Image & Video Coding

Term: Winter Semester 2023/ 2024
Instructor: Prof. Dr.- Ing. Thomas Wiegand
Co-instructor: Dr. Jonathan Pfaff


  • Presence Lecture
  • Start of Lecture: 19th of October 2023
  • Last Lecture: 15th of February 2024
  • Date/ Time: Thursday, 10:15- 11:45
  • Location: Lanolinfabrik, Salzufer 15/16, 10587 Berlin (5th floor)
  • Meeting room: 5.28 + 5.29

Description
The principles of source coding for efficient transmission and storage are discussed. Based on the fundamentals of information and rate distortion theory, the most relevant techniques used in source coding algorithms are described: entropy coding, quantization as well as predictive and transform coding.

Topics
  • Probability, Random Variabled and Processes
  • Lossless Source Coding
  • Rate Distortion Theory
  • Quantization
  • Predictive Coding
  • Transform Coding
  • Sub-band Coding

Textbook
T. Wiegand, H. Schwarz, "Source Coding: Part I of Fundamentals of Source and Video Coding, Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing", 2011