Introduction to Media Computer Science (EMI)

Winter Term 2024/2025

This winter term 2024/2025, the lecture will be available in hybrid mode such that remote-only participation will likely be possible. Exercises are in person only.

Information on Exam Review and Re-examination

Please register via OPAL to participate in the course. There you will find current news, all materials, links to the online events and you can register for the classroom event.

Contents

This course introduces the subjects of media computer science and multimedia technology. The first part of the course introduces the major terms and provides an overview of the media computer science’s subjects and application areas. As part of the design of interactive systems we will show what usability engineering is, focussing on human perception as well as several evaluation methodologies. Furthermore, some gestalt laws and the principle of psycho-physical scaling are presented. Based on various media types (text, images, audio, video) the following questions are discussed:

• How does the perception work?
• Which principles are applied by media computer science?
• Which concepts are realised by the respective media technique?

During the course, the most important multimedia input and presentation systems for private and professional use are discussed. Furthermore, the most important methods, techniques and tools for programming multimedia documents and applications are discussed. Application scenarios are presented during lecture and coped with in depth during the exercises. Selected topics: Card Sorting, Mock-ups, coding theory, image processing, vector graphics using SVG, the architecture of WAV files, XML, etc. Alongside the exercises there will be a team project to practise the newly learned stuff in preparation of the exam at the end of the semester. In anticipation of required programming skills for further courses, this introductory course imparts Java and Android programming skills and builds the team project upon this.

Place and Time

This lecture is only available during winter term.

• Lecture first date: 17.10.2024, KW 42
• Exercises first date: from 21.10.2024, KW 43 (every uneven week)
• Examination: tba
• Exam Review: tba
• Re-Examination: tba

You will get access to the lecture and exercise material (slides, tasks) through the OPAL eLearning course. Next to the available material, course announcements (e.g. examination information and changed dates) and discussion facilities are provided. Last but not least, the submission and credentialing of fulfilled exercises is processed online.

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• EMI Course (OPAL) WT 2021/2022
• EMI Course (OPAL) WT 2020/2021
• EMI Course (OPAL) WT 2019/2020
• EMI Course (OPAL) WT 2018/2019
• EMI Course (OPAL) WT 2017/2018

Getting course access is invitation-based. Thus, you will receive an invitation to the course automatically as soon as the course is available if you are enrolled using jExam. As a first-semester student, the enrolment is done during the first week in October (ESE week). An automatic invitation can only be sent to users that accepted the data privacy terms of OPAL, which is done by signing in to OPAL for the first time using the ZIH credentials. If the course started and you did not receive an invitation yet (e.g. because you are a non-computer-science student), please contact Mr Meinhardt Branig or Mr David Gollasch via email.

Enrolment

Please register via OPAL to participate in the course.