Course Schedule
Week 1: Jan 22   1. Introduction   No readings
 
Week 2: Jan 27 lecture slides 2. Communications Theory Past Readings
  Jan 29 lecture slides 3. Semiotics Past  
 
Week 3: Feb 03 lecture slides 4. Formalist Media Theory I Past Readings
  Feb 05 lecture slides 5. Formalist Media Theory II Past  
 
Week 4: Feb 10 lecture slides 6. Film Theory Application & Assignment 1 Introduction
Assignment 1: Theory Application (due 02/19) assignment
Past Readings
  Feb 12 lecture slides 7. Semiotic Media Theory Past  
 
Week 5: Feb 17  
PRESIDENT'S DAY HOLIDAY ***
   
  Feb 19 lecture slides 8. Video Production Overview (Guest Instructor: Rachel Strickland)
Assignment 1 due
Mini Assignment: Object Lesson (due 02/26) assignment
Past Readings
 
Week 6: Feb 24 lecture slides 9. Audio Production Overview (Guest Instructor: R. Strickland) Past Readings
  Feb 26 lecture slides 10. Assignment Overview and Ideation (Guest Instructor: R. Strickland)
Mini Assignment due, to be reviewed in class
Assignment 2: Overview doc assignment
Assignment 2 -- Milestone 1: Short Media Production (due 03/04) assignment
Past  
 
Week 7: Mar 03 lecture slides 11. Audio Production Overview (Guest Instructor: R. Strickland)
Assignment 2 -- Milestone 2: Short Media Production (due 03/12) assignment
Past Readings
  Mar 04    
Assignment 2 -- Milestone 1 due (2pm)
   
  Mar 05 lecture slides 12. Theory and History of Computation Present  
 
Week 8: Mar 10 lecture slides 13. Computational Media Theory Present Readings
  Mar 12 lecture slides 14. Automated Media Analysis: Audio
Assignment 2 -- Milestone 2 due
Assignment 2 -- Milestone 3: Short Media Production (due 03/19)
Present  
 
Week 9: Mar 17 lecture slides 15. Automated Media Analysis: Video Present Readings
  Mar 19   16. Automated Media Analysis: Audio
Assignment 2, Milestone 3 due
Assignment 2 -- Milestone 3: Short Media Production (due 03/19)
Present  
 
Week 10: Mar 24    
SPRING BREAK ***
  No readings
  Mar 26    
SPRING BREAK ***
   
 
Week 11: Mar 31   17. Metadata for Media Present Readings
  Apr 02 lecture slides 18. Metadata for Media
Final Project: Overview doc assignment
Final Project -- Milestone 1: Team & Idea Formation (due 04/07) assignment
Present  
 
Week 12:
(SIG CHI)
Apr 07 lecture slides 19. Media Asset Management and Reuse Process
Final Project -- Milestone 1 due
Final Project -- Milestone 2 (due 04/14) assignment
Present Readings
  Apr 09   20. Guest Lecturer Paul Grabowicz: Multimedia Industry Overview and Prospects Present  
 
Week 13: Apr 14 lecture slides 21. Systems Overview: Research Multimedia Systems Present Readings
  Apr 16   22. Systems Overview: Commercial Media Asset Management Systems
Final Project -- Milestone 2 due
Final Project -- Milestone 3: Design Specs (due 04/23) assignment
Present  
 
Week 14: Apr 21   23. Systems Overview: Commercial Editing Systems Present Readings
  Apr 23   24. Multimedia Standards Overview
Final Project -- Milestone 3 due
Present  
 
Week 15: Apr 28   25. MPEG-7
Final Project -- Milestone 4: Presentation & Write-Up (due 05/14) assignment
Present Readings
  Apr 30   26. The Future of Multimedia Information Technology Present  
 
Week 16: May 05   27. Active Capture Future Readings
  May 07   28. Adaptive Media Future  
 
Week 17: May 12   29. Systems Overview: Commercial Editing Systems Future No readings
  May 13    
INSTRUCTION ENDS ***
   
  May 16
2-5 pm
  30. Final Project Presentations -- MEET IN ROOM 202
Final Project Milestone 4 due
   
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