S3: Fundamentals of Video for the 21st Century

Nikhil Balram

Vice President and General Manager
Digital Entertainment Business Unit
Marvell Semiconductor Inc.,
Tel: 408-222-9828
Cell: 408-368-9085
Email: nbalram@marvell.com

Abstract

This course will teach the fundamentals and advances in video as relevant in the 21st Century. The course will start with basic principles of signal processing and human vision and go on to cover basic and advanced video processing functions used in traditional and networked digital flat-panel TVs. Major topics include understanding of sampling lattices and interlace scan, worldwide analog TV standards, overview of MPEG2, H264 and VC-1, introduction to wired and wireless AV networks, deinterlacing, video and graphics scaling, analog and digital noise reduction, color/picture enhancements and controls, and panel interfaces. Real examples and demos will be used to illustrate the main concepts.

Short Biosketch (Balram)