NEWS @ Jakov.Org: Dec. 2023: Two IEEE ISM papers presented. (Interactive Scene Graph Analysis for Future Intelligent Teleconferencing Systems, Aerial 360-Degree Video Delivery for Immersive First Person View UAV Navigation). Dec. 2023: CLoSER paper on video caching in small-cell edge networks with local adaptation published in Computer Networks. Nov. 2023: IEEE TMM paper on navigation modeling, R-D analysis, and end-to-end optimization for 360° video streaming published officially. Nov. 2023: Paper on hierarchical Q-learning AHP scheme for dynamic candidate relay set selection in vehicular networks published in Computer Networks. Oct. 2023: BONES: Near-Optimal Neural-Enhanced Video Streaming, an arxiv preprint with first rigorous analysis and control method design on this topic. Sep. 2023: PIMRC paper on performance evaluation of 5G delay-sensitive multi-user downlink scheduling presented. Jun. 2023: ACM MMSys FBDT paper on forward/backward multi-RAT transmission for high quality mobile 360° video VR streaming presented. Dec. 2022: IEEE TIP paper on mmWave networking and edge computing synergies for indoor mobile multi-user VR systems published officially. Sep. 2022: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine feature article on NextG wireless multi-user VR systems published. Sep. 2022: Arxiv preprint on point cloud upsampling for human AR streaming in future hybrid virtual classrooms. June 2022: IEEE IoT Journal paper on hardware acceleration for postdecision state RL in IoT systems published officially. June 2022: IEEE BMSB EVB360 paper on efficient 360° video broadcast in NextG cellular networks presented. May 2022: ACM TOMCCAP paper on mmWave and FSO for future dual-connectivity 6DOF mobile multi-user VR streaming accepted. May 2022: Ad Hoc Networks survey paper on AI-enabled routing protocols for UAV networks published officially. Mar. 2022: IEEE TVT paper on UAV-assisted edge computing and streaming for wireless VR published officially. Dec. 2021: IEEE ISM paper on head rotation model for VR system level simulatioons. Nov. 2021: IEEE Communications Magazine paper on system-aware RL for IoT systems and applications published officially. Oct. 2021: One paper presented at WiOpt (Caching, Computing and Delivery in Wireless Networks Workshop). Sep. 2021: Best paper award across three competitive events (NOSSDAV,MMVE,GameSys) at ACM MMSys. Sep. 2021: Two papers presented at ACM MMSys. (Wifi-VLC dual connectivity streaming system for 6DOF multi-user virtual reality, Full UHD 360-degree video dataset and modeling of rate-distortion characteristics and head movement navigation). July 2021: Thank you NSF for our new CNS Medium project award. Jan. 2021: Stanford ISL seminar on accelerated RL for emerging IoT systems and applications. Jan. 2019: Papers on mobile edge computing and VLC for mobile VR submitted to WiOpt and ICC workshops. Dec. 2018: TCOM paper on optimal scheduling of energy harvesting wireless IoT sensors submitted. Nov. 2018: Faculty seminars at UMass Amherst, CMU, and UDel. Nov. 2018: WoWMoM workshop proposal "SwarmNet: Wireless Networking, Planning, and Computing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms" accepted. Oct. 2018: Faculty seminar (Robotics Accelerator) @ Purdue. Oct. 2017: IEEE Trans. Green Comm. and Networking paper on UAV-assisted 5G HetNets accepted. Oct. 2018: IEEE ICC 2019 paper on multiple-cache pairing for fine-grained scalable video caching and networking submitted. Oct. 2018: Paper on deep learning for automated bleeding detection in capsule endoscopy presented at ICIP 2018. Oct. 2018: Faculty seminar (College of Computing) @ NJIT. Oct. 2018: Our NSF project: "The Future VR/AR Network — Towards Virtual Human/Object Teleportation" is featured on the Computing Community Consortium blog. Thank you CCC. Sep. 2017: Research award from Tencent Research is gratefully acknowledged. Sep. 2018: Invited participation at Adobe Data Science Symposium. Sep. 2018: New NSF CNS award is gratefully acknowledged. Sep. 2018: Adobe Data Science Faculty Research Award is gratefully acknowledged. June 2018: The report on The Future VR/AR Network, the first NSF Visioning Workshop on Networked Virtual and Augmented Reality Communications, has been completed and posted online. June 2018: Two book chapter contributions on next generation wireless edge computing and caching systems to appear in a related book by Cambridge University Press. May 2018: Three papers on UAV-assisted 5G HetNets, 360° VR streaming, and RL for IoT networks presented at ICC 2018. Aug. 2017: Research award from Adobe Systems is gratefully acknowledged. Apr. 2018: Paper on deep learning for automated bleeding detection in capsule endoscopy imaging accepted to ICIP 2018. Apr. 2018: Live 360° network multicast paper accepted to Hot 3D Workshop at ICME 2018. Apr. 2018: The NSF visioning workshop I organized The Future VR/AR Network was a great success and highly appreciated by the attendees. Apr. 2018: Faculty seminar (UMIACS) @ U. Maryland. Mar. 2018: Our NSF project: The Future VR/AR Network is featured by IEEE Future Directions on IEEE Digital Reality and IEEE social media channels, including Facebook and IEEE Collabratec. Thank you IEEE. Mar. 2018: NSF CNS award is gratefully acknowledged. Mar. 2018: Faculty seminar (SCIEN) @ Stanford. Feb. 2018: Research meeting (VR + Applied Psychology/Patient Rehabilitation/Mobility Restoration) @ UAB. Feb. 2018: Paper on deep learning for bleeding detection in capsule endoscopy images submitted to ICIP 2018. Feb. 2018: Faculty seminar (GIS) @ Penn State. Jan. 2018: Postdoctoral and PhD openings available (see tab Openings). Jan. 2018: American Control Conference (ACC) paper on coalition formation in UAV networks accepted. Jan. 2018: Three IEEE ICC 2018 papers accepted. Jan. 2018: NSF visioning workshop The Future VR/AR Network (April 2018) is online. Applications are invited. Jan. 2018: IEEE SECON 2018 CPC-UAV workshop proposal accepted. Contributions are solicited. Dec. 2017: Faculty seminar (CS) @ UC Irvine. Nov. 2017: Asilomar paper on measurement policy for UAV network topology prediction presented. Nov. 2017: ACM MM 2017 paper on optimal set of 360° video representations for viewport-adaptive streaming presented. Oct. 2017: IEEE ICC 2018 papers on UAV-assisted 5G HetNets, 360° VR streaming, and RL for IoT networks submitted. Oct. 2017: Asilomar 2017 paper on measurement policy for UAV network topology prediction to appear. Sep. 2017: ACC 2018 paper on coalition formation for coordinated task allocation in UAV networks submitted. Sep. 2017: Adobe Data Science Faculty Research Award is gratefully acknowledged. Aug. 2017: Research awards from Adobe Systems and NVIDIA are gratefully acknowledged. Jul. 2017: NSF ECCS award is gratefully acknowledged. Jul. 2017: IEEE MMSP 2017 paper on convexity analysis of synthesis distortion in multi-view imaging accepted. Jul. 2017: ACM MM 2017 paper on optimal set of 360° video representations for viewport-adaptive streaming accepted. Jun. 2017: Invited talk on drone networks and virtual and augmented reality at Intel Research Santa Clara. Jun. 2017: ACM MobiSys 2017 paper on drone networks for virtual human teleportation presented. May. 2017: IEEE ICC 2017 paper on viewport-adaptive 360° video streaming presented. (best paper award) May. 2017: Attending the SCIEN Workshop on Augmented and Mixed Reality at Stanford. May. 2017: IEEE INFOCOM 2017 paper on UAV-IoT sensing for networked virtual and augmented reality presented. Jan. 2017: ICC 2017 VR streaming paper accepted. Dec. 2016: Two Globecom 2016 papers presented on decentralized reinforcement learning for 5G IoT sensing and mmWave comm. Oct. 2016: Immersive VR/AR Experiences special session accepted to ACM MMSys 2017. Contributions are invited. Sep. 2016: Paper on learning-based transmission scheduling of energy-harvesting visual sensors presented at ICIP. Sep. 2016: Paper on continuous UAV covering problem analysis presented at Sarnoff Symposium. Aug. 2016: Presentation at NSF/Academy of Finland WiFiUS PI meeting. Jul. 2016: IEEE Sarnoff Symposium paper on the UAV continuous covering problem accepted. Jul. 2016: Packet Video AR 2016 keynote slides. [The workshop was a great success.] Jul. 2016: Globecom 2016 paper accepted. Jun. 2016: ACM CoNEXT paper on viewport-adaptive 360-degree-navigable 3D video streaming submitted. Jun. 2016: Two invited presentations at AFCEA C4I and Cyber Conference. Jun. 2016: Invited presentation at NIST Workshop Advanced Video Analytics in Public Safety. May 2016: ICIP 2016 paper accepted. Apr. 2016: Two ICME 2016 workshop papers accepted. Apr. 2016: One Globecom paper submitted. Mar. 2016: Two ICME 2016 workshop papers submitted. Mar. 2016: AFOSR Faculty Fellow 2016 Award received. Mar. 2016: Talk @GATECH. Mar. 2016: Invited to MSR Faculty Summit. Dec. 2015: Our Packet Video 2016 workshop proposal has been accepted. Please consider contributing. Nov. 2015: JSAC paper on collaborative small-cell cellular networks accepted. Oct. 2015: Invited to/joined the editorial board of the IEEE Trans. Comp. Social Systems. Oct. 2015: Congrats: Frame lands $10M series A funding. Oct. 2015: Media coverage: Featured Engineer [EE Web]. Sep. 2015: AFOSR/AFRL grant award is gratefully acknowledged. Sep. 2015: Blogging community retention analysis paper accepted to the IEEE Trans. Computational Social Systems. Sep. 2015: Paper on joint data placement and flow control for data center networks accepted to Elsevier Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory journal. Sep. 2015: Fine-grain scalable video caching paper accepted to ISM 2015. Sep. 2015: White paper on QoE optimization in video distribution networks via fine-grain scalable coding submitted to NSF/FCC Internet QoE workshop. Aug. 2015: Patent disclosure on fine-grain scalable video caching. Aug. 2015: New NSF CCF grant award is gratefully acknowledged. Aug. 2015: Paper on fine-grain scalable video caching submitted to ISM 2015. Aug. 2015: Immanuel and Niloofar joined the group. Welcome. July 2015: Paper on complex network approach to prioritized regression testing accepted by Springer Journal of Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering. July 2015: Paper on learning-theory-based virtual machine placement in cloud computing accepted at Globecom. June 2015: Paper on dual-reinforcement-learning routing for QoE-aware wireless multi-hop networks accepted by Elsevier Computer Networks journal. June 2015: Invited presentation at AFCEA ANT Review Days. May 2015: JSAC paper submitted (SI: Video Distribution over Future Internet). May 2015: Invited presentation at IEEE CISDA. Apr. 2015: Paper on collaborative caching in multi-cell-coordinated wireless systems presented at INFOCOM. Apr. 2015: Paper on multi-graph-learning-based virtual machine assignment in cloud computing submitted to Globecom 2015. Mar. 2015: Awarded US AFOSR Faculty Fellowship. Mar. 2015: IEEE TIP paper on joint client clustering and source-channel scalable multi-stream rate allocation in IPTV accepted. Feb. 2015: IEEE INFOCOM CNTCV Workshop paper on collaborative caching for multi-cell systems accepted. Feb. 2015: IEEE JSTSP paper on joint source-channel coding of multi-view video accepted. Feb. 2015: IEEE ICICS paper on cost-efficient data-center networks accepted. Dec. 2014: IEEE TCOM paper on uplink scheduling of multi-view sensors accepted. Nov. 2014: @ Tsinghua and IITM. Oct. 2014: Presenting a paper at ICIP 2014. Oct. 2014: MSR research gift is gratefully acknowledged. July 2014: @ MSR Faculty Summit 2014. June 2014: SocialCom 2014 paper on blogger retention accepted (acceptance rate: 9.9%). June 2014: BigData 2014 paper on community blogging accepted (acceptance rate: 8.5%). May 2014: IEEE JSTSP paper on wireless multi-path streaming of free-viewpoint video accepted. May 2014: ICIP 2014 paper on multi-view multicast accepted. May 2014: Elevated to IEEE Senior Member grade. Apr. 2014: Invited to MSR Faculty Summit 2014. Mar. 2014: Elsevier SP Journal paper on community multi-graph analysis accepted. Mar. 2014: IEEE TCSVT SI on Mobile Visual Cloud proposal accepted. Feb. 2014: Elsevier SPIC Journal paper on social video caching accepted. Feb. 2014: Invited talk at MSR Redmond. (video link here) Feb. 2014: IEEE TCOM paper on multi-view multiple descriptions accepted. Jan. 2014: Invited talk at Mercedes R & D North America (Sunnyvale, CA). Jan. 2014: Elsevier SP Journal paper on community-aware signal processing accepted. Jan. 2014: IEEE/ACM TNET paper on multi-view traffic engineering accepted. Dec. 2013: Two papers presented and invited panelist at GLOBECOM 2013. Dec. 2013: In BAMA land now. :) Nov. 2013: Invited talk at RPI. Nov. 2013: IEEE TIP paper on transmission policy selection for multi-view streaming accepted. Oct. 2013: Top 10% Paper Award won at MMSP 2013. Oct. 2013: Three papers presented at MMSP 2013. Sep. 2013: Invited to QoEMC2013 Workshop panel. Sep. 2013: Paper accepted to Springer PPNA Journal, SI on P2P-assisted cloud systems. July 2013: Two papers accepted at GLOBECOM 2013. May 2013: Paper presented at ICASSP 2013. May 2013: Paper accepted to IEEE TIP SI on 3D video. May 2013: Two papers accepted at MMSP 2013. Apr. 2013: Paper accepted to SS on 3D video at the DSP 2013 conf. Mar. 2013: Research visit to Technical University Munich. Feb. 2013: Invited paper to SS on 3D video at DSP 2013 conf. submitted. Jan. 2013: Technical University Munich Mobility Fellowship awarded. Jan. 2013: IEEE COMM MAG paper on multi-view streaming accepted. Dec. 2012: IEEE TIP paper on state-based video communication accepted. Dec. 2012: Invited talk at the University of Ljubljana. Dec. 2012: Paper presented at Globecom 2012. Nov. 2012: One paper submitted to ICASSP 2013. Oct. 2012: Invited talk on social computing at the University of Bern. Aug. 2012: I will edit the Springer PPNA Journal's SI on P2P Cloud Systems. Aug. 2012: Elsevier VCIR Journal paper on multi-path content delivery. Aug. 2012: Globecom 2012 paper on multi-view streaming (to appear). July 2012: I will chair the IEEE SPS School on Social Media Processing. June 2012: Research visit to the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo. June 2012: ICC paper on QoE routing in wireless mesh networks. May 2012: Packet Video paper on OSP network economics. Mar. 2012: ICASSP paper on multi-graph sampling of online communities. Mar. 2012: IEEE SPM article on bridging social and data networks. Oct. 2011: IEEE TMM paper on in-network packet scheduling and rate allocation. Sep. 2011: I will chair the technical program of Packet Video 2012. Sep. 2011: Two papers presented at ICIP. Aug. 2011: IEEE TMM paper on UEP and network coding. July 2011: Paper at HOT3D'11 on multiview synthesis distortion modeling. July 2011: Paper at DSP'11 on view and rate scalable coding for multiview. July 2011: The ICASSP'11 talk is online. May 2011: Two papers presented at ICASSP. May 2011: SkypeLabs Summit: Two invited talks on social networks and FEC. Feb. 2011: IEEE Comm. Letters article. Jan. 2011: COMSOC MMTC E-Letter invited article. Nov. 2010: Two invited talks on social networks at Harvard and BU. Sep. 2010: Three papers presented at ICIP. Aug. 2010: The THEMES'10 paper is published (IEEE JSTSP). July 2010: The THEMES'10 talk is online. |