Multimedia Technologies

Academic Semester:
Course TypeReference NumberSubprogram
CompulsoryTheory: ΤΠ30Κ7
Lab: ΤΠ31Κ7
SemesterAcademic YearHours per week
Winter2ndTheory: 3 Lab: 2
ExamsECTSWorkload
Theory: Midterm and Final written exams. Lab: Exercises & mini-Projects611
PrerequisitesTeaching methodTeaching Language
Lectures and laboratory sessionsGreek

Academic Staff

Faculty in charge: 
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παχουλάκης ιωάννης
Pachoulakis Ioannis
Assistant Professor
Επίκουρος Καθηγητής
302810379388

COURSE OUTLINE

  • What are multimedia? Standalone and internet multimedia.
  • Characteristics of multimedia systems. Interactivity and its advantages in presenting information. Interactivity and personalization of information to the user.
  • Digital Representation of Information. Digitizing techniques. Pulse code modulation (PCM). Linear and logarithmic encoding.
  • Compression. General principles of compression. Lossless and lossy compression. Entropy and source encoding. Run-length encoding (RLE). Statistical encoding. Transform encoding. Differential / predictive encoding. Vector quantization. Symmetry of compression techniques.
  • Text. Text representation. Handling text.
  • Εικόνα. Σύλληψη εικόνων. Συµπίεση. Τεχνικές συµπίεσης εικόνας ( GIF, JPEG). Γραφικά και Εικόνα.
  • Image creation and capture. Lossless and lossy image compression techniques (GIF, JPEG, etc).
  • Sound. Capturing sound. Sound compression techniques.
  • Video. Video capture. Video compression techniques.
  • Animation   and video.   Classic and modern animation methods.
  • Storage media. Magnetic, Optical, etc.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Head of the Department οf Informatics Engineering
Malamos Athanasio ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, amalamos@hmu.gr

Deputy Head of the Department οf Informatics Engineering
Marias Kostas ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, kmarias@hmu.gr

Secretary
Address: Department of Informatics Engineering, School of EngineeringTEI of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, P.O Box: 71500
E-mail: secretariat@ie.teicrete.gr
Tel: 2810-379716, 2810-379795, 2810-379853
Fax: 2810-379717
Website: http://www.ie.teicrete.gr

Administrators
Tel: 2810-379776