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ELEC S334

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Signal Processing and Multimedia Technology

22Z059907

Course Start Date	Course Level	Duration	Credits	Language	Fees ($) (including lab fees)	Future Semesters
01-Apr-2014	Higher	2 semesters	10	English	N/A

Course Coordinator: Dr Kevin Hung, BSc (Queen’s University); MPhil (CUHK); PhD (CUHK); MIEEE; MIET; MCIE

Course developers: Dr H K Lau, OUHK; Dr Wilson Chu, OUHK; Dr Paul Kwok, OUHK; and Dr David Rossiter, HKUST

This course is an optional course for the BSc and BSc (Hons) in Computer Engineering programmes, and the BSc and BSc (Hons) in Electronics programmes.

Advisory prerequisite(s)
You are advised to have already studied MATH S122 or MATH S121. Some basic knowledge of programming would also be helpful.

Aims
This course aims to:

• Provide students with an overview of discrete-time signals and systems; transformation and processing of one and two dimensional signals, and application to audio, speech, image, and video processing;

• Introduce students to data compression algorithms as they are applied to audio, speech, image and video data;

• Explain multimedia technology and its delivery on the Internet.

Contents
The course covers the following topics:

• Signal processing: discrete-time signals and systems; design and implementation of digital filters; discrete Fourier transform and fast algorithms

• Compression: data compression; audio compression; image and video compression methods and algorithms

• Multimedia: audio processing; image processing; Internet multimedia

The course makes use of Matlab as a tool to analyse and synthesize signal processing algorithms. In addition, there may be other visualization and animation tools which will be used to enable students to easily understand the underlying concepts.

Learning support
There will be ten tutorials and ten surgeries, each two hours long.

Assessment
There will be five tutor-marked assignments and a final examination.

Online requirement
This course is supported by the Online Learning Environment (OLE). You can find the latest course information from the OLE. Through the OLE, you can communicate electronically with your tutor and the Course Coordinator as well as other students. To access the OLE, students will need to have access to the Internet. The use of the OLE is required for the study of this course. All surgeries will be video-recorded and available for playback from OLE.

Equipment
A computer is essential for the study of this course. It will be used to run Matlab programs as well as for accessing the Internet. The minimum configuration of the computer system is:

• 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 2.CPU

• VGA display card and monitor

• 1 GB RAM

• 10 GB free hard disk space

• CD-ROM drive (8X or better), sound card and speaker

• LAN card for Internet access

• Mouse, keyboard and printer

• Internet Explorer 8 or above
  

Software
Students will need access to a computer with Microsoft Windows XP or above.

Set book(s)
Lyons, R G (2010) Understanding Digital Signal Processing, 3rd edn, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Students with disabilities
Students with impaired sight might have difficulty with the use of a computer monitor. You are encouraged to seek advice from the Course Coordinator before enrolling on the course.