MULTIMEDIA

Concepts, Technical Challenges, and Implementation

Manu Malek

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVE:
Multimedia refers to the ability to integrate voice, graphics, text
and video seamlessly.  It is a multibillion dollars/year
business, and is growing rapidly.

The objective of this seminar is to
1. provide an understanding of the current and emerging 
   multimedia technologies,
2. describe the technical issues and current solutions,
3. review the strategies and industry trends to implement it, and 
4. identify the standards and state-of-the-art capabilities and
   product offerings.

PREREQUISITE:
Basic knowledge of data communication.

PRESENTER:
Manu Malek is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
at AT&T Bell Laboratories, and an Adjunct Professor of 
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stevens 
Institute of Technology.
He has over 15 years of experience in teaching, practicing, and
research in telecommunication networks modeling, 
optimization, operations, and management.
He is a pioneer in developing the discipline, concept, and 
methodologies of providing telecommunications services to customers,
and an authority in national and international standards
for network transport, internetworking, network management,
and systems integration.

Dr. Malek holds a Ph.D. degree in EE/CS from UC Berkeley.
He has held various academic positions in the US and overseas.
He has also held technical management positions including
Manager of the Special Services Standard Designs Engineering District
at Bellcore, and Supervisor of Special Studies at AT&T Bell 
Laboratories.

Dr. Malek is the author, coauthor, or editor of six books,
and the author or co-author of over fifty published technical 
papers and numerous internal technical reports in the areas of 
communication networks, network operations and management, 
computer communications, and optimization.
He is a fellow of the IEEE, was the Network Management editor 
for the IEEE Transactions on Communications during 1988-91,
and is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Network and Systems 
Management.

SEMINAR OUTLINE

I. The Multimedia Concept
1. Definition
2. Technical Requirements
3. Applications
4. Major Players

II. Multimedia Technical Issues
1. Storage Requirements
2. Transport Requirements
3. Performance Tradeoffs

III. Video Compression Techniques
1. Lossy Compression Techniques
2. Lossless Compression Techniques
3. Hybrid Compression Techniques
4. Hardware-Assisted Video Compression
5. Software-Assisted Video Compression

IV. Transport Platforms for Networked Multimedia
1. FDDI
2. Frame Relay
3. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

V. Implementation Issues 
1. Hardware Platforms and Software Tools
2. Multimedia Standards and their Status
3. Multimedia PC
4. Authoring Systems
5. Product Offerings

Course duration: 4 hours (half day).