Course Catalog 2006-2007

SGN-3156 VIDEO COMPRESSION, 4 cr
Video Compression

Courses persons responsible
Moncef Gabbouj

Lecturers
Reiner Creutzburg

Lecturetimes and places
Per II,III: Tuesday 14 - 16, TB215

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - 2 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Exercise - 2 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Assignment - - 18 h/per - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
After passing this course a student have knowledge of compression methods for digital transmission and storage of video.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Compression methods for digital transmission and storage of video. The functional blocks of a modern video compression system with emphasis on signal processing aspects.       
2. Application of video compression algorithms in International standards (e.g. MPEG-4, H.263, H.264) and in practical video applications (digital TV, video phone, internet video).       

Requirements for completing the course
Final exam and an assignment. The assignment has to be completed before attending the exam.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • The course grade is based on the exam answers. Very good grade is obtained when exam questions are correctly answered and a project work is accepted. Threshold for passing the exam is at least half of the maximum exam points.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Lecture slides "Video Compression" Stephan Wenger       Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    OHJ-1106 OHJ-1106 Programming I 4 Mandatory
    SGN-3106 SGN-3106 Digital Video Processing 4 Mandatory

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 60 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 30 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 48
    Exercises 24
    Assignments 18

    Other scaledHours
    Preparation for exam 22
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 115

    Principles and starting points related to the instruction and learning of the course

  • Lectures cover the theory of the video compression. Exercises focus on some simple problems that help understand the theory, e.g. spectral and spatial redundancy, entropy coding and video coding with mencoder. Exercise classes are not compulsory to attend.

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    Last modified 20.12.2006
    Modified byAntti Niemistö