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Mission Statement

The Institute of Information Technology (ITEC) at Klagenfurt University encompasses the computer and communication technology aspects of the Informatics Department. ITEC is comprised of two research groups with two full professors and, currently, 25 scientific, technical and administrative staff. The Institute´s research focuses on distributed systems and multimedia communication.

We are also active participants in several national and international research projects, ranging from fundamental research to application-oriented projects and direct cooperation with industry. In addition we often act as hosts for conferences and regularly publish in refereed international journals and conference proceedings.

Institute of Information Technology

Chair: Prof. Hermann Hellwagner

Distributed Systems

The research group Distributed Multimedia Systems strives for excellence in (1) research, (2) teaching and (3) cooperation with industry.

1. Current research Topics

Self-organizing content delivery
Interactive image and video search
Multimedia content visualization
Social aspects of multimedia information systems
User-centered multimedia information retrieval
Creating summaries and stories out of large social events
Applications in the medical domain (endoscopy) and in traffic surveillance

While our main interest lies in basic research, we aim to actively participate in the international scientific community and strive to apply our results in close cooperation with industry.

See for more details our publications and projects.

2. Teaching areas

Computer Networking, Distributed Systems, Distributed Multimedia Systems, Compiler Construction, Science-theoretical Reflections on Computing Science.

3. Cooperation with industry

Besides project-based cooperation with a number of companies, we are supporting activities of former PhD and master students to found start-up companies and transforming know-how between the university and companies.

See for more details the list of our projects.

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Multimedia Communication

The research group “Multimedia Communication (MMC)” is being led by Prof. Hermann Hellwagner an Assoc. Prof. Christian Timmerer. In addition, the group currently has two university assistants, five project staff members, and two administrative and technical staff members.

The research activities of the group are in the areas of

Multimedia communication and multimedia content adaptation
Use of Scalable Video Coding (SVC) technology in networks
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH)
Multimedia content dissemination in Information-Centric Networks (ICN)
Quality of Experience (QoE) beyond audio-visual perception: sensory experience
Inter-Destination Media Synchronization (IDMS)
Standardization within ISO/IEC MPEG
Multimedia in emergency response

The focus of the MMC group is clearly on adaptive delivery of audio-visual contents. The projects being pursued by the group typically contribute to the Information-Centric Networking (ICN) / Content-Aware Networks (CAN) area of Future Internet research.

The group actively participates in several international and national research projects on all levels, ranging from basic research to application-oriented projects and direct cooperation with industry.

In teaching, the MMC group covers the technical courses of the Informatics Bachelor and Master study programs such as Computer Organization, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Server and Cloud Computing, and special courses on “Media Informatics” (Bachelor level) and “Distributed Multimedia Systems” (Master level).