Useful links
Unit of study_
COMP4425: Multimedia Retrieval
2025 unit information
The explosive growth of multimedia data, including text, audio, images and video has imposed unprecedented challenges for search engines to meet various information needs of users. This unit provides students with the necessary and updated knowledge of this field in the context of big data, from the information retrieval basics of a search engine, to many advanced techniques towards next generation search engines, such as content based image and video retrieval, large scale visual information retrieval, and social media.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Academic unit | Computer Science |
| Credit points | 6 |
|
Prerequisites:
?
|
DATA3888 or COMP3888 or COMP3988 or CSEC3888 or SOFT3888 or ENGG3112 or SCPU3001 |
|---|---|
|
Corequisites:
?
|
Enrolment in a thesis unit INFO4001 or INFO4911 or INFO4991 or INFO4992 or AMME4111 or BMET4111 or CHNG4811 or CIVL4022 or ELEC4712 or COMP4103 or SOFT4103 or DATA4103 or ISYS4103 |
| Prohibitions:
?
|
COMP5425 |
| Assumed knowledge:
?
|
A major in a computer science area. Experience with programming skills as covered in INFO1113 or COMP2123 or COMP2823 or INFO1105 or INFO1905 or other similar units |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. perform functional analysis for specific application domain and specific users
- LO2. conduct literature review in the field related to a given task
- LO3. perform function design of a retrieval system
- LO4. design technical solutions to solve a media retrieval problem with learned knowledge and techniques
- LO5. explain the framework and key components of a general retrieval systems
- LO6. reflect on the state of the art in multimedia retrieval
- LO7. evaluate the advantages and shortcomings of a specific retrieval technique and solution
- LO8. practice popular algorithms related to retrieval techniques, such as feature extraction and similarity measurement.
Unit availability
This section lists the session, attendance modes and locations the unit is available in. There is a unit outline for each of the unit availabilities, which gives you information about the unit including assessment details and a schedule of weekly activities.
The outline is published 2 weeks before the first day of teaching. You can look at previous outlines for a guide to the details of a unit.
| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Semester 1 2025
|
Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
|
Find your current year census dates
Modes of attendance (MoA)
This refers to the Mode of attendance (MoA) for the unit as it appears when you’re selecting your units in Sydney Student. Find more information about modes of attendance on our website.
