The aim of this lecture is to describe the basis of image and video coding and compression, with a special emphasis on the latest developments. We will see how to encode and compress this particular type of data using lossy algorithms that take advantage of the limitations of the human visual system.

We will focus on scalable image and video coding, which is a cutting-edge area of research, an area were few fully recognized standards have emerged yet.

Sometimes, specialized developers need to design systems which require an image or video (de)coder. Understanding the internals of some coding systems may help them in to select the most appropriate approach (streaming systems, pattern recognition systems, etc.) and algorithm (JPEG, JPEG2000, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, etc.).

We will present techniques used in well-known algorithms and the audience will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals through practical examples.

		Wednesday 5 march
10:30 - 12:00	Lecture2	Scalable Image and Video coding	Jose Dana Perez
		The aim of this lecture is to describe the basis of image and video coding and compression, with a special emphasis on the latest developments. We will see how to encode and compress this particular type of data using lossy algorithms that take advantage of the limitations of the human visual system. We will focus on scalable image and video coding, which is a cutting-edge area of research, an area were few fully recognized standards have emerged yet. Sometimes, specialized developers need to design systems which require an image or video (de)coder. Understanding the internals of some coding systems may help them in to select the most appropriate approach (streaming systems, pattern recognition systems, etc.) and algorithm (JPEG, JPEG2000, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, etc.). We will present techniques used in well-known algorithms and the audience will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals through practical examples.
		Audience TBW
		Pre-requisite TBW

Scalable Image and Video coding