The diveXplore video retrieval system, by Klaus Schoeffmann and Sahar Nasirihaghighi, was awarded as the best ‘Video Question-Answering-Tool for Novices’ at the 13th Video Browser Showdown (VBS 2024), which is an international video search challenge annually held at the International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2024), which took place this year in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. […]
The 13th Video Browser Showdown (VBS 2024) was held on 29th January, 2024, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, at the International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2024). 12 international teams (from Austria, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Vietnam) competed over about 6 hours for quickly and accurately solving many […]
On February 1st, 2024, Sahar Nasirihaghighi presented our work on ‘Event Recognition in Laparoscopic Gynecology Videos with Hybrid Transformers’ at this year’s International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2024) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Authors: Sahar Nasirihaghighi, Negin Ghamsarian, Heinrich Husslein, Klaus Schoeffmann Abstract: Analyzing laparoscopic surgery videos presents a complex and multifaceted challenge, with applications […]
ACM MMSys 2024, Bari, Italy, Apr. 15-18, 2024 Authors: Emanuele Artioli (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), Farzad Tashtarian (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) Abstract: As the popularity of video streaming entertainment continues to grow, understanding how users engage with the content and react to its changes becomes a critical success factor for every stakeholder. […]
ACM Mile High Video 2024 (mhv), Denver, Colorado, February 11-14, 2024 Authors: Vignesh V Menon, Prajit T Rajendran, Reza Farahani, Klaus Schoffmann, Christian Timmerer Abstract: The rise in video streaming applications has increased the demand for video quality assessment (VQA). In 2016, Netflix introduced Video Multi-Method Assessment Fusion (VMAF), a full reference VQA metric that […]
ACM Mile High Video 2024 (mhv), Denver, Colorado, February 11-14, 2024 Authors: Daniele Lorenzi (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), Minh Nguyen (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), Farzad Tashtarian (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) Abstract: HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is the de-facto solution for delivering video content over the Internet. The climate crisis has highlighted the […]
With the current popularity of ECO in the Asia–Pacific (APAC), the Bitmovin team in APAC, led by Adrian Britton, expressed an interest in the energy-aware research initiatives conducted within the GAIA project in Austria. Following an introductory meeting between the APAC team and AAU on October 17, 2023, both teams decided to meet in person […]
We’re excited to share that the ACM Special Interest Group in Multimedia (SIGMM) presents to Stefan Lederer, Christopher Müller, and Christian Timmerer The SIGMM Test of Time Paper Honorable Mention in the category of “MM Systems & Networking” for their paper “Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP Dataset”. In Proceedings of the 3rd Multimedia Systems Conference, […]
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management Authors: Reza Farahani, Ekrem Cetinkaya, Christian Timmerer, Mohammad Shojafar, Mohammad Ghanbari, and Hermann Hellwagner Abstract: Recent years have witnessed video streaming demands evolve into one of the most popular Internet applications. With the ever-increasing personalized demands for high-definition and low-latency video streaming services, network-assisted video streaming schemes employing […]
The Graph Massivizer Project is part of the European Big Data Value Forum! The team participates in a session exploring the latest in #KnowledgeGraph technology with real-world use cases in agrifood, industry 4.0 and healthcare. As part of the session, metaphacts GmbH founder Peter Haase will discuss the importance of knowledge graphs as a foundational […]