On Friday, July 5 2024, Tom Tuček and Felix Schniz visited the Kwadrat youth centre in Klagenfurt for a workshop on computer role-playing games. Together with a group of highly motivated youngsters (and Kwadrat staff members!), they analysed the opening sequence of the best-selling game Baldur’s Gate 3 together. Afterwards, they introduced the audience to […]
Authors: Michael Seufert (University of Augsburg, Germany), Marius Spangenberger (University of Würzburg, Germany), Fabian Poignée (University of Würzburg, Germany), Florian Wamser (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland), Werner Robitza (AVEQ GmbH, Austria), Christian Timmerer (Christian Doppler-Labor ATHENA, Alpen-Adria-Universität, Austria), Tobias Hoßfeld (University of Würzburg, Germany) Journal: ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and […]
Authors: Reza Farahani, Narges Mehran, Sashko Ristov, and Radu Prodan Venue: IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), Kobe, Japan, 24-27 September Abstract: Extending cloud computing towards fog and edge computing yields a heterogeneous computing environment known as computing continuum. In recent years, increasing demands for scalable, cost-effective, and streamlined maintenance services have led application […]
Autohors: Auday Al-Dulaimy, Matthijs Jansen, Bjarne Johansson, Animesh Trivedi, Alexandru Iosup, Mohammad Ashjaei, Antonino Galletta, Dragi Kimovski, Radu Prodan, Konstantinos Tserpes, George Kousiouris, Chris Giannakos, Ivona Brandic, Nawfal Ali, Andre B. Bondi, Alessandro V. Papadopoulos Journal “Internet of things”: https://link.springer.com/journal/43926 Abstract: In the era of the IoT revolution, applications are becoming ever more sophisticated and […]
The review of the DataCloud project (Radu & his team were involved as partners; the project was funded by the EU) took place on 25.06.204 – the final review was a complete success, showcasing the outstanding results achieved.
Authors: Yiying Wei (AAU, Austria), Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), Ahmed Telili (INSA Rennes, France), Wassim Hamidouche (INSA Rennes, France), Guo Lu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Venue: European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) Abstract: Content-aware deep neural networks (DNNs) are trending in Internet video delivery. They enhance quality within bandwidth limits by transmitting videos as […]
On May 8th, 2024, Mathias, Tom, and a group of helpers organized the first internal generative AI mini hackathon. More than ten people participated and tried their hand at using various forms of generative AI – such as text, image, sound, and 3D model generation. After 8 hours of coding and testing, the common goal […]
On the weekend of April 27-28th, HaruCon, Carinthea’s youth pop culture convention, took place (https://www.harucon.at/) in Klagenfurt. Felix, Tom, Claudia, Sebastian, and many Game Studies and Engineering students were present and represented GSE, TEWI, and the university. Tom and Sebastian held a workshop on how to enter the video game industry, while Felix held one […]
Authors: Zoha Azimi, Reza Farahani, Vignesh V Menon, Christian Timmerer, Radu Prodan Venue: 16th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX’24) Abstract: As video streaming dominates Internet traffic, users constantly seek a better Quality of Experience (QoE), often resulting in increased energy consumption and a higher carbon footprint. The increasing focus on sustainability underscores the […]
Cloud storage cost: a taxonomy and survey Authors: Akif Quddus Khan, Mihhail Matskin, Radu Prodan, Christoph Bussler, Dumitru Roman, Ahmet Soylu World Wide Web Internet and Web Information Systems https://link.springer.com/journal/11280 Cloud service providers offer application providers with virtually infinite storage and com- 2 1 puting resources, while providing cost-efficiency and various other quality of service […]