Developing innovative multimedia concepts, technologies and ...

Developing innovative multimediaconcepts, technologies and applicationsMultimedia Computing, Communicationsand Applications Research (MCCAR)MCCAR includes research in medical imageprocessing, digital library, remote surveillance,network resource management, mobilecommunications, emerging technologiessuch as wireless sensor and mesh networksand innovative applications in learning,business, games, archaeology and art.www.infotech.monash.edu.au/mccarwww.infotech.monash.edu

Multimedia Signal Processingand ManagementMultimedia Signal Processing andManagement focuses on two challengingissues:1. How to reduce the amount of storageand communication bandwidthrequirement by developing innovativecompression techniques.2. How to extract and representmultimedia features for effective andefficient indexing and retrieval.Current research projects include:• Very low bit rate video compression:this Australian Research CouncilDiscovery Project is developing a realtimepattern-base low bit rate videocoding for low powered and limitedprocessing electronics devices.• Automatic multimedia informationindexing and retrieval: to developtechniques for automatic featureextraction, indexing and retrieval ofdigital audio, image and video.• Image database visualisation: toprovide effective content overview.• Advanced image processing includingimage segmentation, face recognitionand applications in medical imaging.Multimedia Communicationsand Sensor NetworksMultimedia Communication and SensorNetworks research aims to provideubiquitous and seamless communicationwith multimedia capability, and to conductremote monitoring and surveillance.Current research projects include:• Enhancing mobile multimediacommunications by exploiting themobility of Information devices.• Developing innovative protocols toefficiently use network resources.• Wireless ad hoc networks.• Wireless sensor networks to provideremote monitoring and surveillance.• Quality of service provision formultimedia and wirelesscommunications.• Spectrum management in cognitiveradio.Developing InnovativeMultimedia ApplicationsDeveloping Innovative MultimediaApplications focuses on research into theconceptual and technical aspects of theapplication of multimedia technologiesincluding:• Human computer interaction• 3D graphics• Information visualisation• 3D computer games• Educational multimediaBringing Angkor Wat to LifeAngkor’s ruined Hindu and Buddhisttemples are the most conspicuousarchitectural remains from the civilisationthat dominated mainland South East Asiain medieval times.Recent reappraisals of past research haveunderlined the importance of the Angkoras a living city, its temples interconnectedinseparably with the communitiessurrounding them.This project aims to bring the temples andthe neighbourhoods that sustained themback to life using techniques derived fromthe latest 3D graphic and game computertechnologies.Through 3D reconstruction and simulationthe opportunity exists not only to recreateevery day life at Angkor but also toexpand upon traditional conceptionsof the city and make original contributionsto interpretations of its function, extentand significance.PhD student Jan Carlo Barca is wiredfor movement as he demonstrateshis motion capture system.For more information visit:www.infotech.monash.edu.au/mccarCRICOS provider: Monash University 00008CD&P 8-07