- 17 December 2019 Associate Editor of Springer Multimedia Systems
I am thrilled to join the editorial board of Springer Multimedia System journal. Since 1993, Multimedia Systems has been a leading journal in the field covering enduring topics related to multimedia computing, AI, human factors, communication, and applications. The world of multimedia and computi...
- 26 September 2019 Smart Campus project – part 2
In Part 1, I introduced the architecture and shown some sample charts of my Smart campus project. The non-intrusive use of WIFI data for campus services and student experience is really cool. As we are approaching the start of university term, I have reduced time to work on this project. So my fo...
- 10 September 2019 TB to Unity – A small software tool for creative VR artists
[I am still learning Unity/abstract art. Do let me know if you spot me doing anything silly.] References:https://github.com/googlevr/tilt-brush-toolkithttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1YID89te9oDjinCkJ9R65bLZ3PpJk1W4S1SM2Ccc6-9w/edithttps://blog.google/products/tilt-brush/showcase-your-art-new-...
- 12 August 2019 Research on the fairness of networked multimedia to appear in FAT/MM WS at ACM Multimedia 2019
Originally posted on SDCN: Software Defined Cognitive Networking: Basil, A. et al., A Software Defined Network Based Research on Fairness in Multimedia, FAT/MM WS, 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM 2019), France. 10/2019 The demand for online distribution of high quality and...
- 2 August 2019 “Disruptive” VR art? A quick update
Our visited to the TVX 2019 has been a tremendous success. Murtada and Alison’s lightning talks were well received and we managed to have two demos in the BBC Quay House on the last day. Alison’s VR painting demo had a great start then took an interesting turn and became a community art creation ...
- 1 August 2019 Smart Campus project – part 1
Most research in communication networks are quite fundamental such as sending data frame from point A to point B as quickly as possible with little loss on the way. Some networking research can also benefit communities indirectly. I recently started a new collaboration with our University IT depa...
- 22 April 2019 Data science and network management at IEEE IM 2019, Washington, D.C.
IEEE IM 2019 – Washington DC, USA (link to papers)Following IM 2017 in the picturesque Lisbon, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, this year’s event was held in the US capital city during its peak cherry blossom season. The conference adopted the theme of “Intelligent Management for the N...
- 20 April 2019 We are taking VR and art research to ACM TVX 2019
I have been a regular visitor of ACM TVX since it first became an ACM sponsored event in 2014 (previously known as EuroITV). This year, the conference will be held at MediaCityUK, Salford in early June. We’ll bring two pieces of early-stage research to Salford: understanding the user attention in...
- 28 March 2019 Speak at Westminster HE Forum – Technologies in higher education
I had the great pleasure of joining a Westminster Higher Education Forum event today as a speaker. My session was chaired by the Labour MP Mr Alex Sobel and the main theme of the session is around the opportunities and challenges in adopting new technologies in colleges and universities in the UK...
- 15 March 2019 Top 1% of reviewers in Computer Science?
Like many academics, I regularly engage with the reviewing process of renowned conferences and journals. I have not ventured into any substantial editorial role yet but I try to help out as much as possible. Any of my journal review activities are registered on Publons to keep a record (mainly fo...
- 6 March 2019 Some thoughts on Artificial Intelligence – Part 2: Yes but why?
While Part 1 “rants” about how function-based machine learning overwhelms data research, this part aims at future opportunities. Many of my childhood friends and I counted ourselves lucky to own a copy of the A Hundred Thousand Whys (Chinese: 十万个为什么), a children’s science book series. It was the ...
