Data Acquisition and Media Processing Basics Signal Processing Basics, time/spatial and frequency domain analysis, Sampling & quantization – aliasing effects. Bit rate Representational aspects of media – images, audio, video, graphics.
Fundamentals of Color Theory & Displays Color and Color Perception Camera Color Calibration using CMFs Color Spaces – types, uses and applications Color Displays and Monitors – CRT, LCD, LED, OLED Color Quantization. Information Theory and Generic Compression Techniques Coding Theory Lossless techniques – Huffman, Arithmetic, Lempel Zev etc. Lossy techniques – Predictive Coding, Transform Coding, Wavelets, Hybrid etc. Introduction to perceptual analysis
Media Compression - Images Representation Issues Generic Image Compression algorithms – DCT, Wavelets, Fractals Fourier Representation, DCT & Wavelet theoryStandards – JPEG, JPEG2000, GIF etc. Image Dithering
Media Compression - Video Issues in representation, spatial & temporal domain. Generic compression algorithms and analysis (MPEG techniques) MPEG standards - MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4: various video Profiles and AVC ITU standards – H.261, H.263, H.264, H.265 (HEVC)
Audio Processing Representation and capture Issues Generic compression algorithms and analysis (MPEG techniques) MPEG (1, 2, 4) standards – mp3, AAC, CELP ITU standards – G.72x Dolby AC3, AC5 Surround Sound, THX, Spatial Audio, Dolby Atmos.
2D/3D Graphics Content Creation, 3D Compression & Recent Trends in 3D Representation issues Geometry Transformations in 2D and 3D Rendering Pipeline – modeling, lighting, transformations, scan line Animation techniques Special Effects & Gaming Technology discussions 3D Compression Modern applications of computer graphics and computer vision – image based rendering, panoramic images and cameras 3DTV, stereoscopic conten
Media Security & Digital Rights Management Watermarking – definition, generic schemes, specific to MPEG world Encryption – requirements, common rules, encryption related to MPEG world DVD Encryption rules Watermarking/Encryption Architectures – digital movie distribution pipeline, session based architectures
Examines key aspects of information retrieval as they apply to search engines; web crawling, indexing, querying and quality of results are studied.
Information Security Objectives – Confidentiality – Data integrity – Authentication – Non-repudiation • History of encryption and cryptanalysis • Mathematical background – Discrete probability – Introduction to Number Theory • Definitions of security: – Perfect secrecy (OTP) – Information Theoretic Security (Shannon 1949) – Semantic security (stream ciphers) • Cryptographic functions – Encryption – Message authentication and data integrity techniques – Identification/entity authentication techniques – Digital signatures
• Cryptographic building blocks – Stream ciphers – Block ciphers – Public-key encryption – One-way hash functions – Message authentication codes – Signature schemes • Infrastructure techniques and applications – Identification and authentication – Key establishment protocols and key management – PKI • Case studies: – Authentication service, Kerberos – Secure communications, SSL/TLS, IPsec, wireless LAN security – Electronic mail security, PGP – Crypto currency, Bitcoin – Anonymity, TOR • Hardware–based security – Side channel attacks – Physically Unclonable Function – Trusted Platform Module • Special topics – Quantum safe cryptography – Cloud security