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Sustainability in Video Encoding and Streaming

Posted on March 20, 2026 by

Sustainability in Video Encoding and Streaming: Energy-Efficient Techniques and Metrics Workshop on Media Energy Consumption Measurement and Exposure [Workshop URL] [Slides] [PDF] Presenter: Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Abstract: The presentation discusses the increasing environmental impact of video streaming and highlights … Continue reading →

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X4-MATCH: Sustainable Prediction-based Distribution of Video Encoding on Cloud and Edge

Posted on December 23, 2025 by

X4-MATCH: Sustainable Prediction-based Distribution of Video Encoding on Cloud and Edge 40th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium May 25-29, 2026 New Orleans, USA https://www.ipdps.org/ [PDF] Samira Afzal (Baylor University), Narges Mehran (University of Salzburg), Andrew C. Freeman (Baylor … Continue reading →

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Samira Afzal talk at 11th Fraunhofer FOKUS MWS

Posted on June 17, 2024 by

Energy Efficient Video Encoding for Cloud and Edge Computing Instances 11th FOKUS Media Web Symposium  11th JUN 2024 | Berlin, Germany   Abstract: The significant increase in energy consumption within data centers is primarily due to the exponential rise in … Continue reading →

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Long Night of Research/Lange Nacht der Forschung 2024

Posted on June 3, 2024 by

The Klagenfurt University (AAU) made a strong impression at the 2024 Lange Nacht der Forschung (Long Night of Research) held at Klagenfurt University and Lakeside Park on May 24th, attracting over 8,000 visitors. The Athena Lab, a leading research group … Continue reading →

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Report on GMSys 2024: Second International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop

Posted on May 10, 2024 by

The second International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop, hosted and organized as part of the 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, took place on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Bari, Italy. The workshop provided a platform for discussing innovative ideas and research … Continue reading →

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ATHENA, GAIA, and SPIRIT contributions to ACM MMSys 2024

Posted on April 9, 2024 by

15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 15 – 18 April 2024 | Bari, Italy E. Artioli, F. Tashtarian, and C. Timmerer, DIGITWISE: Digital Twin-based Modeling of Adaptive Video Streaming Engagement, Research Track H. Amirpour, M. Ghasempour, L. Qu, W. Hamidouche, … Continue reading →

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GREEM : An Open-Source Energy Measurement Tool for Video Processing

Posted on March 11, 2024 by

GREEM: An Open-Source Benchmark Tool Measuring the Environmental Footprint of Video Streaming The 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (Open-source Software and Datasets) 15-18 April, 2024 in Bari, Italy [PDF], [Github] Christian Bauer  (AAU, Austria),  Samira Afzal (AAU, Austria), Sandro Linder (AAU, Austria), Radu … Continue reading →

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