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<h2>Announcements</h2>

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<p><b>2/9/2007</b>: Grades for the introductory Matlab assignment are posted on Blackboard. Individual comments have been emailed to all students.</p>

<p>I kindly ask that email inquiries be limited to two per day. I really do enjoy and encourage communication regarding the assignments, but you should also try to work through some of the smaller bugs on your own, if possible. That said, I will be happy to help if asked; just keep the two-per-day rule as a guide.
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<p>Submission instructions and lecture slides for the lab assignment on speech are available under <i>Speech</i> Also, some tips and programming issues with the Pocket PC have been posted under <i>Introduction</i>.</p>

<p><b>1/30/2007</b>: We will use email as the submission method for the introductory Matlab assignment. So when you are done, please email me (kiemyang@umd.edu) your zip file with the subject line "ENEE408G: intro submission". Once again, your zip file is entitled lastname_intro.zip, and this file contains your three M-files entitled lastname_intro1.m, lastname_intro2.m, and lastname_intro3.m, to be written as functions. This is due by Friday at 9 am. </p>

<p>I have posted your group assignments for lab 1 on the course website under <i>Speech</i>.</p>

<p>As mentioned last week, a USB headset is needed for lab 1, though I realize that maybe not every single student needs one. I ask that <i>at least</i> two members from each group have a USB headset (i.e. headphones plus microphone). You can work this out among your group members on Wednesday or Friday. Certainly, every student will need some sort of listening device, either through regular computer headphones, laptop speakers, etc. The headset isn't really required for this Friday's lab, but the sooner you have it, the better. It will definitely be needed by the following lab, 2/9.</p>

<p><b>1/25/2007</b>: Welcome to ENEE408G! The first lab session is Friday, 1/26. Please bring any of the following items that you may have: USB drive, USB headset, and/or regular computer headphones.</p>

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<h2>Syllabus</h2>

<h3>Course Description</h3>

<p>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.</p>

<h3>Instructor</h3>

<p>Prof. Shihab Shamma, <a href="mailto:sas@umd.edu">sas@umd.edu</a>
<br/>Office: AVW 2203, Phone: 301.405.6842, URL: <a href="http://www.ee.umd.edu/faculty/sas.html">www.ee.umd.edu/faculty/sas.html</a></p>

<h3>Teaching Assistant</h3>
<p>Steve Tjoa, <a href="mailto:kiemyang@umd.edu">kiemyang@umd.edu</a>
<br/>Office: KEB 2238, Phone: 301.405.3342, URL: <a href="http://www.wam.umd.edu/~kiemyang/">www.wam.umd.edu/~kiemyang</a></p>

<h3>Location</h3>

<p>Lecture: Wednesday, 11:00am - 12:15pm, KEB 2107
<br/>Lab: Friday, 9:00am - 12:00pm (0102) or 1:00pm - 4:00pm (0101), KEB 2107</p>

<h3>Website</h3>
<a href="http://www.ece.umd.edu/class/enee408g.S2007/">Course Website: www.ece.umd.edu/class/enee408g/</a>
<br/><a href="http://bb.eng.umd.edu">Blackboard: bb.eng.umd.edu</a>

<h3>Prerequisite</h3>

<p>ENEE425 or 420 or with instructor’s approval; programming skills in MATLAB and C/C++.</p>

<h3>Lab Design Projects</h3>

<p>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.</p>

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<li><b>Speech Processing and Recognition.</b> Speech analysis, coding, synthesis, recognition, and speech-enabled human-computer interface.</li>
<li><b>Digital Audio and Information Security.</b> Perceptual audio compression, watermarking, synthetic audio, and digital rights management.</li>
<li><b>Image Processing and Digital Photography.</b> Color coordinates, visual perception, image enhancement and compression, and digital photograph.</li>
<li><b>Digital Video and Multimedia Communications.</b> Video capturing, motion estimation/compensation, video codec, content-based indexing and database, scene change detection, and video conferencing.</li>
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<h3>Final Design Project</h3>

<p>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:</p>

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<li>develop ideas of a multimedia product and decide on system specifications</li>
<li>partition and coordinate the design tasks within the team</li>
<li>implement, test, and document the design</li>
<li>demonstrate and market the product</li>
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<h3>Grading</h3>
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<li>Design Projects: 40%</li>
<li>Final Project: 40%</li>
<li>Quizzes and Class Participation: 20%</li>
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<h3>Academic Integrity</h3>

<p>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 
<a href="http://www.shc.umd.edu">www.shc.umd.edu</a>.</p>


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