The course aims at illustrating the more recent techniques for multimedia signal processing. Video signals and images will be analyzed in both bi-dimensional and tri-dimensional case. The course will be organized in two parts: in the first, the basics needed for multimedia signal processing and programming in Matlab will be presented to the students. In the second part practical experiences will be performed, both in individual and in group assignments, by using the tools available in the lab (Kinect, rendering 3D systems, stereo webcam). The possibility to use in the lab systems for acquiring, elaborating and rendering multimedia content, will allow the students to efficiently project and manage a multimedia system. The course will include dedicated seminars on practical applications of multimedia signals such as e-learning, cinema, IP-tv and mobile communications.