NEWS @ Jakov.Org:
Jan. 2019: Papers on mobile edge computing and VLC for mobile VR submitted to WiOpt and ICC workshops.
Dec. 2018: TCOM paper on optimal scheduling of energy harvesting wireless IoT sensors submitted.
Nov. 2018: Faculty seminars at UMass Amherst, CMU, and UDel.
Nov. 2018: WoWMoM workshop proposal "SwarmNet: Wireless Networking, Planning, and Computing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms" accepted.
Oct. 2018: Faculty seminar (Robotics Accelerator) @ Purdue.
Oct. 2017: IEEE Trans. Green Comm. and Networking paper on UAV-assisted 5G HetNets accepted.
Oct. 2018: IEEE ICC 2019 paper on multiple-cache pairing for fine-grained scalable video caching and networking submitted.
Oct. 2018: Paper on deep learning for automated bleeding detection in capsule endoscopy presented at ICIP 2018.
Oct. 2018: Faculty seminar (College of Computing) @ NJIT.
Oct. 2018: Our NSF project: "The Future VR/AR Network — Towards Virtual Human/Object Teleportation" is featured on the Computing Community Consortium blog. Thank you CCC.
Sep. 2017: Research award from Tencent Research is gratefully acknowledged.
Sep. 2018: Invited participation at Adobe Data Science Symposium.
Sep. 2018: NSF CNS award is gratefully acknowledged.
Sep. 2018: Adobe Data Science Faculty Research Award is gratefully acknowledged.
June 2018: The report on The Future VR/AR Network, the first NSF Visioning Workshop on Networked Virtual and Augmented Reality Communications, has been completed and posted online.
June 2018: Two book chapter contributions on next generation wireless edge computing and caching systems to appear in a related book by Cambridge University Press.
May 2018: Three papers on UAV-assisted 5G HetNets, 360° VR streaming, and RL for IoT networks presented at ICC 2018.
Aug. 2017: Research award from Adobe Systems is gratefully acknowledged.
Apr. 2018: Paper on deep learning for automated bleeding detection in capsule endoscopy imaging accepted to ICIP 2018.
Apr. 2018: Live 360° network multicast paper accepted to Hot 3D Workshop at ICME 2018.
Apr. 2018: The NSF visioning workshop I organized The Future VR/AR Network was a great success and highly appreciated by the attendees.
Apr. 2018: Faculty seminar (UMIACS) @ U. Maryland.
Mar. 2018: Our NSF project: The Future VR/AR Network is featured by IEEE Future Directions on IEEE Digital Reality and IEEE social media channels, including Facebook and IEEE Collabratec. Thank you IEEE.
Mar. 2018: NSF CNS award is gratefully acknowledged.
Mar. 2018: Faculty seminar (SCIEN) @ Stanford.
Feb. 2018: Research meeting (VR + Applied Psychology/Patient Rehabilitation/Mobility Restoration) @ UAB.
Feb. 2018: Paper on deep learning for bleeding detection in capsule endoscopy images submitted to ICIP 2018.
Feb. 2018: Faculty seminar (GIS) @ Penn State.
Jan. 2018: Postdoctoral and PhD openings available (see tab Openings).
Jan. 2018: American Control Conference (ACC) paper on coalition formation in UAV networks accepted.
Jan. 2018: Three IEEE ICC 2018 papers accepted.
Jan. 2018: NSF visioning workshop The Future VR/AR Network (April 2018) is online. Applications are invited.
Jan. 2018: IEEE SECON 2018 CPC-UAV workshop proposal accepted. Contributions are solicited.
Dec. 2017: Faculty seminar (CS) @ UC Irvine.
Nov. 2017: Asilomar paper on measurement policy for UAV network topology prediction presented.
Nov. 2017: ACM MM 2017 paper on optimal set of 360° video representations for viewport-adaptive streaming presented.
Oct. 2017: IEEE ICC 2018 papers on UAV-assisted 5G HetNets, 360° VR streaming, and RL for IoT networks submitted.
Oct. 2017: Asilomar 2017 paper on measurement policy for UAV network topology prediction to appear.
Sep. 2017: ACC 2018 paper on coalition formation for coordinated task allocation in UAV networks submitted.
Sep. 2017: Adobe Data Science Faculty Research Award is gratefully acknowledged.
Aug. 2017: Research awards from Adobe Systems and NVIDIA are gratefully acknowledged.
Jul. 2017: NSF ECCS award is gratefully acknowledged.
Jul. 2017: IEEE MMSP 2017 paper on convexity analysis of synthesis distortion in multi-view imaging accepted.
Jul. 2017: ACM MM 2017 paper on optimal set of 360° video representations for viewport-adaptive streaming accepted.
Jun. 2017: Invited talk on drone networks and virtual and augmented reality at Intel Research Santa Clara.
Jun. 2017: ACM MobiSys 2017 paper on drone networks for virtual human teleportation presented.
May. 2017: IEEE ICC 2017 paper on viewport-adaptive 360° video streaming presented. (best paper award)
May. 2017: Attending the SCIEN Workshop on Augmented and Mixed Reality at Stanford.
May. 2017: IEEE INFOCOM 2017 paper on UAV-IoT sensing for networked virtual and augmented reality presented.
Jan. 2017: ICC 2017 VR streaming paper accepted.
Dec. 2016: Two Globecom 2016 papers presented on decentralized reinforcement learning for 5G IoT sensing and mmWave comm.
Oct. 2016: Immersive VR/AR Experiences special session accepted to ACM MMSys 2017. Contributions are invited.
Sep. 2016: Paper on learning-based transmission scheduling of energy-harvesting visual sensors presented at ICIP.
Sep. 2016: Paper on continuous UAV covering problem analysis presented at Sarnoff Symposium.
Aug. 2016: Presentation at NSF/Academy of Finland WiFiUS PI meeting.
Jul. 2016: IEEE Sarnoff Symposium paper on the UAV continuous covering problem accepted.
Jul. 2016: Packet Video AR 2016 keynote slides. [The workshop was a great success.]
Jul. 2016: Globecom 2016 paper accepted.
Jun. 2016: ACM CoNEXT paper on viewport-adaptive 360-degree-navigable 3D video streaming submitted.
Jun. 2016: Two invited presentations at AFCEA C4I and Cyber Conference.
Jun. 2016: Invited presentation at NIST Workshop Advanced Video Analytics in Public Safety.
May 2016: ICIP 2016 paper accepted.
Apr. 2016: Two ICME 2016 workshop papers accepted.
Apr. 2016: One Globecom paper submitted.
Mar. 2016: Two ICME 2016 workshop papers submitted.
Mar. 2016: AFOSR Faculty Fellow 2016 Award received.
Mar. 2016: Talk @GATECH.
Mar. 2016: Invited to MSR Faculty Summit.
Dec. 2015: Our Packet Video 2016 workshop proposal has been accepted. Please consider contributing.
Nov. 2015: JSAC paper on collaborative small-cell cellular networks accepted.
Oct. 2015: Invited to/joined the editorial board of the IEEE Trans. Comp. Social Systems.
Oct. 2015: Congrats: Frame lands $10M series A funding.
Oct. 2015: Media coverage: Featured Engineer [EE Web].
Sep. 2015: AFOSR/AFRL grant award is gratefully acknowledged.
Sep. 2015: Blogging community retention analysis paper accepted to the IEEE Trans. Computational Social Systems.
Sep. 2015: Paper on joint data placement and flow control for data center networks accepted to Elsevier Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory journal.
Sep. 2015: Fine-grain scalable video caching paper accepted to ISM 2015.
Sep. 2015: White paper on QoE optimization in video distribution networks via fine-grain scalable coding submitted to NSF/FCC Internet QoE workshop.
Aug. 2015: Patent disclosure on fine-grain scalable video caching.
Aug. 2015: NSF CCF grant award is gratefully acknowledged.
Aug. 2015: Paper on fine-grain scalable video caching submitted to ISM 2015.
Aug. 2015: Immanuel and Niloofar joined the group. Welcome.
July 2015: Paper on complex network approach to prioritized regression testing accepted by Springer Journal of Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering.
July 2015: Paper on learning-theory-based virtual machine placement in cloud computing accepted at Globecom.
June 2015: Paper on dual-reinforcement-learning routing for QoE-aware wireless multi-hop networks accepted by Elsevier Computer Networks journal.
June 2015: Invited presentation at AFCEA ANT Review Days.
May 2015: JSAC paper submitted (SI: Video Distribution over Future Internet).
May 2015: Invited presentation at IEEE CISDA.
Apr. 2015: Paper on collaborative caching in multi-cell-coordinated wireless systems presented at INFOCOM.
Apr. 2015: Paper on multi-graph-learning-based virtual machine assignment in cloud computing submitted to Globecom 2015.
Mar. 2015: Awarded US AFOSR Faculty Fellowship.
Mar. 2015: IEEE TIP paper on joint client clustering and source-channel scalable multi-stream rate allocation in IPTV accepted.
Feb. 2015: IEEE INFOCOM CNTCV Workshop paper on collaborative caching for multi-cell systems accepted.
Feb. 2015: IEEE JSTSP paper on joint source-channel coding of multi-view video accepted.
Feb. 2015: IEEE ICICS paper on cost-efficient data-center networks accepted.
Dec. 2014: IEEE TCOM paper on uplink scheduling of multi-view sensors accepted.
Nov. 2014: @ Tsinghua and IITM.
Oct. 2014: Presenting a paper at ICIP 2014.
Oct. 2014: MSR research gift is gratefully acknowledged.
July 2014: @ MSR Faculty Summit 2014.
June 2014: SocialCom 2014 paper on blogger retention accepted (acceptance rate: 9.9%).
June 2014: BigData 2014 paper on community blogging accepted (acceptance rate: 8.5%).
May 2014: IEEE JSTSP paper on wireless multi-path streaming of free-viewpoint video accepted.
May 2014: ICIP 2014 paper on multi-view multicast accepted.
May 2014: Elevated to IEEE Senior Member grade.
Apr. 2014: Invited to MSR Faculty Summit 2014.
Mar. 2014: Elsevier SP Journal paper on community multi-graph analysis accepted.
Mar. 2014: IEEE TCSVT SI on Mobile Visual Cloud proposal accepted.
Feb. 2014: Elsevier SPIC Journal paper on social video caching accepted.
Feb. 2014: Invited talk at MSR Redmond. (video link here)
Feb. 2014: IEEE TCOM paper on multi-view multiple descriptions accepted.
Jan. 2014: Invited talk at Mercedes R & D North America (Sunnyvale, CA).
Jan. 2014: Elsevier SP Journal paper on community-aware signal processing accepted.
Jan. 2014: IEEE/ACM TNET paper on multi-view traffic engineering accepted.
Dec. 2013: Two papers presented and invited panelist at GLOBECOM 2013.
Dec. 2013: In BAMA land now. :)
Nov. 2013: Invited talk at RPI.
Nov. 2013: IEEE TIP paper on transmission policy selection for multi-view streaming accepted.
Oct. 2013: Top 10% Paper Award won at MMSP 2013.
Oct. 2013: Three papers presented at MMSP 2013.
Sep. 2013: Invited to QoEMC2013 Workshop panel.
Sep. 2013: Paper accepted to Springer PPNA Journal, SI on P2P-assisted cloud systems.
July 2013: Two papers accepted at GLOBECOM 2013.
May 2013: Paper presented at ICASSP 2013.
May 2013: Paper accepted to IEEE TIP SI on 3D video.
May 2013: Two papers accepted at MMSP 2013.
Apr. 2013: Paper accepted to SS on 3D video at the DSP 2013 conf.
Mar. 2013: Research visit to Technical University Munich.
Feb. 2013: Invited paper to SS on 3D video at DSP 2013 conf. submitted.
Jan. 2013: Technical University Munich Mobility Fellowship awarded.
Jan. 2013: IEEE COMM MAG paper on multi-view streaming accepted.
Dec. 2012: IEEE TIP paper on state-based video communication accepted.
Dec. 2012: Invited talk at the University of Ljubljana.
Dec. 2012: Paper presented at Globecom 2012.
Nov. 2012: One paper submitted to ICASSP 2013.
Oct. 2012: Invited talk on social computing at the University of Bern.
Aug. 2012: I will edit the Springer PPNA Journal's SI on P2P Cloud Systems.
Aug. 2012: Elsevier VCIR Journal paper on multi-path content delivery.
Aug. 2012: Globecom 2012 paper on multi-view streaming (to appear).
July 2012: I will chair the IEEE SPS School on Social Media Processing.
June 2012: Research visit to the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo.
June 2012: ICC paper on QoE routing in wireless mesh networks.
May 2012: Packet Video paper on OSP network economics.
Mar. 2012: ICASSP paper on multi-graph sampling of online communities.
Mar. 2012: IEEE SPM article on bridging social and data networks.
Oct. 2011: IEEE TMM paper on in-network packet scheduling and rate allocation.
Sep. 2011: I will chair the technical program of Packet Video 2012.
Sep. 2011: Two papers presented at ICIP.
Aug. 2011: IEEE TMM paper on UEP and network coding.
July 2011: Paper at HOT3D'11 on multiview synthesis distortion modeling.
July 2011: Paper at DSP'11 on view and rate scalable coding for multiview.
July 2011: The ICASSP'11 talk is online.
May 2011: Two papers presented at ICASSP.
May 2011: SkypeLabs Summit: Two invited talks on social networks and FEC.
Feb. 2011: IEEE Comm. Letters article.
Jan. 2011: COMSOC MMTC E-Letter invited article.
Nov. 2010: Two invited talks on social networks at Harvard and BU.
Sep. 2010: Three papers presented at ICIP.
Aug. 2010: The THEMES'10 paper is published (IEEE JSTSP).
July 2010: The THEMES'10 talk is online.

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