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Samira Afzal talk at 10th Fraunhofer FOKUS MWS

Posted on June 26, 2023 by

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

Posted on June 19, 2023 by

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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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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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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VE-Match: Video Encoding Matching-based Model for Cloud and Edge Computing Instances

Posted on April 27, 2023 by

GMSys 2023: First International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop 7 – 10 June 2023 | Vancouver, Canada Conference Website [PDF][Slides] Samira Afzal (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Narges Mehran (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Sandro Linder (Bitmovin), Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), and Radu Prodan (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt) … Continue reading →

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Green video complexity analysis for efficient encoding in Adaptive Video Streaming

Posted on April 17, 2023 by

GMSys 2023: First International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop 7 – 10 June 2023 | Vancouver, Canada [PDF] [Slides] Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Christian Feldmann (Bitmovin, Klagenfurt), Klaus Schoeffmann (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Mohammed Ghanbari (University of Essex),  and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt). Abstract: … Continue reading →

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Green Video Streaming: Challenges and Opportunities

Posted on February 6, 2023 by

ACM Special Interest Group in Multimedia (SIGMM) [PDF] Samira Afzal (Alpen-Adria-Universität (AAU) Klagenfurt, Austria), Radu Prodan (Alpen-Adria-Universität (AAU) Klagenfurt, Austria), Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität (AAU) Klagenfurt and Bitmovin Inc., Austria) Introduction: Regarding the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in … Continue reading →

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