MSyNC Seminar Series
   http://www.ece.stevens-tech.edu/~msync

Title: Vision Modeling for successful Low-Rate,High Quality Transmission
Speaker: Dr. Maja Bystrom
Affiliation: Asst. Professor ,ECE Dept,Drexel University
Date: November 29 ,2001
Venue: Burchard 213

Abstract:  
Transmitting video over low-bandwidth, high-error channels, such as between cell phones, is a challenging task. Although we will see video transmission in the next generation of wireless standards, there is still work to be done to ensure high-quality transmission.We will examine some of these problems, look at the current video transmission standards, and discuss the challenges in source and channel coding for video. A method of modeling the effects of degradation in video will be introduced and its use in joint source-channel coding schemes discussed.

Maja Bystrom received a B.S. in Computer Science, a B.S. in Communications, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.S. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering all from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Drexel University since 1997. Her areas of interest are image/signal processing for communications, joint source-channel coding, and optical communications. Recent awards include a 2001 Fulbright Award and an NSF CAREER Award in 1999.


Host: Prof. K. P. Subbalakshmi