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52421 Data Compression
Danish title: Datakompression

Type: Å, Language: DDD
Credit points: 5 point
Offered by: Department of Telecommunication (TELE)
Prerequisite: C0142/01142/C0401/04041.52201/C4942/C8817/04250/67902/67482/67904/67484
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Limitation: Max. 12
Scope and form: Individual project in groups of two
Examination: Evaluation of report and oral presentation (13 point scale )
Contact person: Søren Forchhammer, TELE, Building 371, Tel. +45 4525 3622
Aim: To give the participants a good knowledge of the basic principles of data compression and methods for data compression. To enable the students to implement data compression algorithms.
Contents: Introductory lectures about the basic principles and methods for data compression and examples of data compression tasks.
Some examples are:
- Predictive coding of images
- Recent methods for fax coding
- Coding of data strings e.g. text
- Coding of images in the frequency domain
- Audio signals
- Moving pictures
Then the students choose projects within the areas presented and adjusted to their prerequisites.