Multimedia Systems and Applications

Reading List

Fundamentals of Audio and Video

J.F. Blinn, "NTSC: Nice Technology, Super Color," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March 1993, pp 17-23.
 
J.F. Blinn, "The World of Digital Video," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, September 1992, pp 106-112.
 
R. Steinmetz and C. Engler, "Human Perception of Media Synchronization," Technical Report 43.9310, IBM European Networking Center, Heidelberg, Germany, 1993.

Signal Processing and Compression

G.K. Wallace, "The JPEG Still Picture Compression Standard," Communications of the ACM, Vol. 34, No. 4 (1991), pp 30-44.
  See the JPEG FAQ for more information.  
J.F. Blinn, "What's the Deal with the DCT?" IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, July 1993, pp 78-83.
 
D.J. Le Gall, "The MPEG Video Compression Algorithm," Signal Processing: Image Communication, Vol. 4 (1992), pp. 129-140.
  See the MPEG FAQ for more information.  
S. Shlien, "Guide to MPEG-1 Audio Standard,"IEEE Trans. on Broadcasting, Vol 40, No. 4, December 1994, pp 206-218.
 
M. Ester, "Image Quality and Viewer Perception," LEONARDO Digital Image - Digital Cinema Supplemental Issue, 1990, pp. 51-63.
 
W. Niblack, et.al., "The QBIC Project: Querying Images By Content Using Color, Texture, and Shape," SPIE Vol. 1908, 1993, pp. 173-187.
 
E. Wold, et.al., "Content-Based Classification, Search, and Retrieval of Audio," IEEE Multimedia, Fall 1996, pp. 27-36.

System Architecture and Services

A. Peleg, S. Wilkie, and U. Weiser, "Intel MMX for Multimedia PCs," Communications of the ACM, Vol 40, No. 1, January 1997, pp 25-38.
 
D.J. Gemmell, et.al. "Multimedia Storage Servers: A tutorial," IEEE Computer, May 1995, pp 40-49.

Multimedia Networks

D.D. Clark and D.L. Tennenhouse, "Architectural Considerations for a new Generation of Protocols," Proc. ACM SIGCOMM '90 , Computer Communication Review, Vol 20, No 4, September 1990, pp 200-208.
 
H. Ericksson, "MBONE: The Multicast Backbone," Communications of the ACM, Vol 33, No. 8, August 1994, pp 54-60.
 
R.J. Vetter, "ATM Concepts, Architectures, and Protocols," Communications of the ACM, Vol 38, No. 2, February 1995, pp 30-38.
 
S. McCanne, V. Jacobson, and M. Vetterli, "Receiver-driven Layered Multicast," Proc. SIGCOMM '96, Stanford, CA, August 1996.
 
L. Zhang, et.al., "RSVP: A New Resource ReSerVation Protocol," IEEE Network, September 1993.

Applications

P. Faraday and A. Sutcliffe, "Multimedia: Design for the 'Moment'," Proc. ACM Multimedia '97, Seattle WA, November 1997, pp 183-192.

Larry Rowe
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