In February 20204 was held the first edition of the Social Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Multimedia (SoRAIM) Winter School, which, with the support of SIGMM attracted more than 50 students and young researchers to learn, discuss and first-hand experiment in topics related to social robotics. The event’s success calls for …
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Abstract: Energy efficiency has become a crucial aspect of today’s IT infrastructures, and video (streaming) accounts for over half of today’s Internet traffic. This column highlights open-source tools, datasets, and solutions addressing energy efficiency in video streaming presented at ACM Multimedia Systems 2024 and its co-located workshop ACM Green Multimedia …
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JPEG Trust reaches Draft International Standard stage The 102nd JPEG meeting was held in San Francisco, California, USA, from 22 to 26 January 2024. At this meeting, JPEG Trust became a Draft International Standard. Moreover, the responses to the Call for Proposals of JPEG NFT were received and analysed. As …
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The 146th MPEG meeting was held in Rennes, France from 22-26 April 2024, and the official press release can be found here. It comprises the following highlights: AI-based Point Cloud Coding*: Call for proposals focusing on AI-driven point cloud encoding for applications such as immersive experiences and autonomous driving. Object …
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Introduction The last plenary meeting of the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) was held online by the University of Konstantz (Germany) in December 18th to 21st, 2023. It offered the possibility to more than 100 registered participants from 19 different countries worldwide to attend the numerous presentations and discussions about …
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