Program Overview

Program Overview

The Lecture Online Multimedia is a university program that focuses on multimedia services realized through data networks. The program is structured into several areas, including web technologies for interactive multimedia, content-oriented base technologies, multimedia distribution services, and multimedia services for individual communication.

Program Details

• Lecturer: Prof. Hußmann
• Tutorials: Nadja Terzimehic, Tobias Seitz
• Hours per week: 3 (Lecture) + 2 (Tutorial)
• ECTS credits: 6
• Module: WP5, Multimedia im Netz (for Master Medieninformatik), P5, Multimedia im Netz (for Nebenfach Medieninformatik), P9, Multimedia im Netz / Online Multimedia (for Master MMT)
• Language: English

Contents

The lecture discusses the following areas:

• Web technologies for interactive multimedia: Server-side interactivity with PHP, NodeJS, asynchronous interactivity in the Web (Ajax), client-side JavaScript frameworks (JQuery, Polymer), mashups of Web sites
• Content-oriented base technologies: Further technologies required for storing, transferring and processing of multimedia data in the net, including security issues, metadata standards and rights management
• Multimedia distribution services: e.g. WebRadio, WebTV, electronic books and corresponding base technologies
• Multimedia services for individual communication: e.g. Video and multimedia conferencing technology

Target Audience

The lecture course is suitable for:

• Students of Media Informatics (Master) or Informatics (Master) being well grounded in topics of Media Informatics, or Human-Computer-interaction (Master)
• Students of Media Informatics as a minor field of study (60 ECTS) - compulsory course in the fifth term
• Students of Master MMT - compulsory course in the third term

Lecture Schedule

The lecture schedule includes the following topics:

• 19/10/17: 1. Introduction and Motivation, 2. Interactive Web Apps Part a: Media in HTML, Basic Intro to PHP
• 26/10/17: 2. Interactive Web Apps Part b: Intro to HTTP, Data Passing and Storage
• 02/11/17: 2. Interactive Web Apps Part c: Database Access, Intro to jQuery
• 09/11/17: 3. Web Paradigms and Interactivity: AJAX and Related Concepts
• 16/11/17: 4. Web Technology Evolution: Express, Polymer, but also J2EE
• 23/11/17: 5. Communities, the Web, and Multimedia
• 07/12/17: 6. Digital Rights Part a: Basics
• 14/12/17: 6. Digital Rights Part b: Watermarks, Standards, 7. Cryptographic Techniques: Basic Intro
• 21/12/17: 8. Multimedia Content Description
• 11/01/18: 9. Electronic Books and Magazines
• 18/01/18: 10. Multimedia Content Distribution (Streaming)
• 25/01/18: 11. Linear Online Multimedia (Internet Radio & TV)
• 01/02/18: 12. Multimedia Conferencing, 13. Signaling for Multimedia Communication

Tutorials

The tutorials cover the following topics:

• 23.10: Organization, PHP
• 30.10: PHP Sessions Self Study
• 06.11: HF: PHP & MySQL, NF: MySQL
• 13.11: HF: jQuery Basics, NF: PHP & MySQL
• 20.11: HF: jQuery AJAX, NF: jQuery Basics
• 27.11: HF: Vanilla JS, NF: jQuery Animations
• 04.12: HF: NodeJS, NF: jQuery AJAX
• 11.12: HF: NodeJS Authentication, NF: jQuery AJAX 2
• 18.12: HF: NodeJS Watermarks, NF: Repetition, Watermarks
• 08.01: HF: Repetition, Metadata, NF: Repetition, Metadata
• 15.01: HF: eBooks, Polymer, NF: eBooks, Responsive Web
• 22.01: HF: Polymer Elements, NF: DASH, HTML5
• 29.01: HF: Polymer Media Input, NF: Repetition

Exam

• Date: 12/02/2018
• Location: B 201, Main building, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
• Deadline for registration: 06/02/2018, 10:00h
• Deadline for deregistration: 08/02/2018, 10:00h
• Attention:
  • The exam will be "open-book".
  • Mobile phones, laptops and any other communication technologies are strictly forbidden.
  • Student ID card required
  • Valid identification document required (e.g. ID card or passport)

Retry Exam

• Date: 26/03/2018
• Location: B 201, Main building, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
• Deadline for registration: 20/03/2018, 10:00h
• Deadline for deregistration: 22/03/2018, 10:00h
• Attention:
  • The exam will be "open-book".
  • Mobile phones, laptops and any other communication technologies are strictly forbidden.
  • Student ID card required
  • Valid identification document required (e.g. ID card or passport)