BrainSurge

Speaker: Parisa Behnamfar

Topic: An introduction to the motion estimation techniques in video codecs

Widespread application of digital video images has increased the demand to store such data in finite memory space and to transmit them over channels with limited bandwidth. This increasing demand represents a critical need to compress video images. Since in most cases, successive video frames contain the same objects, “motion estimation” techniques examin the movement of objects in an image to define the differences between two consecutive frames. Then the compression algorithms store the first frame and then just the extra information produced by the motion estimation technique. In this way, lots of the temporal redundancy due to the high correlation between consecutive frames would be eliminated, resulting in a very high compression ratio. This talk is going to introduce some of the most common motion estimation techniques, their advantages and their drawbacks.

BIOGRAPHY
Parisa Behnamfar has got her B.Sc. and M.Sc. both in Electrical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. She is now PhD student and research assistant in the System on Chip lab of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of British Columbia.

Speaker: Roger Miller and Jennifer Flexman

Topic: Intellectual Property: Why Should Engineers Care About It

Abstract
Students learn to create intellectual property at university. Whether you go to graduate school, start your own business, or work in a company, you are likely to create, access, and use intellectual property. What is IP, why is it valuable, and how do you protect it? You will learn about patents and copyright, your rights and obligations, and how you can use these to further your career.

Biography
Roger Miller, Ph.D. is the Manager of Technology Transfer in UBC University Industry Liaison Office.

Speaker: Oliver Zheng

Topic: Photoshop Workshop

This Thursday Lunch and Learn session will feature a workshop on Photoshop, in which a complete composition will be presented from start to finish, touching on various techniques throughout. Bring your lunch, and optionally your laptop with Photoshop installed if you want to follow along!