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Farzad Tashtarian has been elevated to IEEE Senior Member

Posted on February 19, 2026 by

Priv.-Doz. Farzad Tashtarian has been elevated to IEEE Senior Member in recognition of his contributions to multimedia streaming systems. IEEE Senior Member is the highest professional grade for which an IEEE member can apply. This distinction requires extensive professional experience and … Continue reading →

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YTLive: A Dataset of Real-World YouTube Live Streaming Sessions

Posted on January 22, 2026 by

YTLive: A Dataset of Real-World YouTube Live Streaming Sessions IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) 2026  Rome, Italy- 18 – 22 May 2026 [PDF] Mojtaba Mozhganfar (University of Tehran),  Pooya Jamshidi (University of Tehran), Seyyed Ali Aghamiri (University of Tehran), … Continue reading →

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Resource Management for Distributed Binary Neural Networks in Programmable Data Plane

Posted on January 22, 2026 by

Resource Management for Distributed Binary Neural Networks in Programmable Data Plane IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) 2026  Rome, Italy- 18 – 22 May 2026 [PDF] Fatemeh Babaei (Sharif University of Technology),  Mahdi Dolati (Sharif University of Technology), Mojtaba Mozhganfar (University … Continue reading →

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QoE Modeling in Volumetric Video Streaming: A Short Survey

Posted on January 22, 2026 by

QoE Modeling in Volumetric Video Streaming: A Short Survey IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) 2026  Rome, Italy- 18 – 22 May 2026 [PDF] Mojtaba Mozhganfar (University of Tehran),  Masoumeh Khodarahmi (IMDEA),  Daniele Lorenzi (Bitmovin),  Mahdi Dolati (Sharif University … Continue reading →

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QoE- and Energy-aware Content Consumption for HTTP Adaptive Streaming

Posted on January 12, 2026 by

Klagenfurt, July 31, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Daniele Lorenzi for successfully defending his dissertation on “QoE- and Energy-aware Content Consumption for HTTP Adaptive Streaming” at Universität Klagenfurt in the context of the Christian Doppler Laboratory ATHENA. Abstract HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) … Continue reading →

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Farzad Tashtarian completed his habilitation on Network-Assisted Adaptive Streaming: Toward Optimal QoE through System Collaboration

Posted on January 9, 2026 by

Network-Assisted Adaptive Streaming: Toward Optimal QoE through System Collaboration Farzad Tashtarian Habilitation On 14.11.2025, Farzad Tashtarian defended his habilitation “Network-Assisted Adaptive Streaming: Toward Optimal QoE through System Collaboration” at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. Abstract: Providing seamless, low-latency, and energy-efficient … Continue reading →

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SEED: Energy and Emission Estimation Dataset for Adaptive Video Streaming

Posted on September 27, 2025 by

SEED: Energy and Emission Estimation Dataset for Adaptive Video Streaming IEEE VCIP 2025 December 1 – December 4, 2025 Klagenfurt, Austria [PDF] Samira Afzal (Baylor University), Narges Mehran (Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH), Farzad Tashtarian (AAU, Austria), Andrew C. Freeman (Baylor … Continue reading →

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