Multimedia Communication (MMC)
Introduction
The research area “Multimedia Communication (MMC)” is being led by Prof. Hermann Hellwagner and Assoc. Prof. Christian Timmerer.
Research Topics
- Multimedia communication and multimedia content adaptation
- Multimedia Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE)
- Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH)
- 360° video/VR streaming
- Multimedia delivery in Information-Centric Networks (ICN)
- Communication in multi-UAV systems
- Standardization (ISO/IEC MPEG)
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Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Hermann Hellwagner
Full professor & Head of the department
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Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Christian Timmerer
Full Professor & Deputy head of the department
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Dr. Farzad Tashtarian
Postdoctoral Researcher
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DI Josef Hammer
University Assistant
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Vignesh V Menon, MSc
Project Assistant
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Shivi Vats, MSc
Project Assistant
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Reza Farahani, MSc
Project Assistant
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Minh Nguyen, MSc
Project Assistant
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Jameson Daniel Steiner, MSc
Student Assistant
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Dr. Samira Afzal
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Dr. Hadi Amirpourazarian
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Horvath
University Assistant
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Christian Bauer, BSc
Student Research Assistant
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Babak Taraghi, MSc
Project Assistant
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Alireza Erfanian, MSc
Project Assistant
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Mag. Dr. Mario Taschwer
System Administrator
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Rudolf Messner
System Administrator
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Martina Steinbacher
Secretary
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Margit Letter, BA
Secretary
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Selina Isak
Student Research Assistant
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Emanuele Artioli
Project Assistant
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Daniele Lorenzi, MSc
Project Assistant

Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Hermann Hellwagner
Full professor & Head of the department
Room: S.2.60

Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Christian Timmerer
Full Professor & Deputy head of the department
Room: S.2.53
Projects: ATHENA

Dr. Farzad Tashtarian
Postdoctoral Researcher
Room: B12b.1.1.
Projects: ATHENA

Shivi Vats, MSc
Project Assistant
Room: B12b.1.1.1
Projects: 5G PLAYGROUND, SPIRIT

Reza Farahani, MSc
Project Assistant
Room: S.2.55
Projects: ATHENA, Graph-Massivizer

Dr. Samira Afzal
Postdoctoral Researcher
Room: B12b.1.1.
Project: ATHENA, APOLLO2

Dr. Hadi Amirpourazarian
Postdoctoral Researcher
Room: B12b.1.1.
Projects: ATHENA

Christian Bauer, BSc
Student Research Assistant
Room: B12b.1.1.
Projects: DataCloud, GAIA

Alireza Erfanian, MSc
Project Assistant
Room: B12b.1.1
Projects: 5G PLAYGROUND, ATHENA

Mag. Dr. Mario Taschwer
System Administrator
Room: S.2.52
Projects: OVID
- mario.taschwer@aau.at
- +4346327003619
- www.itec.aau.at/~mt/

Martina Steinbacher
Secretary
Room: S.2.61
Projects: ARTICONF
- martina.steinbacher@aau.at
- +4346327003603
Ongoing Projects
The research team actively participates in several international and national research projects on all levels, ranging from basic research to application-oriented projects and direct cooperation with industry. BITMOVIN (bitmovin.com), a company offering software for complex video services, is a successful spin-off of this research area.
Completed Projects
We gained our expertise due to actively participation in numerous international and national research projects, ranging from basic research to application-oriented projects and direct cooperation with industry, such as:
- PROMETHEUS: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) & BITMOVIN – 2017-2019
- DYNACON: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) & Department of Applied Informatics (AINF) – 2017-2020
- CONCERT: Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) – 2014-2018
- DRONEZ: T-Mobile & Institut für Vernetzte und Eingebettete Systeme & Institut für Intelligente Systemtechnologien – 2017-2020
- AdvUHD-DASH (FFG)
- BRIDGE (EU, FP7)
- SINUS (KWF)
- Social Sensor (EU, FP7)
- ALICANTE (EU, FP7)
- P2P NEXT (EU, FP7)