Visual Computing and Multimedia

Overview

This research group comprises three labs, the Computational Geometry and Applications Lab ( CGA Lab: Computational Geometry and Applications), the Multimedia Communications Lab, and the Multimedia Signal Processing and Security Lab (WaveLab, wavelab.at).

Topics of research

Computational Geometry and Applications Lab:

computational geometry,
algorithms and data structures (particularly those with a geometric flavor),
algorithm engineering,
program design, robustness and reliability,
GPU-based computing, and
applications of geometric algorithms and data structures in, e.g., computer-aided (geometric) design, computer-aided manufacturing, geographical information systems, computer graphics, visual computing, and virtual reality.
Further information CGA Lab: Computational Geometry and Applications

Multimedia Signal Processing and Security Lab:

multimedia security and biometrics,
medical image processing and analysis,
(wavelet-based) image and video compression,
visual object detection and tracking, and
visual data quality assessment.
Further information wavelab.at

Multimedia Communications & Security Lab:

wireless Internet multimedia communication,
intelligent caching solutions, and
IP multicast related work.
protocol and network measurements and security analysis
application and APP security measurements
operating system hardening against network intrusions

Expertise includes work on optimized protocols for wireless and satellite communications, Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)-based gateway architectures, transparent web caching and app acceleration techniques, multimedia and hypermedia web applications, app architectural design and developmemt, network and application security analysis traffic monitoring, measurement and analysis.