Evaluation of Bandwidth Performance for Interactive Spherical Video by P. R. Alface, J.-F. Macq, N. Verzijp

Slides

http://www.slideshare.net/christian.timmerer/evaluation-of-bandwidth-performance-for-interactive-spherical-video

http://www.slideshare.net/christian.timmerer/service-provider-and-content-aware-network-provider-cross-layer-optimisation-of-multimedia-distribution

9:00 – 10:10: Opening and Keynote by Claude Perron, CTO Thomson Video Networks

10:10 – 10:30: Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:30: WoMAN Session I

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30 – 15:30: Special Session “Hot Topics in Multimedia Delivery (HotMD)”

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break

16:00 – 18:00: WoMAN Session II

18:00 – 18:15: Best Paper Aware and Closing

The full technical program is available here.

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• Cheng Huang, Microsoft Research, USA
• Yong Liu, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA
• Francesc Pinyol Margalef, La Salle – Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
• Gabriel Fernàndez Ubiergo, La Salle – Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
• Alejandro López González, La Salle – Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain

The list of accepted papers is as follows (in alphabetic order by paper title):

• A Metric for No-Reference Video Quality Assessment for HDTV Delivery based on Saliency Maps by H. BOUJUT, J. BENOIS-PINEAU, T. AHMED, O. HADAR, P. BONNET
• An Evaluation of Piece-Picking Algorithms for Layered Content in Bittorrent-based Peer-to-Peer Systems by M. Eberhard, T. Szkaliczki, H. Hellwagner, L. Szobonya, C. Timmerer
• A Novel Marking Mechanism for Packet Video Delivery over DiffServ Networks by H. Wang, G. Liu
• How Do You “Tube”? Reverse Engineering the YouTube Video Delivery Cloud by V. Adhikari, S. Jain, Y. Chen, Z.-L. Zhang
• Skymedia – UAV-Based Capturing Of HD/3D Content with WSN Augmentation for Immersive Media Experiences by M. Neri, A. Campi, R. Suffritti, F. Grimaccia, P. Sinogas, O. Guye, C. Papin, T. Michalareas, L. Gazdag, I, Rakkolainen

This completes the list of accepted papers for WoMAN’11 together with the other accepted papers.

Accepted papers (in alphabetic order by paper title):

1. A Preliminary Implementation of a Content-Aware Network Node by N. Vorniotakis, G. Xilouris, N. Zotos, A. Kourtis (NCSR Demokritos, Greece)
2. Enhancing Legacy Infrastructures with Content Aware Enablers Towards a Networked-Media Platform by P. Anapliotis (CNRS LaBRI, France), E. Pallis, (T.E.I. of Crete, Greece), D. Negru (CNRS LaBRI, France), V. Zacharopoulos (T.E.I. of Crete, Greece)
3. Evaluation of Bandwidth Performance for Interactive Spherical Video by P. R. Alface, J.-F. Macq, N. Verzijp (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Belgium)
4. Evaluating the Networking Performance of Home Router Platforms for Multimedia Services by I. Kofler, R. Kuschnig, H. Hellwagner (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria)
5. Home Boxes Support for an Efficient Video-On-Demand Distribution by S. A. Chellouche, D. Negru, Y. Chen (CNRS LaBRI, France)
6. Packetizing Scalable Streams in Heterogenus Peer-to-Peer Networks by A. Sentinelli (STMicroelectronics, Italy)
7. Quality Impact of SVC Tunneling for Media-Aware Content Delivery by M. Grafl, C. Timmerer, H. Hellwagner (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria)
8. Service Provider and Content Aware Network Provider Cross-Layer Optimisation of Multimedia Distribution by E. Borcoci (UPB, Romania)

• Submission deadline: March 07, 2011
• Keynote: Claude Perron, Thomson Video Networks, Vice President
• Best paper awards sponsored by Dolby (monetary award or a prize) and RADVISION (monetary: € 300)

The actual CfP (incl. topics of interest) can be found here.

THOMSON VIDEO NETWORKS, Vice President

• Chief Technology Officer since 2008
• General Manager of the Grass Valley Compression Product Line (2005-2007) : Business Unit dedicated to MPEG professional encoders & decoders
• Nextream R&D director 1999-2004 (JV between Alcatel and Thomson)
• International R&D Management: Rennes, Zurich, Melbourne
• Dual Education: Master of Business Administration graduated from Institut Français de Gestion (1999) and Engineer graduated from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (1981)
• Long track record as a video compression expert with contribution of essential compression patents to MPEG-LA, THOMSON CEO patent awards in 1993 and 2003
• Management of the development of the market leading ViBE Compression products, starting by 2 generations of encoder products before MPEG-2 (ETSI), 3 generations of MPEG-2 encoders, 2 generations of MPEG-4 encoders (including the development of the MUSTANG chip)
• Pioneer for today’s well known compression techniques, starting as a researcher on the DV format in the 80’s.

Claude PERRON is Vice President of THOMSON VIDEO NETWORKS where he acts as Chief Technology Officer since 2008. He previously occupied several positions such as General Manager of the Grass Valley Compression Product Line (2005-2008) heading a Business Unit dedicated to MPEG professional encoders & decoders for digital television. Within Nextream, a joint venture between Alcatel and Thomson, he was R&D director (1999-2004), managing R&D teams in Rennes, Zurich, Melbourne. Claude received a dual education, Master of Business Administration and Engineer, graduated from Institut Français de Gestion (1999) and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (1981). With a long track record as a video compression expert, he contributed essential compression patents to MPEG-LA and received twice the THOMSON CEO patent award (1993, 2003). He successfully managed the development of the market leading ViBE Compression products starting by 2 generations of encoder products before MPEG-2 (ETSI), 3 generations of MPEG-2 encoders, 2 generations of MPEG-4 encoders (including the development of the MUSTANG chip). He has been a pioneer for today’s well known compression techniques, starting his career as a researcher on the DV format in the 80’s.