CMPUT 414: Introduction to Multimedia Technology (Autumn 2010)

General Information

Instructor: Pierre Boulanger
Tel: 780-492-3031
Email:
pierreb@cs.ualberta.ca

URL: www.cs.ualberta.ca/~pierreb
Office: 411 Athabasca Hall
Office hours: By appointment only.

Prerequisites: CMPUT 204, CMPUT 301, MATH 120

Course Description

CMPUT 414 is an introductory course to basic principles and algorithms used in current technologies of multimedia systems. One of the goals of this course is to give the student hands-on experience on issues relating to multimedia data representation, compression, processing, and retrieval. In addition, the course will address issues relating to sound transmission, music streaming, 2-D and 3-D graphics, image and video. We will also explore human perceptual issues associated to multimedia technologies.

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