Speaker Profile: Ali C. Begen
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Professor of Computer Science
Bio
Ali C. Begen is currently a computer science professor at Ozyegin University and a technical consultant in Comcast’s Advanced Technology and Standards Group. Previously, he was a research and development engineer at Cisco. Begen received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Tech in 2006. To date, he received several academic and industry awards (including an Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering), and was granted 30+ US patents. In 2020 and 2021, he was listed among the world’s most influential scientists in the subfield of networking and telecommunications. More details are at https://ali.begen.net.
Session(s)
Catching the Moment in Low-Latency Live Streaming (Delivery)
1:00 PM to 1:30 PMBandwidth prediction, which is already a difficult task, must be more accurate when lower latency is desired due to the shorter time available to react to bandwidth changes. Any inaccuracy in bandwidth prediction results in flawed rate-adaptation decisions, which will, in turn, translate into a diminished viewer experience. In this talk, we present several bandwidth prediction models (based on statistical and computational intelligence techniques) optimized for low latency, a rate-adaptation scheme (both heuristic and learning-based) and a playback speed control scheme to overhaul low-latency live streaming clients completely. The public (open) source code is available, too.
Study Group Update: Players and Playback
2:10 PM to 2:20 PMIn this session, chairs or members of the SVTA Players and Playback Study Group will provide a brief update on their current activities, publications, and projects.