CS 558: Multimedia Systems

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Fall Semester in 2006

The course provides an introduction to multimedia systems, with particular emphasis on technical issues in distributed multimedia systems, multimedia compression, and multimedia information systems.

Topics include, requirements and QoS in multimedia systems; data storage and multimedia storage servers; multimedia traffic characterization, traffic shaping, traffic scheduling & admission control; multimedia multicast communication; image compression, video compression and audio compression; indexing and retrieval for images, video & audio; digital watermarking.

The course is NOT about how to use/or make multimedia presentations!

The left hand column gives access to the various top-level CS 558 pages, and also appears in several of these top-level pages. The top level pages are:

• Course outline.
• Class notices.
• Class handouts.
• Labs Laboratory exercises.
• People Provides details about the CS 558 instructors, tutors and graders.
• Assessment. Provides links to various assessment items and supporting materials.

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