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Multimedia
Development & Research Centre
We are living in an exciting
era that benefit from the rapid changes being unleashed by the Internet
and the information technology. Armed with more computational power
and faster communication networks, scientists and engineers can now
create more exciting applications and services to end users. Some of
the applications or services that we thought only exist in the science-fiction
movies are now within grasp and may become reality within this decade.
Multimedia technologies
constitute a multi-disciplinary field that extends beyond engineering
to reach the arts, sciences and humanities. Main contributive areas
include engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, communications,
design, ergonomics and human factors, cognitive psychology and philosophy.
The impact of multimedia applications is tremendous - it can range from
medicine to entertainment; from bridging the societal digital divide
to remote space exploration. In short, our imagination is the limit.
Multimedia
Development & Research Centre (MDRC) is an interdisciplinary group
of artists, educators, professionals, and scientists who are experimenting
with interactive multimedia technology in professional practice, scholarship,
and education. The Center is active in building partnerships with the
academic community and industry. MDRC is funded through contributions
from industrial partners, grants from public and private organizations.
Our work focuses on four areas:
Multimedia
Authoring
MDRC researchers
are developing an authoring environment that integrates asset management
and streaming content with hypertext documents and computer mediated
interactions, using both new and existing tools and focusing on adaptation
of computer science research tools to broader multimedia applications.
MDRC projects are creating a number of hypermedia titles using novel
paradigms of content representation. We also co-develop multimedia
content with faculty members as part of ongoing research initiatives
and projects to create advanced learning environments.
Teaching
and Learning
One aim
is to develop and study interactive hypermedia courseware, distance
learning models, and new classroom and working environments. We are
creating tools for distance learning and high quality Internet video
broadcasting. Other areas of investigation include the effectiveness
of learner-centered courseware and groupware for collaborative learning
and problem solving.
Infrastructure
MDRC is
developing systems to support storage and delivery of digital media
objects (e.g., documents, images, audio, video, and animation) on
the campus. The Center runs a high-speed network for access to multimedia
content and is deploying a very large digital media storage system.
We provide facilities for multimedia authoring and servers for hosting
multimedia web content. Access to these facilities is provided to
the campus community through the BMRC supported project program. We
are also developing facilities to support live and on-demand streaming
of digital audio and video on the campus Internet.
Multimedia
Authoring
We are
developing an authoring environment that integrates asset management
and streaming content with hypertext documents and computer mediated
interactions, using both new and existing tools and focusing on adaptation
of computer science research tools to broader multimedia applications.
BMRC projects are creating a number of hypermedia titles using novel
paradigms of content representation. We also co-develop multimedia
content faculty members as part of ongoing research initiatives and
projects to create advanced learning environments.
Teaching
and Learning
One aim
is to develop and study interactive hypermedia courseware, distance
learning models, and new classroom and working environments. We are
creating tools for distance learning and high quality Internet video
broadcasting. Other areas of investigation include the effectiveness
of learner-centered courseware and groupware for collaborative learning
and problem solving.
Digital
Video
Video as a digital medium
in combination with the convergence of media has become incredibly
diverse and crosses into many different media practices. (Interactive
Cinema, 3D-Animation, Motion Graphics, Interactive Television, VJing,
Internet Art, Computer Games, Virtual Reality, Mobile Experiences.)
This Digital Arts program offers a way to develop innovative Digital
Video practices.
In the Digital Video major
the aim is to provide students with a thorough understanding of Digital
Video as a medium and focus on the development of innovative practice
in Digital Arts. Students examine digital video practices in Digital
Arts and New Media. Each student is encouraged to develop their own
personal vision and work towards exploring video practice that integrates
skills from their other major stream (interactive media, computer
music and animation).
Facilities
" Software: Final-cut
Pro, After Effects, ProTools, and others.
" Hardware: Dual G5 Macintosh computers.
" Green screen room, editing stations, sound mixing/foley studio,
lighting kits, 3CCC digital cameras and microphones.
COMPUTER
MUSIC
Computer music is music
produced through the use of computer technology. The computer offers
vast possibilities for the production of electronic sounds or the
ability to modify recordings which might be acoustic in origin. The
computer is also a powerful medium for working out composition ideas
through the development of composing algorithms.
INTERACTIVE
DIGITAL MEDIA
Interactive Digital Media
is a creative manifestation of the computer's ability to deliver a
range of time-based media. It is a realisation of the exciting possibilities
offered by the computer for artists and those interesting in bringing
together different digital media in creative ways.
For more
information
Please contact:
PD@iirnd.org
Programme
Director for Multimedia
IIRND
Copy rights: International Institute for Research & Development -IIRD, 2006
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