Program Overview

Lecture Course Digital Media

The Lecture Course Digital Media is a comprehensive program that covers the key topics of digital media, including basic notions, digitization of analog signals, signal processing, loss-free compression, and media document formats.

Course Details

• Lecturer: Prof. HuÔmann
• Tutorials: Alexander De Luca
• Hours per week: 3 (Lecture) + 2 (Tutorial)
• ECTS credits: 4 (Lecture) + 2 (Tutorial)

News

The news section provides updates on the course, including:

• Exam results and dates
• Changes to the timetable and lecture schedule
• Availability of exercise solutions and bonus exercises
• Important reminders and announcements

Dates and Locations

• Lecture: Tuesday 10-13, Location: TheresienstraÔe 39, Raum B052
• Tutorial: Monday 14-16, Wednesday 14-16 and 16-18, Thursday 12-14, Friday 12-14, Location: AmalienstraÔe 17, CIP-Pool

Exam

• Nachholklausur: Thursday, April 16, 10-12 a.m., TheresienstraÔe 39, Raum B052
• Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 10-12 a.m.
• Place:
  • First Letter (last name) A - K: TheresienstraÔe 39, Raum B052
  • First Letter (last name) L - Z: Hauptgebðude E004
• Attention:
  • Print all lecture slides and bring them with you
  • Mobile phones, laptops, and any other communication technologies are strictly forbidden
  • You will need a scientific calculator
  • Student ID card required
  • Real identification document required (e.g., ID card or passport)

Contents

The key topics covered in the course include:

• Basic notions for digital media
• Digitization of analog signals
• Basics of signal processing
• Loss-free compression
• Physical and physiological foundations for media types (picture, sound, and moving picture)
• Lossy compression
• Media document formats

Lecture

• Slides and podcast of the lecture are available (in German language only)
• The podcast can be subscribed to from iTunes
• Lecture topics include:
  • Introduction and basic concepts
  • Digital coding and transmission
  • Characters and fonts
  • Signal processing
  • Sound and audio
  • Light, color, and images
  • Moving pictures
  • Vector graphics
  • Web documents (XML)
  • Interactive web content

Tutorial

• The concepts introduced in the lecture are practiced with concrete examples
• Ability to practically work with compression algorithms and media document formats shall be achieved
• Diploma students can only participate in the exam if they manage to get 50% of the points of at least 8 tutorials
• Tutorial topics include:
  • Storage space and coding
  • Number systems, LZW, and digitalization
  • Introduction to HTML
  • CSS and frames
  • Audio
  • Audio file formats
  • Images
  • JPEG and image editing
  • SVG
  • XML, DTD, CSS

Registering for the Tutorial

• A registration is required for participating in the tutorials
• Registration starts on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 19:00 and ends on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 23:59
• First come, first served
• To register, use Uniworx with your CIP Account