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Optimizing Video Streaming for Sustainability and Quality: The Role of Preset Selection in Per-Title Encoding

IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 10-14 July 2023, Brisbane, Australia [PDF] Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Samira Afzal (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Radu Prodan (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt),  and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt) Abstract: HTTP Adaptive Streaming … Continue reading

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IXR’23: Interactive eXtended Reality 2023

IXR’23: Interactive eXtended Reality 2023 colocated with ACM Multimedia 2023 October 2023, Ottawa, Canada [Link] Workshop Chairs: Irene Viola, CWI, Netherlands Hadi Amirpour, Klagenfurt University, Austria Stephanie Arévalo Arboleda, TUIlmenau , Germany Maria Torres Vega, Ghent University, Belgium Topics of … Continue reading

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VCIP 2025 Conference to be held in Klagenfurt by AAU

 International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) 1-4 December 2025 Klagenfurt, Austria   VCIP has a long tradition in showcasing pioneering technologies in visual communication and processing, and many landmark papers first appeared in VCIP. We will carry … Continue reading

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A Tutorial on Immersive Video Delivery: From Omnidirectional Video to Holography

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials [PDF] Jeroen van der Hooft (Ghent University, Belgium), Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Maria Torres Vega (KU Leuven, Belgium), Yago Sanchez (Fraunhofer/HHI), Raimund Schatz (AIT, Austria), Thomas Schierl (Fraunhofer/HHI, Germany), and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: Video services are evolving … Continue reading

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Patent approval for “Fast multi-rate encoding for adaptive HTTP streaming”

Fast multi-rate encoding for adaptive HTTP streaming US Patent [PDF] Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), Ekrem Çetynkaya (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria)   Abstract: According to embodiments of the disclosure, information of higher and lower quality encoded video segments is … Continue reading

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Special Session on “Optimized Media Delivery” at ICME’23

ICME 2023 Special Session on “Optimized Media Delivery” July, 2023, Brisbane, Australia Link Organizers: Hadi Amirpour, University of Klagenfurt Angeliki Katsenou, Trinity College Dublin, IE and University of Bristol, UK Abstracts Video streaming in the context of HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) … Continue reading

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DeepStream: Video Streaming Enhancements using Compressed Deep Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT) [PDF] Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), Mohammad Ghanbari (University of Essex, UK), and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) Abstract: In HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS), each video is divided into smaller segments, and … Continue reading

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