Announcements

9/25/2006: Here is the team evaluation form for those who have yet to submit it.

9/4/2006: Small clarifications have been made regarding the project submission procedure.

8/28/2006: Welcome to ENEE408G! Class is located in KEB 2107.

Syllabus

Course Description

ENEE408G is an introductory course on multimedia signal processing bringing real-world design experience to students using state-of-the-art multimedia software and hardware. Each week there will be one 75-minute lecture and a three-hour design lab. Lectures will provide basic theories and principles on multimedia compression, processing, communications, security, and recognition.

Instructor

Prof. Min Wu, minwu@umd.edu
Office: KEB 2230, Phone: 301.405.0401, URL: www.ece.umd.edu/~minwu/

Teaching Assistant

Steve Tjoa, kiemyang@umd.edu
Office: KEB 2211, Phone: 301.405.5838, URL: www.wam.umd.edu/~kiemyang

Location

Lecture: Tuesday, 11:00am - 12:15pm, KEB 2107
Lab: Friday, 9:00am - 12:00pm, KEB 2107

Website

Prerequisite

ENEE425 or 420 or with instructor’s approval; programming skills in MATLAB and C/C++.

Lab Design Projects

There are four design labs elements on fundamental multimedia issues employing the state-of-the-art technologies on signal processing for speech, audio, image, and video.

1. Image Processing and Digital Photography. Color coordinates, visual perception, image enhancement and compression, and digital photograph.
2. Digital Video and Multimedia Communications. Video capturing, motion estimation/compensation, video codec, content-based indexing and database, scene change detection, and video conferencing.
3. Speech Processing and Recognition. Speech analysis, coding, synthesis, recognition, and speech-enabled human-computer interface.
4. Digital Audio and Information Security. Perceptual audio compression, watermarking, synthetic audio, and digital rights management.

Final Design Project

This is a team-based project on designing and implementing multimedia signal processing systems. Each student team will emulate a high-tech company that performs the following tasks:

• develop ideas of a multimedia product and decide on system specifications
• partition and coordinate the design tasks within the team
• implement, test, and document the design
• demonstrate and market the product

Grading

• Design Projects: 40%
• Final Project: 40%
• Quizzes and Class Participation: 20%

Academic Integrity

The University of Maryland, College Park has a nationally recognized Code of Academic Integrity, administered by the Student Honor Council. This Code sets standards for academic integrity at Maryland for all undergraduate and graduate students. As a student you are responsible for upholding these standards for this course. It is very important for you to be aware of the consequences of cheating, fabrication, facilitation, and plagiarism. For more information on the Code of Academic Integrity or the Student Honor Council, please visit www.shc.umd.edu.