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Introduction to Multimedia Cloud Computing
10:30am 12:00 noon, Friday, May 20, 2011
ENG LG06, 245 Church St., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5B 2Z1
Dr. Wenwu Zhu
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia
Abstract:Cloud computing is an emerging technology aiming to
provide a variety of computing and storage services overthe
Internet. It generally incorporates Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), andSoftware as a Service
(SaaS). With Web 2.0&3.0, Internet multimedia is emerging as
services. To provide rich
media services, multimedia computing has emerged as a noteworthy
technology to generate, edit, process, searchmedia contents, such
as images, video, audio, graphics, etc.
In this talk I will introduce the principal concepts of
multimedia cloud computing and presents a novelframework. I will
present multimedia cloud computing from Multimedia-aware Cloud
(Media Cloud) andCloud-aware Multimedia (Cloud Media) perspectives.
More specifically, first, I will present Media Cloud,
whichaddresses how cloud can perform distributed multimedia
processing and storage, and provide Quality of Service(QoS)
provisioning for multimedia services. Then, I will present Cloud
Media, which addresses how multimediaservices and applications can
optimally utilize cloud computing resources to achieve better
Quality ofExperience (QoE). I will use eHealth Monitoring,
Photosynth, and Free Viewpoint Video as examples todemonstrate how
multimedia cloud computing works for mobile devices.
Speakers Biography:Wenwu Zhu is a Senior Researcher at the
Internet Media Group at Microsoft Research Asia. Prior to his
currentpost, he was a Principal Architect at Microsoft Advanced
Technology Center from 2008 to 2009. He was theDirector and Chief
Scientist of Intel Communication Technology Lab China as well as an
Intels PrincipalEngineer from 2004 to 2008. He was with Microsoft
Research Asia in the Internet Media Group and Wirelessand
Networking Group as the Research Manager from 1999 to 2004. He
worked at Bell Labs as a Member of
Technical Staff during 1996-1999. He has published over 200
papers in multimedia communications &networking and wireless
communications & networking. He is the inventor or co-inventor
of over 40 patents.His current research interest is in the area of
multimedia computing and communications.
Dr. Zhu has served on various editorial duties of IEEE journals,
including Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE J. ofSelected Areas in
Communications, IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, IEEE Trans.
on MobileComputing, IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, and IEEE Trans. on
CSVT. He is a recipient of the Best Paper Award
in IEEE Trans. on CSVT in 2001 and the Best Paper Award in 2004
from Multimedia Communication TechnicalCommittee in IEEE
Communications Society. He was the past Chair of IEEE CAS Society
VSPC TechnicalCommittee and the Steering Committee of IEEE Trans.
on Mobile Computing. He currently serves on theadvisory board of
International Journal of Handheld Computing Research. He will serve
as the TPC Co-Chairfor IEEE ISCAS 2013 in Beijing.
Dr. Zhu received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from the National
University of Science and Technology, China, in1985 and 1988,
respectively; his M.S. degree from Illinois Institute of
Technology, Chicago; and his Ph.D.degree from Polytechnic Institute
of New York University, New York, in 1993 and 1996, respectively,
all inElectrical and Computer Engineering.
Dr. Zhu is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Sponsoredby:DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering
CanadaResearchChairinMultimediaandComputerTechnologies
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