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Interactive Digital Multimedia involves a range of technologies and applications centered on the creation, encoding, transmission, storage, presentation, and analysis of multimedia data, as well as the study of human interaction with multimedia systems. There are numerous applications of interactive multimedia in learning, communication, medicine, arts and entertainment, and other areas, and there is a clear demand for a workforce and leaders educated in these areas. Although there are many academic departments that offer courses and research groups in particular aspects of the field, there is a great need in both industry and academia for graduates who understand the big picture and have expertise in several of the component technologies. A multidisciplinary approach is essential to adequately prepare future generations of educators, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in this broad environment.

The program has research, educational, and practical training aspects. The overall theme is organized around three areas:

(a) Multimedia systems (storage, transmission, and programming of digital multimedia)

(b) Multimedia content (representation and analysis of multimedia information, and advanced tools for creating, analyzing and manipulating multimedia content)

(c) Interactivity (presentation of, and human interaction with, multimedia information in the context of interactive multimedia applications)

Faculty and staff from eleven departments participate in the program by co-advising and mentoring students, teaching relevant courses and seminars, and integrating with ongoing research projects.