This book offers introductory-to-advanced material on all major aspects of multimedia, including pointers to current links for information and demos at the most advanced level, to form a complete reference. Topics covered include introduction to multimedia, graphics/image data representations, color models in images and video, basics of digital audio, lossy compression, image compression standards, basic video compression techniques, basic audio compression techniques, multimedia networks, and more. For professionals involved in Computer-Aided Engineering, Computer Systems Organization, Computer-Communication Networks, Computing Methodologies, Coding and Information Theory, or anyone interested in a good reference on current multimedia technologies.

Fundamentals of Multimedia

Computers & Technology

Li, Ze-Nian

Drew, Mark S.

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Fundamentals of Multimedia (Texts in Computer Science)

From the Back Cover\nMultimedia is a ubiquitous part of the digital world in which we live and think, touching upon almost all aspects ofcomputer science and engineering. 
This comprehensive textbook introduces the Fundamentals of Multimedia in an accessible manner, addressing realissues commonly faced in the workplace. Suitable for both advanced undergraduate and graduate students, the essentialconcepts are explained in a practical way to enable students to apply their existing skills and acquired knowledge tosolve problems in multimedia. Fully revised and updated, this new edition now includes coverage of current topicssuch as 360◦ video and the video coding standard H.266, as well as new-generation social, mobile and cloud computing for human-centric interactive multimedia, augmented reality and virtual reality, deep learning for multimedia processing,and their attendant technologies.\nTopics and features: 
Presents a brief history and overview of the key concepts in multimedia, including important data representations and color science Discusses the impact of social media and cloud computing on information sharing, as well as on multimedia content search and retrieval Includes numerous helpful study exercises at the end of each chapter Reviews lossless and lossy compression methods for image, video and audio data Examines the demands placed by multimedia communications on wired and wireless networks Provides supplementary resources for both students and instructors at an associated website 
This classroom-tested textbook is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses on multimedia systems. Practitioners in industry interested in current multimedia technologies will also find the book to be a useful reference. 
Drs. Ze-Nian Li, Mark S. Drew, and Jiangchuan Liu are Professors in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.\nPREVIOUS EDITIONThis textbook introduces the “Fundamentals of Multimedia”, addressing real issues commonly faced in the workplace. The essential concepts are explained in a practical way to enable students to apply their existing skills to address problems in multimedia. Fully revised and updated, this new edition now includes coverage of such topics as 3D TV, social networks, high-efficiency video compression and conferencing, wireless and mobile networks, and their attendant technologies. 
Features: presents an overview of the key concepts in multimedia, including color science; reviews lossless and lossy compression methods for image, video and audio data; examines the demands placed by multimedia communications on wired and wireless networks; discusses the impact of social media and cloud computing on information sharing and on multimedia content search and retrieval; includes study exercises at the end of each chapter; provides supplementary resources for both students and instructors at an associated website.

Liu, Jiangchuan

Computer Science

Springer

This textbook introduces the “Fundamentals of Multimedia”, addressing real issues commonly faced in the workplace. The essential concepts are explained in a practical way to enable students to apply their existing skills to address problems in multimedia. Fully revised and updated, this new edition now includes coverage of such topics as 3D TV, social networks, high-efficiency video compression and conferencing, wireless and mobile networks, and their attendant technologies. Features: presents an overview of the key concepts in multimedia, including color science; reviews lossless and lossy compression methods for image, video and audio data; examines the demands placed by multimedia communications on wired and wireless networks; discusses the impact of social media and cloud computing on information sharing and on multimedia content search and retrieval; includes study exercises at the end of each chapter; provides supplementary resources for both students and instructors at an associated website.

This textbook introduces the “Fundamentals of Multimedia”, addressing real issues commonly faced in the workplace. The essential concepts are explained in a practical way to enable students to apply their existing skills to address problems in multimedia. Fully revised and updated, this new edition now includes coverage of such topics as 3D TV, social networks, high-efficiency video compression and conferencing, wireless and mobile networks, and their attendant technologies. Features: presents an overview of the key concepts in multimedia, including color science; reviews lossless and lossy compression methods for image, video and audio data; examines the demands placed by multimedia communications on wired and wireless networks; discusses the impact of social media and cloud computing on information sharing and on multimedia content search and retrieval; includes study exercises at the end of each chapter; provides supplementary resources for both students and instructors at an associated website.

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Fundamentals of Multimedia

Fundamentals of Multimedia (Texts in Computer Science)

Fundamentals of Multimedia (Texts in Computer Science)

Fundamentals of Multimedia (Texts in Computer Science)

Fundamentals of Multimedia (Texts in Computer Science)