CS5185 Multimedia Technologies and Applications

Part I

Course Duration: One Semester
No. of Credit Units: 3
Level: P5
Medium of Instruction:  English
Prerequisites: Nil
Precursors: Nil                                    
Equivalent Courses: IT5303 Multimedia Technologies & Applications
Exclusive Courses: Nil

Part II

Course Aims:
The course aims at providing students with theoretical and technical understanding on multimedia components and systems.  The course covers contemporary, interactive multimedia technology 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 the completion of the course, students should be able to understand the fundamental concepts and the technologies associated with various multimedia data types such as image, video, audio, graphics and animation.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

Teaching and Learning Activities (TLAs)
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

   Teaching pattern:
   Suggested lecture/tutorial/laboratory mix: 2 hrs. lecture; 1 hr. tutorial.

Assessment Tasks/Activities
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

   Examination duration:  2 hours
   Percentage of coursework, examination, etc.:  40% CW; 60% Exam
 

CILO No.	Type of Assessment Tasks/Activities	Weighting (if applicable)	Remarks
CILO 1	Class exercises that are given to students as group work during tutorial Problems from the assignments for the students to solve individually Students may choose to work on a project on this topic to implement the related technologies Examination
CILO 2	Class exercises that are given to students as group work during tutorial Students may choose to work on a project on this topic to implement the related technologies Examination
CILO 3	Class exercises that are given to students as group work during tutorial Problems from the assignments for the students to solve individually Students may choose to work on a project on this topic to implement the related technologies Examination
CILO 4	Class exercises that are given to students as group work during tutorial Examination
CILO 5	Class exercises that are given to students as group work during tutorial Problems from the assignments for the students to solve individually Students may choose to work on a project on this topic to implement the related technologies Examination

Grading of Student Achievement: Refer to Grading of Courses in the Academic Regulations
Grading pattern: Standard (A+, A, A-…F)
For a student to pass the course, at least 30% of the maximum mark for the examination must be obtained.

Part III

Keyword Syllabus:

Multimedia Data Compression, Multimedia Data Representation, Image and Video Compression, Digital Audio, Multimedia Database Systems.

Syllabus

• Image Representation
• Color Science and Color Models
• Lossless and Lossy Compression
• JPEG Image Compression Standard
• Video Representation
• Basic Video Compression Techniques
• Video Coding Standards: H.26X and MPEG
• Basics of Digital Audio
• Audio Compression