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Simon Fraser
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CMPT 820: Multimedia Systems

(Area V)

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Time & Location: Monday and Wednesday at  12:00 - 1:20 PM;  Room SUR 5360

Instructor: Mohamed Hefeeda, Office Hours: Monday 1:30 PM -- 2:30 PM, or by appointment.


 

This course covers current research in the field of multimedia computing and networking. Topics will include media data representation,  compression, retrieval, network communications, and multimedia systems. A primary focus of the course will be on scalable and adaptive multimedia streaming to heterogeneous clients over the Internet.

 

Topics will include (Tentative list)

  • Review of Video and Audio Coding

  • Models for Scalable Coding of Multimedia Streams (layered, FGS, MDC, ...)

  • Adaptive Multimedia Streaming

  • Synchronization Schemes

  • Streaming to Wireless and Mobile Devices

  • Content-aware Streaming and Storage of Multimedia Streams

  • Security of Scalable Multimedia Streams

  • Implementation of Multimedia Systems (protocols, packetization, client buffering, server design, ...)

 
Grading Scheme
  • Class Participation, Assignments, and Quizes:    40%  

  • Final Project:                      60%  (Some project suggestions will be given, check the Wiki page)

References

  • [Burg09] Burg, The Science of Digital Media, Prentice Hall, 2009

  • [KR08]  Kurose and Rose, Computer Networking:  A top-down Approach Featuring the Internet, 4th edition, Addison Wesley, 2008

  • [SC07] Schaar and Chou (editors), Multimedia over IP and Wireless Networks: Compression, Networking, and Systems, Elsevier, 2007

  • [LD04] Li and Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Prentice Hall, 2004

  • [SN04] Steinmetz and Nahrstedt, Multimedia Systems, Springer, 2004

 

 

   

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