CS4185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications

Module Summary


Objectives

The course aims at providing students with theoretical and technical understanding on multimedia components, communications, and systems. The course covers contemporary, interactive multimedia technology and communication systems, focusing on types, applications, and theories of operation. Basic technologies such as multimedia data representation, compression, retrieval and communication will be covered in an integrated manner. On completion of the course, students should be able to understand the fundamental concepts and make critique to the technologies associated with various multimedia data types such as image, video, audio, graphics and animation. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Syllabus


Pre-requisites


Assessments

For a student to pass this course, he/she must obtain at least 30% of the maximum course project mark as well as 30% of the maximum examination mark.


Programming Clinic

For students who encounter programming difficulties in doing your course project, you can take advantage of the programming clinic available from the CSLAB. There are five consultation sessions provided for each week, starting from Week 4 to Week 13 (except holidays & breaks). The clinic will be offered in mixed mode -- you may visit the clinic in the CSLab at MMW building physically, or join the clinic via Zoom.

Please refer to the following link for the Clinic sessions

Teaching Schedule

Refer to the university calendar for the week numbers.

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Reference Books

Last updated on October 5, 2024.