NOSSDAV 2007

17th International workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio & Video
Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
June 4-5, 2007




Technical Program


June 4, 2007
9:00-9:15
Opening
Reza Rejaie, Klara Nahrstedt
9:15- 10:45
Session 1 - Streaming & Display
Chair : Kevin Almeroth
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Mosaicing videos to stream over multiple independent channels
Christopher Boehnen, Allison Regier, Deborah Thomas, Surendar Chandra, Patrick Flynn (University of Notre Dame, US)
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Streaming Terrains
Francis Chang, Wu-chi Feng (Portland State University, US)
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Blink: Advanced Display Multiplexing for Virtualized Applications
Jacob Hansen (University of Copenhagen, DK)
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10:45-11:00
Break

11:00-12:00
Keynote Talk:
QoS in Wireless Mesh Networks: A Challenging Endeavor
Ralf Steinmetz (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Talk abstract and Biography
Presentation: Presentation PDF
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12:00-1:30
Lunch Break

1:30-3:00
Session 2 - Gaming
Chair : Wu-chi Feng
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Enhancing Game-Server AI with Distributed Client Computation
John Douceur (Microsoft, US), Jacob Lorch (Microsoft Research, US), Frank Uyeda (University of California, San Diego, US), Randall Wood (Microsoft, US)
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RACS: A Referee Anti-Cheat Scheme for P2P Gaming
Steven Webb, Sieteng Soh, W. Lau (Curtin University of Technology, AU)
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Traffic Analysis Beyond This World: the Case of Second Life
Stenio Fernandes (CEFET-AL, BR), Carlos Kamienski (University of the ABC, BR), Djamel Sadok (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR), Josilene Moreira (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR), Rafael Antonello (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR)
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3:00-3:15
Break

3:15-4:45
Session 3 - Coding
Chair : Baochun Li
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PAT: Peer-Assisted Transcoding for Overlay Streaming to Heterogeneous Devices
Dongyu Liu (George Mason University, US), Eric Setton (Stanford University, US), Bo Shen (HP Labs, US), Songqing Chen (George Mason University, US)
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Multidimensional Transcoding for Adaptive Video Streaming
Jens Brandt, Lars Wolf (TU Braunschweig, IBR, DE)
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Optimal Partitioning of Fine-Grained Scalable Video Streams
Mohamed Hefeeda, Cheng-Hsin Hsu (Simon Fraser University, CA)
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7:00
NOSSDAV Social Events

June 5, 2007
9:00-10:30
Session 4 - IPTV
Chair : Indranil Gupta
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When is P2P technology beneficial to IPTV services?
Yennun Huang (AT&T Laboratories Research, US), Zhen Xiao (IBM Research, US), Yih-Farn Chen (AT&T Labs - Research, US), Rittwik Jana (AT&T Labs Research, US), Michael Rabinovich (Case Western Reserve University, US), Bin Wei (AT&T Labs - Research, US)
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Performance evaluation of P2P VoIP application
Rodrigo Barbosa (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR), Carlos Kamienski (University of the ABC, BR), Denio Mariz (CEFET-PB, BR), Arthur Callado (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR), Stenio Fernandes (CEFET-AL, BR), Djamel Sadok (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR)
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Measuring P2P IPTV Systems
Thomas Silverston, Olivier Fourmaux (University Pierre et Marie Curie, FR)
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10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-12:15
Panel
Topic: Large Scale Peer-to-Peer Streaming & IPTV Technologies
Panelists: Presentation
  • Aaron Colwell (RealNetworks)
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  • Sugih Jamin (University of Michigan)
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  • Jin Li (Microsoft Research)
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  • Klara Nahrstedt (UIUC)
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Moderator: Reza Rejaie
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12:15-1:30
Lunch Break

1:30-3:00
Session 5 - Measurement
Chair : Matthias Hollick
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Evaluating SIP Proxy Server Performance
Erich Nahum (IBM Research, US), John Tracey (IBM, US), Charles Wright (IBM Research, US)
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Characterising User Interactivity for Sports Video-on-Demand
Andrew Brampton, Andrew MacQuire, Idris Rai, Nicholas Race, Laurent Mathy (Lancaster University, UK), Michael Fry (The University of Sydney, AU)
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Scalable Application-Specific Measurement Framework For High-performance Network Video
Congxiao Bao, Xing Li, JInpeng Jiang (Tsinghua University, CN)
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3:00-3:15
Break

3:15-4:45
Session 6 - Mobility & Middleware
Chair : Surendar Chandra
Video Link
Location and Mobility in a Sensor Network of Mobile Phones
Aman Kansal, Feng Zhao (Microsoft Research, US)
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QoS Adaptation for Realizing Interaction between Virtual and Real Worlds in Pervasive Network Environment
Shinya Yamamoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP), Yoshihiro Murata (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP), Naoki Shibata (Shiga University, JP), Keiichi Yasumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP), Minoru Ito (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP)
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A Middleware for Implementation and Evaluation of Application Layer Multicast Protocols in Real Environments
Kazushi Ikeda, Thilmee Baduge, Takaaki Umedu, Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Teruo Higashino (Osaka University, JP)
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