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Cryptanalysis of a Reversible Data Hiding Scheme in Encrypted Images by Improved Redundant Space Transfer

Posted on October 2, 2023 by

IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) 03-07 December 2023, Jeju, South Korea [PDF] Lingfeng Qu (SWJTU, China), Hongjie He (SWJTU, China), Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Mohammad Ghanbari (University of Essex, UK) , and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: In this paper, … Continue reading →

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Enhancing Satisfied User Ratio (SUR) Prediction for VMAF Proxy through Video Quality Metrics

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IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) 03-07 December 2023, Jeju, Korea [PDF] Jingwen zhu (Nantes University), Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Raimund Schatz (AIT, Austria) ,  Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria), and Patrick Le Callet (Nantes University) Abstract: In adaptive video streaming, … Continue reading →

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Preparing VVC for Streaming: A Fast Multi-Rate Encoding Approach

Posted on September 28, 2023 by

IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) 03-07 December 2023, Jeju, Korea [PDF] Yiqun Liu (Ateme), Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Mohsen Abdoli (IRT b-com),  Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), and Thomas Guionnet (Ateme) Abstract: The integration of advanced video codecs into the streaming … Continue reading →

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Energy-Efficient Multi-Codec Bitrate-Ladder Estimation for Adaptive Video Streaming

Posted on September 25, 2023 by

IEEE VCIP 2023: International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing 4 – 7 December 2023 | Jeju, Korea Conference Website [PDF][Slides] Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Reza Farahani (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Prajit T Rajendran (Universite Paris-Saclay),Samira Afzal (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Klaus … Continue reading →

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CSI Magazine Award for Best Sustainability Project or Initiative to GAIA

Posted on September 18, 2023 by

CSI Magazine Award for Best Sustainability Project or Initiative to GAIA team We are proud to announce that our project GAIA  was highly commended at the CSI Magazine Awards for best sustainability initiative!  This award recognizes some of the work … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 10, 2023 by

IEEE ICME 2023 Monday, July 10, 2023 https://www.2023.ieeeicme.org/tutorial-prop.php Lectures: Hadi Amirpour, AAU, AT Yutiy Reznik, Brightcove, USA Nabajeet Barman,  Brightcove Christian Timmerer, AAU, AT Abstract: The applications of video streaming are the primary drivers of Internet traffic, as over 82% … Continue reading →

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

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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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