COMP5405

Digital Media Computing

Digital media data such as audio, image, videos, graphics, and 3D are increasingly becoming indispensable for big data driven computing applications in many domains, such as social media, public security, education, commerce, entertainment, and healthcare. This unit aims to bring students the essential knowledge on digital media, various computing techniques and tools on digital media processing and analysis, and many cutting-edge digital media applications such as VR/AR and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled new media. It will help students build practical computing skills for digital media driven applications and utilise learned knowledge to produce creative and media rich solutions to real world problems. 在社交媒体、公共安全、教育、商业、娱乐和医疗保健等许多领域，数字媒体数据(如音频、图像、视频、图形和3D)正日益成为大数据驱动的计算应用程序不可或缺的一部分。本单元旨在让学生了解数码媒体的基本知识、数码媒体处理和分析的各种计算技术和工具，以及许多数码媒体的尖端应用，如虚拟现实/增强现实及物联网新媒体等。该课程有助学生在数码媒体驱动的应用程序中，建立实用的电脑技能，并利用所学知识，为现实世界的问题提供创意和丰富的媒体解决方案。