Keynote

Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / USA

“Evolution of Adaptive and Transitive Behaviors n Mobile and Wireless Multimedia”

Abstract:
Mobile and wireless multimedia systems and networks underwent dramatic changes to deal with increased multi-modalities and demands on bandwidth, latency, jitter, energy, and other resources. We will discuss the evolution of adaptive and transitive approaches and behaviors in mobile and wireless multimedia sampling from some of my own and MAKI research efforts. The approaches to be considered range from using control theory for Quality-of-Service adaptation, cross-layer adaptation for multimedia quality, transitions between probabilistic and deterministic approaches, to learning-based adaptive and predictive approaches to optimize bandwidth and manage uncertainty in video streaming. We will conclude with lessons-learned from the past approaches and future directions that we need to be prepared to solve as the next adaptive and transitive behaviors are coming for new mobile and wireless multimedia.

Short Bio:
Klara Nahrstedt is the Swanlund Chair Professor in the Computer Science Department, and the Director of Coordinated Science Laboratory in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests are in end-to-end QoS, resource management in large scale distributed multimedia systems, and IoT cyber-physical systems. She is the recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, ACM SIGMM Technical Achievement Award, and others. Klara Nahrstedt received her Diploma in Mathematics from Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany in 1985, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Computer and Information Science in 1995. She is ACM, IEEE, AAAS Fellow, Member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina Society), and Member of the US National Academy of Engineering.