Category Archives: ATHENA

Patent Approval for “Low-Latency Online Per-Title Encoding”

Posted on February 21, 2024 by

Low-Latency Online Per-Title Encoding US Patent [PDF] Vignesh Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria)   Abstract: The technology described herein relates to online per-title encoding. A method for online per-title encoding includes receiving … Continue reading →

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EUSIPCO’24 Special Session: Frugality for Video Streaming

Posted on February 19, 2024 by

EUSIPCO 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference Special Session: Frugality for Video Streaming https://eusipcolyon.sciencesconf.org/ It’s time to take action against the threat of climate change by making significant changes to our global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. That includes rethinking how … Continue reading →

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ICIP 2024 Grand Challenge on Video Complexity

Posted on February 12, 2024 by

IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP) Grand Challenge on Video Complexity 27-30 October 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE https://cd-athena.github.io/GCVC   Organizers: Ioannis Katsavounidis (Meta, USA) Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria) Ali Ak (Nantes Univ., France) Anil Kokaram (TCD, Ireland) Christian … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 5, 2024 by

Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)  12-14 June 2024, Taichung, Taiwan [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 the … Continue reading →

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ICIP 2024 Grand Challenge on 360° Video Super Resolution

Posted on February 5, 2024 by

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)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by

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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DIGITWISE: Digital Twin-based Modeling of Adaptive Video Streaming Engagement

Posted on January 24, 2024 by

The 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference 15-18 April, 2024 | Bari, Italy Conference website [PDF] Emanuele Artioli (AAU, Austria), Farzad Tashtarian (AAU, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: As the popularity of video streaming entertainment continues to grow, understanding … Continue reading →

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