Topics

Suggested Topics for Projects and Seminars

Projects

H.263 or H.263 Version 2 video codec
MPEG-1/2/4 video codec, MPEG-2/4 system
H.320/H.323/H.324 video or voice conferencing
Error resilience, joint source/channel coding
Network adaptive video coding
Encoder optimization for video coding, e.g., motion estimation, rate (This may involve some original research)
Multimedia databases (e.g., content-based retrieval of images)
User interfaces for multimedia access (e.g., video on demand)
Others (Feel free to be creative!)

Seminars

Spatial audio, 3D sound, computer music (e.g., MIDI)
3D graphics: OpenGL and VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) and HDTV (high definition television)
DAVIC (Digital Audio-Visual Council)
FIPA (Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents)
IETF (The Internet Engineering Task Force): Audio/Video Transport and Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (RSVP)
IMTC (International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium)
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium): Synchronized Multimedia (e.g., SMIL)