Visual information plays an important role in almost all areas of our
life. Due to the vast amount of data associated with images, compression
is a key technology for their digital transmission and storage. For
video, the problem is even more severe; a feature-length movie in
a today's television resolution would need more than hundred GByte,
when stored in uncompressed form. Fortunately, advanced compression
schemes are known today that enable applications unthinkable only
a few years ago, such as video streaming over the Internet or
mobile videophones.
The new course "Image and Video Compression" presents a comprehensive
overview of the principles and algorithms employed in modern source
coding schemes for still and moving images. It targets students
interested in this rapidly evolving area, as well as researchers,
engineers and technical managers involved in projects on transmission
or storage of visual information. A particular course objective is an
in-depth understanding of the rationale behind the current and
emerging ISO and ITU-T standards, such as MPEG.
Prerequisites: EE261, EE278.