Category Archives: ATHENA

JND-aware Two-pass Per-title Encoding Scheme for Adaptive Live Streaming

Posted on June 21, 2023 by

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT) Journal Website [PDF] Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Prajit T Rajendran (Universite Paris-Saclay, France), Christian Feldmann (Bitmovin), Klaus Schoeffmann (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Mohammad Ghanbari (University of Essex, UK), and Christian … Continue reading →

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QoMEX’23: Are Quality and Sustainability Reconcilable? A Subjective Study on Video QoE, Luminance and Resolution

Posted on June 19, 2023 by

The 15th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) June 20-22, 2023 – Ghent, Belgium https://qomex2023.itec.aau.at/ [PDF][Slides] *** Diversity and Societal Impact Award *** Gülnaziye Bingöl (University of Cagliari), Alessandro Floris (University of Cagliari), Simone Porcu (University of Cagliari), … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 10, 2023 by

14th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 7 – 10 June 2023 | Vancouver, BC, Canada Conference Website [PDF][Slides][Poster] Daniele Lorenzi (AAU, Austria) Abstract: Video streaming services account for the majority of today’s traffic on the Internet, and according to recent … Continue reading →

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Just Noticeable Difference-aware Per-Scene Bitrate-laddering for Adaptive Video Streaming

Posted on June 6, 2023 by

IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2023 10-14 July 2023, Brisbane, Australia [PDF] [Slides] Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Jingwen Zhu (Nantes Universite), Prajit T Rajendran (Universite Paris-Saclay), Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Patrick Le Callet (Nantes Universite),  and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 31, 2023 by

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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HTTP Adaptive Streaming – Quo Vadis? (2023)

Posted on April 21, 2023 by

IEEE ComSoc MMTC Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker: Prof. Christian Timmerer, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU), Austria Date/Time: Thursday, Apr 20, 2023, 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada), CET Time 7:00 PM Austria Title: HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) — Quo Vadis? (2023; … Continue reading →

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MTAP: Performance Analysis of H2BR: HTTP/2-based Segment Upgrading to Improve the QoE in HAS

Posted on April 20, 2023 by

Multimedia Tools and Applications [PDF] Minh Nguyen (AAU, Austria), Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Farzad Tashtarian (AAU, Austria), Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) and Hermann Hellwagner (AAU, Austria) Abstract: HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) plays a key role in over-the-top video streaming with the ability … Continue reading →

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