University Semester I – 2008/09 Solomon Atnafu [email protected]

Objectives: • Introduce students with the principles and current technologies of multimedia systems; • Develop a comprehensive understanding of multimedia standards, tools and systems; • Develop students understanding on the current issues and trends of research in Multimedia systems, • Enable students gain hands-on experience in multimedia capturing, processing, transmitting, content representing, and retrieval;

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Course Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Multimedia Data Representation 3. Programming Media 4. Multimedia Data Compression 5. Standards of Multimedia data Description 6. Multimedia Communications 7. Multimedia Data Retrieval and Management

References 1.

Ze Nian Li and M. S. Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Prentice Hall, 2004.

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Guojun Lu, Multimedia Database Management Systems, Artech House, 1999.

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K.R. Rao, Zoran S. Bojkovic, Dragorad A. Milovanovic; Multimedia Communication Systems; Prentice Hall, 2002.

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Resources on the Web – to be announced.

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Methods: • • • • • •

Lecture Presentations, – Monday, Friday 9:00 - 10:15 AM, Room: NBR-2 Lab Session – Lab on Multimedia Programming (JMF), Adobe Flash Review of Articles – Will be given by the Instructor Reading Assignments, – Will be announced in class Project – Subjects to be Identified by students Consultation Hrs. – Monday, Friday 10:30 – 11:00 AM

Evaluation • Articles reviewed will be presented in class (15%), • Projects developed will be defended in Class (20%), • Attendance and Class participation (required), • Final Exam (65%).

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