This is the course material for CISC 7610: Multimedia Databases at Brooklyn College, as taught by Michael Mandel in Fall 2018.

See course announcements below

Topics (syllabus)

Note that this schedule might change, so check back frequently!

Date Room Content Assignments Readings due
Part I: Multimedia Databases
2018/08/27 M 236IA Introduction to multimedia databases
2018/09/05 W 236IA HW1 Assigned
2018/09/10 M [No class]
2018/09/17 M 236IA Multimedia data and data formats
2018/09/24 M 236IA Metadata and APIs
2018/10/01 M 236IA Approaches to multimedia databases
2018/10/08 M [No class]
2018/10/15 M 236IA Midterm review HW2 Due
2018/10/22 M 236IA Midterm exam
2018/10/29 M 236IA Distributed multimedia DBs HW3 Assigned
Part II: Multimedia information retrieval
2018/11/05 M 236IA Principles of content-based retrieval Mid-term course feedback
2018/11/12 M 236IA Text retrieval HW3 Due
2018/11/19 M 236IA Image retrieval HW4 Assigned Rueger:3
2018/11/26 M 236IA Speech and music retrieval
2018/12/03 M 236IA Optional: Video retrieval survey
2018/12/10 M 236IA Final exam HW4 Due

Textbooks

Harrison
G Harrison. Next Generation Databases : NoSQLand Big Data. Apress L P. 2015. ISBN: 9781484213308
Manning
C Manning, P Raghavan, H Schuetze. An introduction to information retrieval. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Online
Rueger
S Rueger. Multimedia Information Retrieval: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. Morgan & Claypool, 2009.

Announcements

2018/08/16
Take a look at the course website from Fall 2017 for some idea of the upcoming course content and assignments
2018/08/16
Welcome to class, the course website has been updated for this semester