IEEEOttawaSection - Video
Training Program - last updated 3 March
1999
As
part of the overall IEEE training plan: * EnablingMember's
Careers * Promoting Community Worldwide *
Fostering Technological Innovation, the IEEE Ottawa Section is
running a video training course from mid-February 1999 on:
Intended audience:
It is expectedthat an "expert" will be at every session to attempt to answer questions.
Anoff-site
written exam of 90 multiple-choice questions is available,only to
IEEE members. These are mailed in and marked at IEEE HQ; with a
passing grade of 70%, a Certicicate of Achievement with 1.5 CEUs will
be awarded; you may use your notes. Expect a wait of up to 8 weeks
for the
results!
Visual
Communication
a 16 hour training program - the
three sub-courses combined
presented by
Drs. William A. Pearlman, John
W.Woods, and James W. Modestino
Center for Image Processing Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
Visual communications is a key element in modern information systems. Spurred on by developments in VLSItechnology and the telecommunications revolution, digital documents, images, and video processing are becoming commonplace in our everyday lives . Fax machines, multimedia CD-ROMs, video conferencing, Internet, digital satellite TV, digital video, interactive TV, andHDTV are common examples.
This 16-hour course has a depth unmatched in
competing treatments. The goal of this tutorial is to prepare the
viewer to become a user, implementer, modifier, and possibly
creatorof image and video compression and transmission algorithms.
Thisvideo is a three-part modular course in image and video
compression and transmission algorithms, which are enabling modern
visual communications in fax, digital cameras, Internet, video
telephone, digital video and TV, and HDTV. The course concentrates on
the data compression algorithms and transmission techniques that make
the telecommunication revolution possible. Dr. William Pearlman's
imagecoding module covers the SPIHT coder, invented by Amir Said and
Dr.Pearlman. The SPIHT coder has been rated by leading research
laboratories as the best image coder currently available
Accompanying the full video course are over
700 pages of notes; the associated
textis:Handbook
ofVisualCommunications (Academic Press,1995), edited by Hseuh-Ming
Hang and John WoodsISDN
0-12-323050-0 hardback, 518pp -
Prospero Bookstore, Bank St. quotes
$150.95
+GST; 3-4 weeks delivery. The viewer may
earn 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for the 16-hour tutorial
and a certificate of achievement upon successful completion of the
exam.
From this video you will learn:
Produced 1997 16 Hrs., 30Min 12 Video Tapes
Feesfor
the Ottawa presentations are
shownbelow
VisualCommunications:
Image Coding - subcourse
#1
This sector of the course has already been shown
presented by
Dr. William A. Pearlman
Center for Image Processing Research and ECSE Department, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
This video introduces the topic of imagecoding with basic theory and covers concepts of information, entropy, scalar and vector quantization as well as transform and sub-band/wavelet coding. The coding systems covered include embedded zero tree wavelet (EZW), set partitioning in hierarchical trees(SPIHT), lossless coding, facsimile coders G4 and JBIG, plus Ziv-Lempel and arithmetic coding.
From this video you will learn:
Produced 1997 - 6 Hrs., 30Min. 4 Video Tapes - tapes begin with:
This day course is financially sponsored by the IEEE Ottawa Section, and supported by the Electronics Dept, Carleton University, the Ottawa Chapters of IEEE Com-Soc & IEEE AESS
Directions: The Mackenzie Engineering Building is at the corner of Library Road and Campus Ave. It is west of the railroad that runs through campus. The Minto Centre is attached to it. The Minto Centre has dark brick and there is a round 150'D lecture theater as part of the Centre. If you get near the Minto Building, ask any student where the Electronics Department is. Room 4124, Mackenzie Building. The building has 5 blocks, connected by stairwells. From outside find the block with a full 4th floor. If you enter the right block, the room numbers will be 2100 to 2199. The 3th floor is numbered like it was the 4th, i.e. 4100 to 4199. There various types of car parking at Carleton; various prices, depending on location.
Fees
for the Ottawa presentations are shown
below
Visual
Communications: Video Coding
-
subcourse #2
This sector has already
been shown
A re-run will be
presented:
9 am - 5 pm Monday March 22, Mackenzie Building, Carleton University
Room ME 4124 - the
Electronics Department Seminar Room -
Directions
.
One floor up is the Departmental Office, room 5170,
520-5754.
presented
by Dr. John W. Woods,
Center for Image Processing Research and ECSE Department, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
This video tutorial concentrates on video signal processing including spatial and temporal filtering, digital video standards, motion estimation, and compensation. The courseillustrates examples of motion compensated temporal filtering for noise reduction, and for deinterlacing and frame rate conversion. The tutorial also presents intraframe coding including M-JPEG, then covers interframe methods such as motion compensated DCT and subband/wavelet methods. MPEG is covered in the context of multimedia coding and is followed by a discussion on digital video coding, theMPEG-2 standard, and Grand Alliance HDTV. The future of video coding is addressed with a presentation on highly scalable coders suitablefor heterogeneous networks.
From this video you will learn:
Produced 1997 - 5 Hrs., 30Min. 4 Video Tapes - tapes begin with:
Dr. John W. Woods, IEEE Fellow, has been with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York since 1976. Professor Woods is also the Associate Director of the Center for Image Processing Research at Rensselaer. He is co-founder of Focus Interactive Technology, Inc., a company specializing in multimedia development.
This day course is financially sponsored by the IEEE Ottawa Section, and supported by the Communications Research Centre, the Friends of CRC and the Ottawa Chapters of IEEE Com-Soc & IEEE AESS
Fees
for the Ottawa presentations are shown
below
Visual
Communications: Image & Video Transmission
-
subcourse #3
Building 2 Auditorium, Communications Research Centre
3701 Carling Avenue (just East of the CN railway underpass)
Park in lot outside gate and await registry in the gatehouse; you will be escorted within the campus. Rush-hour OC-Transpo bus service available
9 am - 4.30 pm (approx) Wednesday 24th March 1999 - please arrive by 8.45 am
light refreshments at
morning and afternoon breaks
CRC staff, and Friends of CRC are welcome to attend this session
at no charge
lunch options, noon - 1 pm: #1 off
site #2 escorted to cafeteria and purchase a lunch #3 brown bag
(in cafeteria)
A re-run will bepresented:
9 am - 5 pm Monday April 19, Mackenzie Building, Carleton University
Room ME 4124 - the
Electronics Department Seminar Room -
Directions
.
One floor up is the Departmental Office, room 5170,
520-5754.
presented by
Dr. James W. Modestino
Center for Image Processing Research and ECSE Department,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
This video tutorial presents the effects of channel errors, including channel and network modeling, modulation and channel coding schemes, an information theory perspective, andjoint source and channel coding. Application to real world channels follows with coverage of video broadcast applications, digital videoon ATM networks, and application to wireless networks.
From this video you will learn:
Produced 1997 - 4 Hrs., 45Min. 4 Video Tapes - tapes begin with:
Course outline: Image and Video Source Coders Channel and Network Modeling Modulation and Channel Coding Schemes Information Theory Perspective Joint Source and Channel Coding Applications to Image Transmission Video Broadcast Applications Grand Alliance HDTV Transmission Digital Video on ATM Networks Applications to Wireless Networks
Dr. James W. Modestino, IEEE Fellow, has been with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York since 1972. Dr. Modestino is a Professor for the Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Department and is also the Director of the Center for Image Processing Research at Rensselaer.
This day course is financially sponsored by the IEEE Ottawa Section, and supported by the Communications Research Centre, the Friends of CRC and the Ottawa Chapters of IEEE Com-Soc & IEEE AESS
Ratesfor
the Ottawa presentations are
shownbelow
Earlyfees
for these video courses in Ottawa §
are listed;
fees after Feb 9 are DOUBLE those shown below - see note
:
Visual Communications - all
threesub-courses
IEEE member: retired orfull-time
student $40
IEEE member & non-member-full-time student* $80
Practising Engineer (non
IEEEmember) $120
The three sub-parts are
separatelyavailable:
Visual Communications: Image
Coding§
IEEE member: retired orfull-time
student $25
IEEE member & non-member-full-time student* $50
Practising Engineer (non
IEEEmember) $75
Visual Communications: Video
Coding§
IEEE member: retired orfull-time
student $15
IEEE member & non-member-full-time student* $30
Practising Engineer (non
IEEEmember) $45
Visual Communications: Image &
VideoTransmission §
IEEE member: retired orfull-time
student $10
IEEE member & non-member-full-time student* $20
Practising Engineer (non
IEEEmember) $30
*Includes retired engineers (non-IEEE members)
Carleton Staff & Students have
the double fee waived (for any session); to get notes you must advise
attendance by February 26th
§ CRC staff and
Friends of CRC are welcome to the presentations at CRC at no
charge,BUT course notes (a sensible option) are available for the 2
CRCsessions at the "Image & Video Transmission" rate
(singlesession, half); this requires pre-registration. CRC staff
wishing toattend all sessions, with notes, pay twice the "Video
Coding"fee
Late Registration charges: The fees abovedoubledon 9th February.
Register by sending your fee to HughReekie at 164 Bayswater Ave., Ottawa. Receipts will be issued (withthe course material, at your first session) for all payments -please use the registration form.
All fees include the course notes (about
700pages) in a binder; low-rate IEEE student registrants are asked
tobring their own binders.
The recommended
text,Handbook of Visual
Communications(Academic Press, 1995), edited by Hseuh-Ming Hang and
JohnWoodsisavailable
- 518 pages (3-4 weekdelivery). Profusely illustrated in black
and white, there is a9-page index. The chapters, with authors and
numbers of listedreferences, are: