This is the course material for CISC 7610: Multimedia Databases at
Brooklyn College, as taught by Michael
Mandel in Fall 2017.
Note that this schedule might change, so check back frequently!
| Date |
Topic |
Assignments |
Readings |
|
Part I: Multimedia Databases |
| 2017/08/29 |
Introduction to multimedia databases |
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|
| 2017/09/05 |
Review of relational databases, The beginnings of NoSQL |
HW1 Assigned |
H:1, H:2, H:3 |
| 2017/09/12 |
Multimedia data and data formats |
|
JPEG tutorial,
H.264 tutorial
|
| 2017/09/19 |
[No class] |
|
|
| 2017/09/26 |
Approaches to multimedia databases |
HW1 Due |
H:4, H:5, H:6, Optional: Stajano, SLAC CIDR 05 |
| 2017/10/03 |
Distributed multimedia DBs |
|
H:8, H:9, H:10, Why vector clocks are easy, Why vector clocks are hard |
| 2017/10/10 |
Midterm review |
HW2 Assigned |
H:12 |
|
Part II: Multimedia information retrieval |
| 2017/10/17 |
Principles of content-based retrieval [Guest lecture] |
|
M:1, M:8,
R:2.1-2.4 |
| 2017/10/24 |
Midterm exam |
|
|
| 2017/10/31 |
Text retrieval |
|
M:2, M:6 |
| 2017/11/07 |
Image retrieval |
|
R:3 |
| 2017/11/14 |
Speech and music retrieval 1 |
|
|
| 2017/11/21 |
[No class] |
|
|
| 2017/11/28 |
Speech and music retrieval 2, Query-by-example |
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|
| 2017/12/05 |
Video retrieval, Understanding noisy speech |
|
Optional:
Video retrieval survey |
| 2017/12/12 |
Final project presentations |
Final project presentations |
Review form |
| 2017/12/19 |
[No class] |
Final projects due |
|
Textbooks
- H
- G Harrison. Next Generation Databases : NoSQLand Big Data. Apress L P. 2015. ISBN: 9781484213308
- M
- C Manning, P Raghavan, H Schuetze. An introduction to information
retrieval. Cambridge University Press,
2009.
Online
- R
- S Rueger. Multimedia Information Retrieval: Synthesis Lectures
on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. Morgan & Claypool,
2009.
Announcements
- 2017/10/03
- The midterm has been reschedule to October 24 and the due dates for homework 2 and the project proposal have shifted.
- 2017/09/05
- Take a look at the course website from spring 2016 for some idea of the upcoming course content and assignments
- 2017/08/25
- Welcome to class, the course website has been updated for this semester