Techniques


A four day course to be held at the University of Surrey, Guildford. 2nd-5th September 1996.
This course will be introduced by Professor Josef Kittler, a leading academic in the field of Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, who heads one of the largest Research Groups in this area in the United Kingdom. The course lecturers are members of the group which has developed strong links with industry and enjoys an international reputation.

The University of Surrey has unique expertise in this field and is currently running an MSc course in Multimedia Technology and Systems. We are also involved in several international projects for development of novel video coding standards (MPEG-4), multimedia for distance learning and speaker verification.


Contact Person : Patricia Yehia, Phone: 01483 25 9837, Fax 01483 34139 Course Organizer: Miroslaw Bober, Phone: 01483 25 9836, Fax 01483 34139


Course Objectives

Each candidate will have a chance to design his own WWW page, encode a short video in H.263 standard and experiment with a simple database of marine creatures.

Fun with Multimedia


Program: Day One

Introduction to Technologies World Wide Web Technologies Digital Multimedia media: Image (I) Hands-on Experimental lab with World World Web

Program: Day Two

Digital Multimedia media: Video (I) Digital Multimedia media: Audio Digital Multimedia media: Video (II) Experimental Lab - Image and Video coding

Program: Day Three

Creating 3D Graphics Hard ware for Multimedia Recording and Display Technologies for Multimedia Applications Creating 3D Graphics - Practical experience

Program: Day Four

Multimedia databases Hands - on - practice with database search

Novel Multimedia Techniques

Questions and discussion

Cost

The price per person which includes coffee, lunch, tea and printed course notes is As an educational institution we do not charge VAT.

Useful Information


Meet the staff!


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Small Print

The University reserves the right to cancel any course on the grounds of insufficient numbers or other reasons outside our control. In the event of cancellation by the University, a full refund will be given.

In the event of cancellation by a delegate, a refund of 75% will be given provided written notice is received two weeks prior to the event. If less than this notice is received, a refund of 50% will be given.


A.Stoddart@ee.surrey.ac. uk
March 1996
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