From Pixels to Semantics: Where Streaming Trends Meet the Container Christian Timmerer (AAU/Bitmovin, Austria) Abstract: The next inflection in streaming isn’t a codec — it’s three pressures (efficiency, low-latency live, and AI-native media) converging on the systems layer, with concrete implications for the MPEG Systems and ITU-T SG21 roadmap drawn from Bitmovin and the ATHENA […]
On 25.06.2026, Hadi Amirpourazarian defended his habilitation thesis, “The Predictive Video Encoding Using Visual Complexity Analysis” Congratulations! Committee members: Prof. Wolfgang Faber (Chairperson), Prof. Eckehard Steinbach (External Member), Prof. Wilfried Elmenreich, Prof. Barbara Kaltenbacher, Katharina Stengg, Yuliia Lomonosova, Christoph Rauter
Dr Felix Schniz participated in the podcast “Rock my Worlds of English” to promote the Master’s Programme in Game Studies and Engineering. The full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f4wSWb8SD48yFIsTDnG1I?si=Ha53h2m8Txe1LZuiTjJ-EA
Title: GNS-GAN: A novel GAN model based on gradient noise suppression Authors: Hongyou Chen, Lingfeng Qu, Baodan Tian, Yutong He, Yong Fan, Hadi Amirpour, Christian Timmerer and Yao Xin Journal: Applied Soft Computing Abstract: Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are widely applicable generative models. However, ensuring stability in adversarial learning remains a significant challenge in current GAN training. Gradient noise, […]
On 10 June 2026, Dr Felix Schniz hosted a session on the video game Bloodborne for AAU’s Media Club. Following this semester’s Media Club leitmotif of ‘the fantastic,’ Felix delved into the game’s depiction of arcane architecture, dream spaces, and the sublime in virtual realms. With 15 attendees and even guests from Salzburg on campus […]
Last week, Francesco Marchetto and Klaus Schoeffmann presented their work on synthetic data generation for surgical image synthesis at IEEE CBMS 2026 (Computer-Based Medical Systems) conference in Limassol, Cyprus. Their paper, entitled “Hybrid Semantic Augmentation for Cataract Surgery Image Synthesis with GANs and Diffusion-based Models”, investigated how augmenting semantics in conditional generative models can be […]
Title: Can Swarms Be Trusted? Showcasing Swarm Intelligence and Privacy Preservation Through AR Conference: SIMULTECH 2026, Porto, Portugal, 18.-20.07.2026 Authors: Melanie Schranz, M. Gojkovic, Horia Vulcu, Kseniia Harshina, Abstract: Swarm intelligence provides a robust approach for decentralized coordination in nowadays systems, yet its algorithmic principles, like local decision-making, role differentiation, and emergent global behavior are often difficult to convey to individuals […]
Title: Advances in Imaging, Perception, and Reasoning for High-Dimensional Visual Data Conference: VCIP 2026 Abstract: Recent advances in visual sensing, computational imaging, neural representations, and multimodal learning are transforming the way visual data are acquired, processed, communicated, and understood. Modern visual systems increasingly rely on high-dimensional visual data that extend beyond conventional RGB images and videos to […]
Title: An HEVC-based Known-Plaintext Attack for Video Selective Encryption Authors: Lingfeng Qu, Chen Chen, Jinghan Xu, Yuan Yuan, Ningxiong Mao, Hadi Amirpour Publication: Springer Nature
Title: Perceptual Reliability in Multimedia: Quality Assessment and Anomaly Analysis Event: ACM MM 2026, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 10–14 November 2026. Presenters: Wei Zhou, Hadi Amirpour, Yang Liu, Patrick Le Callet