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THE UNIVERSITY OF UDINE
MULTIMEDIA
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION
Master’s Degree in Multimedia Communication
The Course
Professional Skills
The Master’s degree course in
Multimedia Communication at the
University of Udine is one of the first
Master’s courses belonging to the
category known as LM-19 to strike a
balance between technological and
humanistic skills.
The setting up of the course has filled a gap by creating a professional
figure capable not only of understanding the technological requirements
of the new media and handling programme content in an appropriate
manner, but also of acting as a
manager and innovator in the area
of multimedia communication.
The course has been designed as a
natural continuation to and completion of the 3 year degree course in
MST. However, the interest in radical innovation makes it suitable for
students from 3 year degree courses
in any department from Udine or any
other Italian university. Some of the
lessons are also attended by foreign
students on Erasmus and Socrates
programmes.
The course aims to develop professionals with advanced knowledge
of theory and its application who can
both plan and organise events and
play a creative role in the various
fields of multimedia communication
(computer, radio / TV, cinema, web,
visual communication and advertising and art, music or theatrical
events).
It prepares highly specialised
experts who can enter the world of
digital communication, computing,
audiovisual and multimedia systems
with a sense of responsibility, a critical eye and a high level of understanding.
It is thus likely that graduates will
find a job in the world of the new
technologies, as their professional
skills are essential for the flow of
information on the web, internet,
satellite and mobile networks.
3 year Degree – Multimedia Science and Technology
Consorzio Universitario di Pordenone
per la Formazione superiore,
gli Studi Universitari e la Ricerca
via Prasecco, 3/a
33170 PORDENONE
tel. 0434 52 30 72
fax 0434 27 502
[email protected]
www.unipordenone.it
The Course
Professional Skills
The Course responds to current
trends in the modernization of communication via a systematic study of
the interaction between different communication styles and technologies
and is designed to prepare experts in
the programming and creation of
multimedia and audiovisual materials in the areas of culture and science, education, information and journalism, entertainment and marketing.
The aim of this course is to develop
professionals who have the cultural,
technical and technological skills to
work independently in the world of
audio, TV, multimedia and computers
and who have the ability to integrate
the classical techniques of film
making with a knowledge of the new
digital information technologies. It
thus seeks to provide the cultural
groundwork, methodological instruments and technical skills to move
with ease in the world of communication and of audiovisual and multimedia systems.
Università degli Studi di Udine
Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Centro Polifunzionale di Pordenone
via Prasecco, 3/a
33170 PORDENONE
tel. 0434 239 411
fax 0434 239 419
www.uniud.it/didattica/facolta/formazione/
[email protected]
multimedia.uniud.it
THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Graduates in MST can operate in the
field of electronic editing, education
and training, and audiovisual and multimedia archives. The course is organised into 180 credits over a period of 3
years and is characterised by the presence of numerous activities and practical laboratory experiences and by a
period of on-the-job-training at
audiovisual and multimedia companies
both in the private and public sectors.
Students are encouraged to attend
and enter their own work in festivals of
all kinds to give them first hand experience in the most vital and up-to-date
initiatives in the local area.
Research
International Relations
Research Doctorate
Laboratory of Audiovisual Design
Laboratory of Artificial Vision
Audio Laboratory
Television Mobile Production Unit
The research doctorate in
Multimedia Communication was
established in the university’s centre in Pordenone in the academic
year 2006 /2007. With its focus on
the new media, it follows naturally
from the master’s degree course
and completes an educational
experience that is unique of its kind
in the multimedia sector. The
Research Doctorate, the 3rd stage
of this experience, is a 3 year course sponsored not only by the
faculty of Education but also the
university consortium of Pordenone
who have given the University of
Udine a new laboratory for the
exclusive use of doctoral students
and researchers. The course also
organises meetings and exchanges with universities and foreign
students, conferences and seminars, research projects and international training courses. Anyone
with a specialist degree or a
degree from the old system can
apply.
Visual design is a new discipline
which studies how to create graphics with the use of multimedia
systems. The laboratory aims both
to explore topics of interdisciplinary
interest such as the various forms
of contemporary expression based
on technology (photography, video,
cinema and special effects or electronic music) and to enable students to design a variety of products such as video or web interfaces and work with digital data.
The artificial vision laboratory studies
the algorithms that are needed to
create images and video for the
development of intelligent viewing
systems. It focuses especially on
algorithms for the calibration of TV
cameras, the identification and recognition of objects, the modelling and
study of complex scenarios and the
airing in real time of audio / video
data on the web.
The laboratory has a long history of
collaborating with projects financed
by the European community (ATHENA 1996, VENFLEX 1999, MISS
2006, HAMLET 2008), the Ministry
for Universities and Research (PRIN
2002,PRIN 2006), the Friuli Venezia
Giulia region and industries such as
Società Autovie Venete spa, Eidon
spa, R.S.D. spa, Qnet srl, Video
System srl. At the moment the laboratory is involved in the development
of a) archive systems and the restoration and provision of multimedia
documents in the area of digital libraries b) algorithms for IPTV broadcasting and interpersonal communication c) intelligent systems for the
automatic interpretation of real life.
The laboratory carries out research
in the area of communication between man and machine based on
non verbal sound (Auditory Display,
Auditory Icons). At the moment it is
looking at support systems for disabled people and at applications in
the fields of domotics and edutainment, while in the field of digital
libraries, the research group is concerned with algorithms for the reduction of noise in audio recordings and
the integration of meta data with
sound content.
This unit, which is unique in the area
and has few counterparts in other
Italian universities, makes it possible
to film events of a cultural or scientific
nature or experimental work in a
range of fields and has shown great
potential both in education and in
creating ties with the local community.
The unit has contributed to the education of competent young professionals
who can bring a high degree of specialisation to the workplace.
Among its more innovative and
ambitious initiatives is the NET TV of
the University of Udine. This will
create a station, due to start in 2008,
which can provide information on the
web about what the university is
doing in the way of research and the
promotion of knowledge.
Study and Work experiences
abroad
The two degree courses offer a number of opportunities to study or have a
work experience abroad. Given that the
courses emphasise communication,
analysis and the interaction of data,
ideas, texts and technologies, as well
as the connection between theory and
practice, study or work experiences are
highly relevant.
The students also have the opportunity
of studying their subjects for a certain
period in a foreign university. Any
exams they take there will then be
recognised by Udine University. Work
training can be done abroad with the
Erasmus European placement programme or with the Leonardo programme for students who already have a
first degree. It is also possible for students to study in universities outside
Europe, such as Australia or Canada.
Teaching Laboratories and Services for Students
Photographic Laboratory
Computer Laboratory
Students can use a laboratory to develop and print black and white photographs. This has two enlargers, a darkroom exposure metre, safety lamps,
acid baths and a developing tank with
reels for the development of all the
main types of film.
The laboratories are equipped with
computers that have OS windows,
MacOSX and Linux, and Pro software
for the authoring and mastering of
DVD, 2D and 3D animation, web
design and audio / video streaming.
In addition to computers, students
can access various kinds of multimedia (minidisk recorders, digital
cameras, video cameras, illuminators)
as well as a photographer’s studio
with a full lighting system and chromakey backdrop.
The library
All the students and teachers at the
University of Udine have access to
library services, where they can find a
rich collection of educational materials, including multiple copies of texts
indicated by teachers and necessary
for the preparation of exams in the
degree courses at Pordenone. In the
library it is also possible to consult
monographs and periodicals in the
history of photography from the
Colombo fund, recently acquired for
higher education, university studies
and research by the consortium of
Pordenone.
Wi-Fi Net
Computer services allows students
with a laptop PC and a wireless Wi-Fi
card, to connect up with the university
LAN so they can use the wireless network without requiring a connection to
the mains supply.