Instructor:	Dr. Ze-Nian Li, ASB 9935 (291-3761), li@cs.sfu.ca Office Hours: TR 10:30 - 11:20
TA:	Yingchen Yang (ycyang@cs.sfu.ca) Office Hours: MWF 2:00 - 3:00 (in the PC Lab)

Objectives:	Multimedia has become an indispensable part of modern computer technology. In this course, students will be introduced to principles and current technologies of multimedia systems and gain hands-on experience in this area. Issues in effectively representing, processing, and retrieving multimedia data such as sound and music, graphics, image and video will be addressed.

Topics	Introduction Issues in Multimedia Applications Design Multimedia Data Representations Video and Audio Compression Multimedia Network Communications Other Topics

Prerequisites:	Completion of 60 credits including CMPT 201
Grading:	Assignments 20%, midterm 20%, project 30%, final exam 30%.
Late Penalties:	Assignments are due at the beginning of the specified class time. For each day late, 10% of the total possible points will be deducted. No work will be accepted after two days late.

References:	R. Steinmetz and K. Nahrstedt, "Multimedia: Computing, Communications & Applications", Prentice Hall PTR, 1995. V. Bhaskaran and K. Konstantinides, "Image and Video Compression Standards: Algorithms and Architectures", 2nd ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. P. Aitken and S. Jarol, "Visual C++ Multimedia Adventure Set", Coriolis Group Books, 1995.