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Samira Afzal talk at ICT4S Workshop: Towards Sustainable and Energy-Aware Video Communications (SEViC)

Energy Consumption in Video Streaming: Components, Measurements, and Strategies ICT4S Workshop: Towards Sustainable and Energy-Aware Video Communications (SEViC) June 5-9 2023 – Rennes, France   Abstract: The rapid growth of video streaming usage is a significant source of energy consumption, driven … Continue reading

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Samira Afzal talk at 10th Fraunhofer FOKUS MWS

Exploring the Energy Consumption of Video Streaming: Components, Challenges, and Opportunities 10th FOKUS Media Web Symposium June 13–14, 2023 – Berlin, Germany   Abstract: The rapid growth of video streaming usage is a significant source of energy consumption, driven by improved internet … Continue reading

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Report on GMSys 2023: First International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop

The first International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop, hosted and organized as part of the 14th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, took place on Saturday, 10 June 2023 in the beautiful city of Vancouver, Canada. This workshop served as a crucial … Continue reading

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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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