8:30 - 11:45 AM, 13 May, 2002
This tutorial reviews recent developments and future trends in Internet streaming media. We survey signal processing and coding techniques that have been developed to enable widespread use of Internet streaming media despite the best-effort service model of today's Internet.
This overview spans all the way from source coding techniques to error control and recovery. A particular emphasis is given to video as the most demanding modality of streaming media. New challenges that arise for streaming media over wireless networks are discussed and solutions are proposed. We cover advanced topics and techniques such as adaptive media playout, streaming proxy servers, and packet path diversity, that are likely to find their way into future Internet streaming media architectures and applications.
This tutorial targets researchers interested in this rapidly evolving field, as well as engineers and technical managers involved in projects on transmitting or broadcasting visual information over the wired or wireless Internet.
presenters:
Eckehard Steinbach is a Consulting Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering of Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford University he was a member of the research staff of the Image Communication Group at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, where he received the Engineering Doctorate in 1999. He studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (Germany), the University of Essex (Great-Britain), and ESIEE in Paris. His current research interests are in the area of networked multimedia systems with a particular emphasis on low delay media streaming.
Bernd Girod is Professor of Electrical Engineering and (by courtesy) Computer Science in the Information Systems Laboratory of Stanford University, California. He was Chaired Professor of Telecommunications in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1993 to 1999. His research interests are in the areas of networked multimedia systems, video signal compression, and 3-d image analysis and synthesis. Prior visiting or regular faculty positions include MIT, Georgia Tech, and Stanford. He has been involved with several startup ventures as founder, director, investor, or advisor, among them Vivo Software, 8x8 (Nasdaq: EGHT), and RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK). He received the Engineering Doctorate from University of Hannover, Germany, and an M.S. Degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prof. Girod was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 1998 'for his contributions to the theory and practice of video communications.