OUTLINE OF THE PROCEEDINGS

0. General: Motivation - Outline - Table of contents - Literature
1. Rate Distortion Theory Basics: Autocorrelation function and power spectrum of images - Rate distortion function - Gaussian source with and without memory - R-D function for images
2. Transform Image Coding: Orthonormal transforms - Separable transforms - Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) - Threshold coding - Fast DCT
3. Subband Image Coding: Laplacian pyramids - Critically sampled filter banks - Quadrature mirror filters - Subband pyramids - Discrete Wavelet Transform
4. Quantization: Lloyd-Max quantization - Vector quantization - LBG algorithm - Entropy-constrained quantization
5. Interframe coding: Differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) - Motion-compensated prediction - Hybrid coding - Loop filter - R-D analysis of motion compensated coding - Sub-pel accuracy
6. Motion Estimation: Blockmatching - Speed-ups - Hierarchical methods - Sub-pel accuracy - Rate-constrained motion estimation
7. Video Coding Standards: Image formats - H.261 - H.263 - H.263 options
8. Digital Television: Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) - Grand Alliance system - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) - Vestigial Side Band Modulation (VSB)
9. Internet Video Streaming: Internet protocol (IP), TCP/IP, UDP, RTP, packet loss resilient video coding, multicasting