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Um Al-Qura University Multimedia Systems

First Semester 1434 - 1435 Information & Computer Science Department Qunfudah branch

Important Preliminaries
Instructor: Dr. Musab Bassam .

Web page @ uqu.edu.sa : https://uqu.edu.sa/page/ar/4331073 email: mbzghool@uqu.edu.sa

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Important Preliminaries (Cont.)

Prerequisite: Web Programming Resources:
(Required Text):Ze-Nian Li and Mark S Drew : Fundamentals of Multimedia. 1/e, Pearson Prentice Hall,2004 R. Steinmetz, K. Nahrstedt: Multimedia Fundamentals, Vol. 1: Media Coding and Content Processing. Prentice Hall: 2002, ISBN: 0-13031399-8. Handouts (Lecture Notes, papers, ...etc.)

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this semester, I hope that you will:
Identify various properties of audio, image, video and animation data and how different they are from text. Describe some compression techniques of various media types. Write programs that process raw audio and image data. Develop a multimedia presentation. Describe basics and latest advances in multimedia databases.

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Course Contents (Very Tentative)

Introduction Media and Data Streams Optical Storage Media Audio Technology Graphics and Images Video Technology Computer-based Animation Data Compression Content Analysis Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 8 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 9

Grading Policy
Homeworks Quizzes Class Work, Project Med Exam Final Exam Absences 10% 10% 10% 30% 40% -4.5%

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Final Important Remarks

Homeworks:
Late homeworks are not accepted. Discussing homeworks with others (especially on Website) is highly encouraged. However, copying homeworks is NOT permitted and will be considered CHEATING.

Quizzes: 15 minute. Each covers material given since the last quiz or major exam. MAKE USE of my E-mail and contact me.

mbzghool@uqu.edu.sa

What Can Increase my Grade?

Active participation
In Class On Website In my office hours or by E-mail

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Cheating Policies
Cheating in one category will result in a zero for the whole category. For example, if cheating is confirmed in homework 3, this will result in 0 out of 10% [which means that there is no need to submit any additional homework]. An additional 5% will be deducted from the overall total (out of 100).

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