ADMAS UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF INFORMATICS
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Title Multimedia Systems
Course Code CoSc4072
Credit Hours 3
Lecture Hours 2
Laboratory Hours 2
Prerequisites None
Program BSc Degree in Computer Science
Academic Year
Instructors’ Name
Course Coordinator
Department Head
Course Description Multimedia technologies; multimedia storage models and structures;
data models and interfaces; multimedia information systems;
video/audio networking; media synchronization; image computing and
information assimilation; conferencing paradigms and structured
interaction support.
Course Objective At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Describe the basic concepts of multimedia
Identify where and how to use multimedia systems
Design different kinds of multimedia systems
Write different kinds of code that are used in Multimedia

Course Content
Chapter TOPIC Time
Allotted

1. Introduction 4hrs.

1.1 What is Multimedia?

1.2 History of Multimedia
1.3 Multimedia and Hypermedia
1.4 Multimedia and World Wide Web
2. Multimedia Authoring and Tools 4hrs.
 2.1 What is Multimedia Authoring?
2.2 Some Useful Editing and Authoring Tools
2.3 Authoring Paradigms

3. Data Representations 5hrs.

3.1 Graphics/Image Data Representation

3.2 Digital audio and MIDI
3.3 Popular File Formats
4. Image and Video 5hrs.

4.1 Color Science

4.2 Color Models in Images
4.3 Color Models in Video
5. Fundamental Concepts in Video 6hrs.
5.1 Types of Video Signals
5.2 Analogue Video
5.3 Digital Video
5.4 Different TV standards
6. Basics of Digital Audio 6hrs.
6.1 Digitization of Sound
6.2 Quantization and Transmission of Audio
7. Lossless Compression Algorithms 6hrs.
7.1 Basics of Information Theory
7.2 Run-Length Coding
7.3 Variable-Length Coding (VLC)
7.4 Dictionary Based Coding
7.5 Huffman Coding
7.6 Arithmetic Coding
7.7 Lossless Image Compression

8. Loss Compression Algorithms 6hrs.

8.1 Distortion Measures
8.2 The Rate Distortion Theory Quantization
8.3 Transform Coding
9. Image Compression Standards 6hrs.
9.1 the JPEG Standard
9.2 Basic Video Compression Techniques
9.3 Introduction to Video Compression
9.4 Video Compression Based on Motion Compensation
9.5 MPEG Video and Audio Coding
9.6 Video Compression
9.7 MPEG Audio Compressions

Roles of the Instructor He/she will come to the class regularly on time and deliver the lecture and/or
 laboratory class in a well-organized manner. Besides, at the end of each class
he/she gives reading assignment for the next class. He/she will make sure that a
proper assessment is given. He/she is also responsible to give feedback for each
assessment
The success of this course depends on the students‟ individual and collective
Roles of the students contribution to the class discussions. Students are expected to participate
voluntarily, or will be called upon, to contribute to set exercises and problems.
Students are also expected to read the assigned readings and prepare the cases
before each class so that they could contribute effectively to class discussions.
Students must attempt assignments by their own. Proficiency in this course
comes from individual knowledge and understanding. Copying the works of
others is considered as serious offence and leads to disciplinary actions

Teaching & Learning Methods

Lectures
Laboratory exercises
Project work
Demonstration
Discussion

Assessment Methods

Assessment Methods Points

Assessment 1 (Test 1) 10

Assessment 2(Test 2/Practical Test) 10

Assessment 3(Individual Assignment) 10

Assessment 4 Group Assignment/Project 10

Presentation of Group Assignment/Project 10

Final Exam 50%

Grand total 100%

Text book

 Ze-Nian Li and Mark S. Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Prentice

Hall, 2004.

References:
 Stanislav Stanković, Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments in 10
Lectures (Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, and Multimedia
Processing), 2015
 Alistair Sutcliffe; Multimedia and Virtual Reality: Designing
Multisensory User Interfaces, 2012
 Kenneth C.C. Yang , Doug Sahlin, Cases on Immersive Virtual
Reality Techniques (Advances in Multimedia and Interactive
Technologies), 2019