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Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos

Information

•  OFFICE:

ICICS Building, Room 271 •  E-MAIL ADDRESS:

panos@ece.ubc.ca •  WEB PAGE:

https://courses.ece.ubc.ca/541/

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COURSE DESRCIPTION

•  A course on theoretical and practical issues in designing multimedia systems. Topics include digital video coding, capturing, compression and display technologies, transcoding for universal media access, 3D, Multiview and Free View TV, emerging technologies such as Virtual Reality, 360o and Augmented Reality, High Dynamic Range Video, Quality of Experience for HDR and 3D, Scalable Video Coding, content protection (watermarking), and design of multimedia middleware (e.g., multimedia authoring). Standards such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, and HEVC will also be reviewed.

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Personal Information Research

•  Brief bio •  Research

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Outline

•  Introduction •  Overview of Digital Image & Video Processing •  Capturing •  Compression •  Display technologies •  Transcoding •  High Dynamic Range Video •  MPEG & H.264/AVC •  The HEVC standard •  Overview of 3D •  2D to 3D

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Outline

•  View Synthesis, multiview, free view, 360o •  Quality of Experience •  Eye Tracking •  Visual Attention Models •  Quality Metrics •  Scalable & Multiview Video coding •  Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality •  Interactive Media •  Design of Multimedia middleware – e.g., DVD •  Future of Digital media

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Projects

–  Topics (tentative) •  High Dynamic Range:

–  Inverse tone-mapping –  Tone-mapping –  Color space conversion

•  Video Compression –  JVET vs. HEVC

•  Free View Point TV •  Virtual Reality and 360o: Smoothing content •  Light Field technology

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What is Expected

•  Oral Presentation on the project topic by end of September •  A technical Report on the topic is due the day before. This

should include introduction, background information, proposed approach, and bibliography.

•  Final Project completion date: First week of December •  Final exam: TBD. A final technical report is expected in the

form of a paper. Software code and executable should also be submitted. Each team should demonstrate its work.

•  Oral exam and questioning period will be allocated for each team. Questions will cover the course material and project work.

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What is Expected

1.  Presentations: Starting October 4 •  Technical Report - Proposal

•  Technical information •  References •  Latest trends •  etc.

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What is Expected

2.  Final project – December TBD (tentative)

•  Expected to submit: •  Technical report •  Source code •  Working demo

•  Presentation: – each team 50 minutes presentation, 10

minutes Q&A

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Marking Scheme

•  Technical Report/Proposal 10% •  Presentation 1 (Oral Exam) 10% •  Technical Report 30% •  Presentation & Demo 20% •  Oral Exam 20% •  Teamwork 10%

Academic Integrity The academic enterprise is founded on honesty, civility, and integrity. As members of this enterprise, all students are expected to know, understand, and follow the codes of conduct regarding academic integrity. At the most basic level, this means submitting only original work done by you and acknowledging all sources of information or ideas and attributing them to others as required. This also means you should not cheat, copy, or mislead others about what is your work. Violations of academic integrity (i.e., misconduct) lead to the breakdown of the academic enterprise, and therefore serious consequences arise and harsh sanctions are imposed. For example, incidences of plagiarism or cheating may result in a mark of zero on the assignment or exam and more serious consequences may apply if the matter is referred to the President’s Advisory Committee on Student Discipline. Careful records are kept in order to monitor and prevent recurrences. Link to the relevant Calendar section: http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=3,286,0,0

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