Image Communication – Spring 2012

Course Language

Teaching: English
Exercise: English

Announcements & News

Please check the course webpage on EPFL Moodle system.

General Information

This course is devoted to the principles of image and video coding and communication, and the relative technologies. It emphasizes the source coding principles of image and video, for efficient storage or transmission. It also covers the methods of distribution of video streams over Internet or wireless networks.

Course Staff

Professeur E-mail Téléphone Bureau Office hours
Professor
E-mail
Phone
Office
Office hours
+41 21 693 5655
ELE 241
By appointment
Teaching Assistant
E-mail
Phone
Office
Office hours
+41 21 693 4329
ELE 234
Thursday, 10:00-11:00

Time and place

Day
Hour
Room
Tuesday
13:15 – 16:00
ELD 120

Lecture Notes and Program

Program, lecture notes and homework assignments are available on EPFL Moodle system.

Grades

Homeworks are due one week after announcement and should be returned before the following lecture. Grading system: 40% midterm exam, 60% final exam.

Suggested textbooks

  1. “Video Processing and Communications”, Wang, Ostermann and Zhang
  2. “Multimedia Transmission over IP networks”, M. van der Schaar and P. Chou