Tutorial accepted @ ACM MM 2026
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
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Paper accepted @ 3rd Workshop on Engineering Computing Continuum Systems (EDCCS 2026)
Quantifying Inter-City Network Latency in Europe: A Measurement based Study for Time-Critical Cloud Services 3rd Workshop on Engineering Techniques for Distributed Computing Continuum Systems (EDCCS), 22-25 June 2026, Seoul, South Korea Authors: Thomas Schleicher, Kurt Horvath, Dragi Kimovski, Bernd Spiess, Oliver Hohlfeld Abstract: Time-critical cloud and edge services depend on predictable and low-latency wide-area connectivity, […]
Visit by Canadian ambassador to Austria
On 20 April, Alison Grant, the Canadian ambassador to Austria, visited the University of Klagenfurt. As a part of an exclusive delegation, Dr. Felix Schniz accompanied the ambassador on a tour through campus grounds and the Lakeside Science & Technology Park, showcasing the appeal of the interdisciplinary Master’s Programme Game Studies and Engineering, the role […]
Guest Lecture and Workshop by Immera
On 16 April, Dr Felix Schniz (ITEC) organised a guest talk and workshop by Flavia Mazzanti and Manuel Bornell from Immerea (www.immerea.com). Supported by the FTF and co-organised by DI Dr. Martina Tritthart (Visuelle Kultur), the dual event introduced students of both programmes and visitors alike to contemporary digital art in the era of VR […]
Paper accepted at QoMEX 2026
Title: Token-Wise Attention-Guided Semantic Quality Assessment for Compressed Visual Features Authors: Shien Ke, Changsheng Gao, Hadi Amirpour, Zhihua Wang, Xaoyan Sun Event: QoMEX 2026, Cardiff, UK, June 29th – July 3rd, 2026 Abstract: In collaborative and distributed intelligent systems, compressed intermediate features are routinely transmitted and reused, making semantic quality assessment (SQA) crucial for reliable deployment. Recent compressed feature […]
Paper accepted at QoMEX 2026
Title: Quality-Complexity Trade-off for Sustainable Media Delivery Authors: Hadi Amirpour, Christian Herglotz, Lingfeng Qu, Wei Zhou, Christian Timmerer Event: QoMEX 2026, Cardiff, UK, June 29th – July 3rd, 2026 Abstract: Sustainable media delivery increasingly requires joint optimization across perceptual quality, bitrate, and computational cost, yet codec comparisons are often reported only in rate-distortion terms without accounting for energy […]
Paper accepted @ Text2Story 2026
Title: Dynamic Participatory Game Design with Local AI: From Interviews to Trauma-Aware Interactive Narratives Authors: Kseniia Harshina, Tom Tucek, Mathias Lux Location: TextStory 2026 – Delft, The Netherlands, March 2026 Abstract: We present a work-in-progress, trauma-aware participatory storytelling pipeline that uses a locally hosted large language model (LLM) as a neutral chatbot interviewer. The system supports self-paced […]
Kurt Horvath has successfully defended his PhD thesis
On Thursday, February 26, 2026. Kurt successfully defended his PhD thesis (Service Discovery in the Computing Continuum) under the supervision of Prof. Radu Prodan and Dr. Dragi Kimovski. The defense was chaired by Assoc.-Prof. DI Dr Klaus Schöffmann and the examiners were Prof. Valeria Cardellini (online) and Prof. Karin Anna Hummel (on-site). We are pleased […]
Introduction to the Special Issue on ACM Multimedia Systems 2024 and Co-Located Workshops
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications [PDF] Authors: Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria), Maria Martini (Kingston University London, UK), Ali C. Begen (Ozyegin University, Türkiye), Luca De Cicco (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Abstract: This special issue presents recent advances in multimedia systems research showcased at ACM Multimedia Systems 2024 and its co-located workshops. The […]
Paper accepted @ The 3rd Geogames Symposium (3GGS) Best, Kseniia
Ttitle: Tell Your Story Through Games (TYS): Preliminary Guidelines for Mixed-Migrant Participatory Game Jams Conference: The 3rd Geogames Symposium (3GGS) – Iowa, USA Authors: Kseniia Harshina Abstract: Migration-themed games are often framed as “empathy machines,” inviting outsiders to temporarily inhabit another’s hardship. This framing can slide into identity tourism and reinforce the trope of the “helpless […]