Course Catalog 2007-2008

SGN-3106 DIGITAL VIDEO PROCESSING, 4 cr
Digital Video Processing

Courses persons responsible
Roberto Castagno
Moncef Gabbouj

Lecturers
Roberto Castagno
Roberto Castagno

Lecturetimes and places
Per I: Tuesday 16 - 18, TB222
Per I: Thursday 16 - 18, TB219

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 4 h/week - - - - -
Exercise 4 h/week - - - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
Fundamentals of digital video and video signal processing.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Video formats and quality  Video in multimedia    
2. Quantization  Error resilience    
3. Still image compression  Video analysis  Image compression standards 
4. Motion estimation       
5. Video coding       

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Final exam.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

  • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Other online content ITU specifications       http://www.itu.int/publications/bookshop/how-to-buy.html No  English 
    Lecture slides "Digital Video Processing" Roberto Castagno       Yes  English 
    Book "Digital Compression of Still Images and Video" R. J. Clarke       No  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    SGN-3010 SGN-3010 Digital Image Processing I 5 Mandatory
    SGN-3016 SGN-3016 Digital Image Processing I 5 Mandatory

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    Either SGN-3010 or SGN-3016 is required. These courses can be taken in parallel with SGN-3106.

    Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

  • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In exams or assessment of knowledge and skill/learning

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course
  • - Contact teaching: 60 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 30 %

  • Description of the course implementation from ICT point of view
  • Attendance, excercises and final exam.

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 54
    Exercises 36

    Other scaledHours
    Preparation for exam 20
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 113

    Correspondence of content
    8002252 Video Compression

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    Last modified 17.08.2007
    Modified bySari Peltonen