EE554 Image and Video Compression
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This is a Masters-level module that deals with the technology underpinning popular image and video compression standards. It draws directly from both my research background and my current research activities. It is delivered to both full-time and part-time students as part of the M.Eng. in Telecommunications Engineering and M.Eng. in Electronic Systems programmes. The module is part of the School’s Remote Access to Continuing Engineering Education (RACeE) initiative and is structured so that it can be delivered completely remotely over the web.
This is a continuously assessed project-based module where students divide themselves into groups and build an autonomous robot capable of navigating a predefined course and carrying out a set of specific tasks. It is intended to give students an opportunity to integrate and expand their knowledge in several different core areas: digital, analog and power electronics, software development, control systems, mechanics etc. Each year, the module culminates in a competition held in DCU whereby the robots are pitted against each other and their performance evaluated. There is a cash prize and perpetual trophy for the winning team and cash prizes for the first two runners up. The event is attended by the students themselves, their friends and family, and staff members.
EM102 Engineering Fundamentals (Electronics)
This is a first year module for the common first year in engineering. It introduces basic electronics concepts over 12 lectures including Electricity, Resistance and elementary Circuit Theory.