In July 2025, the ATHENA Christian Doppler Laboratory hosted four interns working on the following topics: Leon Kordasch: Large-scale 4K 60fps video dataset Theresa Petschenig: Video generation and quality assessment At the conclusion of their internships, the interns showcased their projects and findings, earning official certificates from the university. The collaboration proved to be a rewarding experience […]
diveXplore – An Open-Source Software for Modern Video Retrieval with Image/Text Embeddings ACM Multimedia 2025 October 27 – October 31, 2025 Dublin, Ireland [PDF] Mario Leopold (AAU, Austria), Farzad Tashtarian (AAU, Austria), Klaus Schöffmann (AAU, Austria) Abstract:Effective video retrieval in large-scale datasets presents a significant challenge, with existing tools often being too complex, lacking sufficient retrieval capabilities, or being too […]
Kseniia, Felix, and Tom at Video Game Cultures 2025 Prague, Czech Republic, 10-12th September 2025 Kseniia, Felix, and Tom presented at the VGC 2025 in Prague. This academic research conference dealing with video games from a variety of different angles was also held in Klagenfurt two years ago, and is likely to be hosted here […]
IEEE Conference on Games 2025 In Lisboa, Portugal, 26-29th August, 2025 Author: Tom Tucek Title: Using Large Language Models to Create Meaningful and Dynamic Interactions in Serious Game Contexts Abstract: Video games have become the most successful entertainment medium, both in terms of financial success and as a carrier of modern culture. At the same […]
IEEE Conference on Games 2025 In Lisboa, Portugal, 26-29th August, 2025 Author: Kseniia Harshina Title: Developing a Video Game for Empathy and Empowerment in the Context of Forced Migration Experiences Abstract: This dissertation explores how video games can be designed to foster empathy and empowerment in the context of forced migration. While existing games often […]
Main Organizer: Kseniia Harshina (AAU) Co-Organizers: Rachel Gorden (AAU), Tan Schütz, Tom Tucek (AAU) Date: September 19-20th 2025, fully online The Games Intersectional Symposium is being held for the first time this Friday and Saturday. It is a space for queer and other under-represented voices in video games to share their thoughts and experiences. The […]
Dr. Reza Farahani presented a 3-hour tutorial titled “Serverless Orchestration on the Edge-Cloud Continuum: From Small Functions to Large Language Models” at the 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) on 20 July 2025. Abstract: Serverless computing simplifies application development by abstracting infrastructure management, allowing developers to focus on functionality while cloud providers handle resource […]
GenStream: Semantic Streaming Framework for Generative Reconstruction of Human-centric Media ACM Multimedia 2025 October 27 – October 31, 2025 Dublin, Ireland [PDF] Emanuele Artioli (AAU, Austria), Daniele Lorenzi (AAU, Austria), Shivi Vats (AAU, Austria), Farzad Tashtarian (AAU, Austria), Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: Video streaming dominates global internet traffic, yet conventional pipelines remain inefficient for structured, human-centric content such as sports, performance, or interactive […]
Paper Title: STEP-MR: A Subjective Testing and Eye-Tracking Platform for Dynamic Point Clouds in Mixed Reality Conference Details: EuroXR 2025; Sep 03 – Sep 05, 2025; Winterthur, Switzerland Authors: Shivi Vats (AAU, Austria), Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria), Hermann Hellwagner (AAU, Austria) Abstract: The use of point cloud (PC) streaming in mixed reality (MR) environments is of particular interest due […]
Content-adaptive encoder preset prediction for adaptive live streaming US Patent [PDF] Vignesh Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) Abstract: Techniques for content-adaptive encoder preset prediction for adaptive live streaming are described herein. A method for content-adaptive encoder preset prediction for adaptive live streaming includes performing video complexity feature extraction on […]