EE E6886: Topoics in Signal Processing: Multimedia Security Systems

COURSE BENEFITS:

Students will gain knowledge and hands-on experience about multimedia systems and security technologies. It serves as an introductory course for graduate students who are interested in the research area of multimedia technologies.
Gain knowledge with multimedia compression technologies and standards, such as VCD, DVD, and MPEG-1/2/4/21.
Survey algorithms, theories and tools developed in research and market of multimedia security issues, including digital rights management, copyright protection, authenticity verification, and mobile information assurance.
Learn theories, research issues and recent developments of multimedia-based security systems, such as video surveillance, biometric feature applications, and sensor networks.

PROFESSOR CHING-YUNG LIN:

Extensive research in digital video and multimedia
IEEE Circuits and Systems Outstanding Young Author Award, IBM Innovation Awards, Guest Editor of the Proceedings of the IEEE -- Special Sessions on Multimedia Security, Editor of IEEE Communication Society Interactive Magazines.
Leader of IBM's learge-scale video semantic understanding, filtering and sensor network projects.

APPLICABLE DEGREE PROGRAMS:

Recommended for MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
Most courses 4000-level and above can be credited to all degree programs. All courses are subject to advisor approval.

COURSE FEES:

None

Lecturer/Manager:

Ching-Yung Lin

Office Hours:	Wednesday 6:40 - 7:10pm or by appointment
Office Location/Phone:	Mudd 1312
Email Address:	[email protected]

Day & Time Class
Meets on Campus:

Wednesday 4:10pm - 6:40pm

Location:

Mudd 535

Credits for course:

Class Type:

Lecture

Prerequisites:

Basic courses in signal processing and communcations such as: EE3801 (Signals and Systems) and EE3701 (Introduction to Communication Systems). Background in EE4830 (Digital Image Processing) is useful but not mandatory. Students need to know at least one kind of programming language (Matlab, C, Java, or C++) for finishing homeworks

Description:

This course intended for beginning graduate students or practitioners to gain knowledge and hand-on experiences in digital media systems and security applications. Introduction to important mutlmedia security technologies and standards in assuring the rights of owners and consumers of multimedia systems. These include encryption, key management, watermarking and media authentication. Also introduce important topics on using multimedia information for security objectives, including video surveillance, and media sensor networks. Three homeworks and a final project are required.

TA / Grader:

Byung Suk Lee

Office Hours:	Thursday 1pm - 3pm
Office Location/Phone:	EE office, Mudd 13th floor
Email Address:	bl2012 {at} columbia {dot} edu

Required Text(s):

No textbooks required, readings of class notes and latest technical papers available

Reference Text(s):

class notes, and reference papers will be available at http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~cylin/course/mss/

Homework(s):

three assignments including analytical questions and programming

Project(s):

one final project in which students may implement components of multimedia security applications or conduct surveys of emerging techniques. Team collaboration is encouraged.

Paper(s):

report of the final project. oral presentation of the mid-term topic proposal and final project results required for on-site students.

Midterm Exam:

None

Final Exam:

None

Grading:

Programming assignments 50%, Final Project 50%

Hardware
requirements:

PC with Internet access.

Software
requirements:

Students may use their preferred software (C, C++, Java, or Matlab) on their computers to complete programming assignments.

Homework
submission:

by email to course manager

Tentative Course Outline: (revised 1/18/06)


Class Date	Class Number	Topics Covered	Assigned	Due
1/18/06	1	Overview – Multimedia Systems, Secured Multimedia, Digital Rights Management Systems, and Technical Trends (notes)
1/25/06	2	Multimedia Compression Technologies and Standards (notes)
2/1/06	3	Multimedia Encryption (notes)	HW #1
2/8/06	4	Digital Watermarking (notes)
2/15/06	5	Security Attacks (notes)
2/22/06	6	Multimedia Authentication (notes)	HW #2	HW #1
3/1/06	7	Multimedia Forensics (notes)
3/8/06	8	Biometric Features for User Authentication – I: Pattern, Speaker and Behavior Recognition (notes)	HW #3	HW #2 (or by 3/20)
3/22/06	9	Biometric Features for User Authentication – II: Speaker Recognition (notes)
3/29/06	10	Biometric Features for User Authentication – III: Face Recognition (notes)
4/5/06	11	Mid-Term Presentation: Project Proposal (proposals and slides)		HW #3
4/12/06	12	Media Sensor Network (notes)
4/19/06	13	Voice over IP (VoIP) Security (notes)
5/3/06	14	Key Managements and Emerging Technology (notes)
5/10/06	15	Final Project Presentation

For more information, comments, or suggestions, please email us at [email protected].