1. Fundamental of Multimedia System (CSC3185)
Prof. David Zhang
School of Science and Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) or
Tell: Room #: Chengdao Building 511 1

2. Lecturer Academic Position Professional Honors Research Interests
Chair Professor: in PolyU
Presidential Chair Professor: 2018 in CUHKSZ
Website:
Professional Honors
IEEE Fellow/ IAPR Fellow
Selected as a Highly Cited Researchers in Engineering in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. (
Research Interests
Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing & Pattern Recognition
Publications
>400 International Journal Papers, >20 Monographs and >40 Patents from USA/HK/Japan/China

3. Teaching Arrangement Management Lectures: 10:00-12:00 Tuesday ZHIX_110
10:00-11:00 Thursday ZHIX_110
Tutorials: :00-19:50 Wednesday TD_212
TA: Hongliang Zhu
Phone:
Assessment
Mid-term exam 20%
Assignment 30%
Final exam 50%

4. Fundamentals of Multimedia(MM) System
Aim: Introduce fundamental MM concepts and understand about common form of MM content.
Main topics
Introduction to MM (Lecture 1)
Part I: Audio in MM (Lecture 2)
Part II: Image in MM and its Basic Technologies (Image Processing and Recognition) (Lectures 3-7)
Part III: MM Data Compression (General Methods, JPEG and MPEG) (Lectures 8-11)
Part VI: Video in MM (Lecture 12)
Part V: MM Systems (Lecture 13)

5. Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, students will understand
the representation of common MM data in the form of image, video and audio;
The basic technologies about image processing recognition;
the principal concepts of lossless and lossy compression, as well as JPEG & MPEG compression standards;
the related techniques and issues in MM systems.

6. Mid-Term Exam and Assignment
Mid-term test:
Explain the requirement in the lecture time
Assignment:
A special topic for each group
Project output
Midterm report/Short introduction
Final report
Final presentation

7. Recommended Texts
Z. Li, M.S. Drew, J. Liu, Fundamentals of Multimedia, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2014, Print ISBN: ; eBook ISBN:
A. Sethi, Multimedia Education- Theory and Practice, International Scientific Publishing Academy, 2005.
N. Chapman and J. Chapman, Digital Multimedia,3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009.