Research

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Research Interests

  • Multimedia communication
  • Multimedia content adaptation
  • Distributed multimedia systems
  • Multimedia Quality of Service/Experience (QoS/QoE)
  • Multimedia over 5G networks and edge computing
  • Communication in multi-UAV networks (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)

 Active Projects

  • SPIRIT (Scalable Platform for Innovations on Real-time Immersive Telepresence), funded by the EC in Horizon Europe as an Innovation Action
  • Christian Doppler (CD) Lab ATHENA, in cooperation with BITMOVIN

Completed Projects (for more details, see here)

  • 5G Playground Carinthia, Use Case „Virtual Realities“
  • Karl Popper Kolleg (Doctoral School) NAV (Networked Autonomous Aerial Vehicles), topic „Optimized Data Transmission“
  • CONCERT (A Context-Adaptive Content Ecosystem Under Uncertainty), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
  • BRIDGE (Bridging Resources and Agencies in Large-Scale Emergency Management), funded by the EC in FP 7 as an Integrated Project
  • SINUS (Self-organizing Intelligent Network of UAVs), funded by Lakeside Labs
  • ALICANTE (Media Ecosystem Deployment through Ubiquitous Content-Aware Network Environments), funded by the EC in FP7 as an Integrated Project
  • cDrones (Cooperative Microdrones), funded by Lakeside Labs
  • P2P-Next (Next Generation Peer-to-Peer Content Delivery Platform), funded by the EC in FP7 as an Integrated Project
  • INTERMEDIA (Interactive Media with Personal Networked Devices), funded by the EC in FP6 as a Network of Excellence
  • SCALNET (Scalable Video Coding Impact on Networks), granted by CELTIC / SCALIPTV (Scalable Video-based Provisioning of TV and VoD Services over the Internet), funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) as a BRIDGE project
  • ASSSV (Adaptive Streaming of Wavelet-based Secure Scalable Video), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
  • ENTHRONE II (End-to-End QoS through Integrated Management of Content, Networks and Terminals), funded by the EC in FP6 as an Integrated Project
  • DANAE (Dynamic and distributed Adaptation of scalable multimedia coNtent in a context-Aware Environment), funded by the EC in FP6 as a STREP
  • ADMITS (Adaptation in Distributed Multimedia IT Systems), specifically:
      • Quality Adaptive Video Caching and Transport in Heterogeneous Networks, funded by FWF and KWF
      • Open-source multimedia software ViTooKi (The Video Toolkit)
  • MiNEMA (Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications), funded by ESF
  • Contributions to MPEG standardization: MPEG-21 Digital Item Adaptation (Pt. 7) and Binary Format (Pt. 16)