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Beyond Curves and Thresholds – Introducing Uncertainty Estimation to Satisfied User Ratios for Compressed Video

Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)  12-14 June 2024, Taichung, Taiwan https://2024.picturecodingsymposium.org/ [PDF] Jingwen Zhu (University of Nantes, France), Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Raimund Schatz (AIT, Austria), Patrick Le Callet (University of Nantes, France), and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: Just Noticeable Difference (JND) establishes … Continue reading

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ICIP 2024 Grand Challenge on 360° Video Super Resolution

IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP) Grand Challenge on 360° Video Super Resolution and Quality Enhancement 27-30 October 2024, Abi Dhabi, UAE https://www.icip24-video360sr.ae/home   Abstract: Omnidirectional visual content, commonly referred to as 360-degree images and videos, has garnered significant interest … Continue reading

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Prof. Mohammad Ghanbari (1948-2024)

In the wake of the passing of Prof. Mohammad Ghanbari, we extend our deepest condolences to his family during this challenging time. Prof. Ghanbari was a distinguished member of our Christian Doppler Laboratory ATHENA since its inception, and we consider … Continue reading

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Exploring Bitrate Costs for Enhanced User Satisfaction: A Just Noticeable Difference (JND) Perspective

Data Compression Conference (DCC) 19-22 March 2024, Snowbird, Utah, USA https://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~dcc/index.html [PDF] Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Jingwen Zhu (University of Nantes, France), Raimund Schatz (AIT, Austria), Patrick Le Callet (University of Nantes, France), and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: The evolving landscape of the … Continue reading

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A Real-time Video Quality Metric for HTTP Adaptive Streaming

IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 14-19 April 2024, Seoul, Korea https://2024.ieeeicassp.org/ [PDF] Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Jingwen Zhu (University of Nantes, France), Patrick Le Callet (University of Nantes, France), and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: In HTTP Adaptive Streaming … Continue reading

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Ring Co-XOR Encryption Based Reversible Data Hiding for 3D Mesh Model

Ring Co-XOR Encryption Based Reversible Data Hiding for 3D Mesh Model Elsevier Signal Processing [pdf] Journal Website Lingfeng Qu (Guangzhou University, China), Hui Lu (Guangzhou University, China), Peng Chen (Guangzhou University, China),  Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria)   Abstract: … Continue reading

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VCIP’23 Tutorial: Advances in HTTP Adaptive Streaming: New Standards, Video Codecs, and Encoding Optimization Techniques

VCIP 2023 Monday, Dec4, 2023 https://vcip2023.iforum.biz/page/goto Lectures: Hadi Amirpour, AAU, AT Christian Timmerer, AAU, AT Abstract: The applications of video streaming are the primary drivers of Internet traffic, as over 82% of IP traffic in 2022. HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) … Continue reading

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