Selected Journal Publications:
[TOMCCAP'14] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Klara Nahrstedt, "OSM: Prioritized Evolutionary QoS Optimization for Interactive 3D Teleimmersion", Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, 2014.
[MULTIMEDIA'13] Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Raoul Rivas, Shu Shi, Pengye Xia, Klara Nahrstedt, Wanmin Wu, Gregorij Kurillo and Ruzena Bajcsy, Classification and Analysis of 3D Tele-immersive Activities, IEEE Multimedia Magazine, 2013.
[TOMCCAP'12] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefi n, Gregorij Kurillo, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajcsy, CZLoD: A Psychophysical Approach for 3D Tele-immersive Video, Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, Special Section on ACM MM Best Paper Candidates,September 2012.
[Most Notable Paper in Computing in 2012 by ACM Computing Reviews]
[MTAP'11] Klara Nahrstedt, Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Pooja Agarwal, Zixia Huang, Wanmin Wu, Zhenyu Yang, "QoS and Resource Management in Distributed Interactive Multimedia Environments," Multimedia Tools and Applications,2011.
[TOMCCAP'14] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Klara Nahrstedt, "OSM: Prioritized Evolutionary QoS Optimization for Interactive 3D Teleimmersion", Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, 2014.
[MULTIMEDIA'13] Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Raoul Rivas, Shu Shi, Pengye Xia, Klara Nahrstedt, Wanmin Wu, Gregorij Kurillo and Ruzena Bajcsy, Classification and Analysis of 3D Tele-immersive Activities, IEEE Multimedia Magazine, 2013.
[TOMCCAP'12] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefi n, Gregorij Kurillo, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajcsy, CZLoD: A Psychophysical Approach for 3D Tele-immersive Video, Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, Special Section on ACM MM Best Paper Candidates,September 2012.
[Most Notable Paper in Computing in 2012 by ACM Computing Reviews]
[MTAP'11] Klara Nahrstedt, Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Pooja Agarwal, Zixia Huang, Wanmin Wu, Zhenyu Yang, "QoS and Resource Management in Distributed Interactive Multimedia Environments," Multimedia Tools and Applications,2011.
Selected Conference Publications:
Multimedia Communications & QoS Management
[ICNP'13] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Rehana Tabassum, and Klara Nahrstedt, OpenSession: SDN-based Cross-layer Multi-stream Management Protocol for 3D Teleimmersion, In Proceedings of International Conference on Network Protocols, 2013. [acceptance rate =18% (46 out of 251)]
[MMSys'13] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas and Klara Nahrstedt, Prioritized Evolutionary Optimization in Open Session Management for 3D Tele-immersion, In Proceedings of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, 2013.
[acceptance rate = 26% (15 out of 56)]
[MM'13] Aadhar Jain, Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Chien-nan Chen, Klara Nahrsted, 3D Teleimmersive Activity Classification Based on Application-System Metadata, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2013. [acceptance rate= 30% (short paper)]
[ICDCS'12] Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Klara Nahrstedt and Pooja Agarwal, 4D TeleCast: Towards Large Scale Multi-Site and Multi-view Dissemination of 3DTI Contents, In Proceedings of International Conference of Distributed Computing and Systems, 2012. [acceptance rate= 13% (71 out of 515)]
[MMSys'12] Zixia Huang, Ahsan Arefin, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt and Wanmin Wu,Towards the Understanding of Human Perceptual Quality in Tele-immersive Shared Activity, In Proceedings of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, 2012.
[MM'11] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Gregorij Kurillo, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajcsy, Color-plus-Depth Level-of-Details in 3D Teleimmersive Video - A Psychophysical Approach, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2011.
[best student paper] [acceptance rate= 17% (58 out of 338)]
[ISM'10] Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt, Raoul Rivas, Jiawei Han, Zixia Huang, DIAMOND: Correlation-based Anomaly Monitoring Daemon for DIME, In Proc. of International Symposium on Multimedia, 2010. [acceptance rate= 31%]
[ISM'10] Wanmin Wu*, Ahsan Arefin*, Zixia Huang, Pooja Agarwal, Shu Shi, Raoul Rivas, Klara Nahrstedt "I'm the Jedi!" - A Case Study of User Experience in 3D Tele-Immersive Gaming, In Proc. of International Symposium on Multimedia, 2010. [acceptance rate= 31%] [*Equal contribution]
[ICDCS'09] Ahsan Arefin, Md Yusuf Sarwar Uddin, Indranil Gupta, Klara Nahrstedt, Q-Tree: A Multi-Attribute Based Query Solution for Tele-Immersive Framework, In Proc. of International Conference of Distributed Computing and Systems, 2009. [acceptance rate= 16% (74 out of 455)]
[MM'09] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Klara Nahrstedt, Renata Sheppard, Zhenyu Yang, Quality of Experience in Distributed Interactive Multimedia Environments: Toward a Theoretical Framework, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2009. [acceptance rate= 16% (50 out of 305)]
Distributed Systems Diagnosis & Network Management
[SIGCOMM'14] Peng Sun, Ratul Mahajan, Jennifer Rexford, LIhua Yuan, Ming Xhang, and Ahsan Arefin, Statesman: A Network State Management Service, In Proc. of International Conference of the ACM Special Group on Data Communication, 2014.
[ICDCS'13] Ahsan Arefin, Vishal Singh, Yueping Zhang, Guofei Jiang and Cristian Lumezanu, Diagnosing Data Center Behavior Flow by Flow, In Proc. of International Conference of Distributed Computing and Systems, 2013.
[acceptance rate= 13% (61 out of 464)]
[SRDS'11] Ahsan Arefin, Guofei Jiang, CloudInsight: Shedding Light on the Cloud, In Proc. of Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, 2011. [acceptance rate= 26% (23 out of 88)]
[MILCOM'11] Ahsan Arefin, Ahmed Khurshid, Matthew Caesar, Klara Nahrstedt, Scaling Data Plane Logging in Large Scale Networks, In Proc. of International Conference for Military Communication, 2011.
Multimedia Communications & QoS Management
[ICNP'13] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Rehana Tabassum, and Klara Nahrstedt, OpenSession: SDN-based Cross-layer Multi-stream Management Protocol for 3D Teleimmersion, In Proceedings of International Conference on Network Protocols, 2013. [acceptance rate =18% (46 out of 251)]
[MMSys'13] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas and Klara Nahrstedt, Prioritized Evolutionary Optimization in Open Session Management for 3D Tele-immersion, In Proceedings of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, 2013.
[acceptance rate = 26% (15 out of 56)]
[MM'13] Aadhar Jain, Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Chien-nan Chen, Klara Nahrsted, 3D Teleimmersive Activity Classification Based on Application-System Metadata, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2013. [acceptance rate= 30% (short paper)]
[ICDCS'12] Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Klara Nahrstedt and Pooja Agarwal, 4D TeleCast: Towards Large Scale Multi-Site and Multi-view Dissemination of 3DTI Contents, In Proceedings of International Conference of Distributed Computing and Systems, 2012. [acceptance rate= 13% (71 out of 515)]
[MMSys'12] Zixia Huang, Ahsan Arefin, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt and Wanmin Wu,Towards the Understanding of Human Perceptual Quality in Tele-immersive Shared Activity, In Proceedings of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, 2012.
[MM'11] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Gregorij Kurillo, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajcsy, Color-plus-Depth Level-of-Details in 3D Teleimmersive Video - A Psychophysical Approach, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2011.
[best student paper] [acceptance rate= 17% (58 out of 338)]
[ISM'10] Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt, Raoul Rivas, Jiawei Han, Zixia Huang, DIAMOND: Correlation-based Anomaly Monitoring Daemon for DIME, In Proc. of International Symposium on Multimedia, 2010. [acceptance rate= 31%]
[ISM'10] Wanmin Wu*, Ahsan Arefin*, Zixia Huang, Pooja Agarwal, Shu Shi, Raoul Rivas, Klara Nahrstedt "I'm the Jedi!" - A Case Study of User Experience in 3D Tele-Immersive Gaming, In Proc. of International Symposium on Multimedia, 2010. [acceptance rate= 31%] [*Equal contribution]
[ICDCS'09] Ahsan Arefin, Md Yusuf Sarwar Uddin, Indranil Gupta, Klara Nahrstedt, Q-Tree: A Multi-Attribute Based Query Solution for Tele-Immersive Framework, In Proc. of International Conference of Distributed Computing and Systems, 2009. [acceptance rate= 16% (74 out of 455)]
[MM'09] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Klara Nahrstedt, Renata Sheppard, Zhenyu Yang, Quality of Experience in Distributed Interactive Multimedia Environments: Toward a Theoretical Framework, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2009. [acceptance rate= 16% (50 out of 305)]
Distributed Systems Diagnosis & Network Management
[SIGCOMM'14] Peng Sun, Ratul Mahajan, Jennifer Rexford, LIhua Yuan, Ming Xhang, and Ahsan Arefin, Statesman: A Network State Management Service, In Proc. of International Conference of the ACM Special Group on Data Communication, 2014.
[ICDCS'13] Ahsan Arefin, Vishal Singh, Yueping Zhang, Guofei Jiang and Cristian Lumezanu, Diagnosing Data Center Behavior Flow by Flow, In Proc. of International Conference of Distributed Computing and Systems, 2013.
[acceptance rate= 13% (61 out of 464)]
[SRDS'11] Ahsan Arefin, Guofei Jiang, CloudInsight: Shedding Light on the Cloud, In Proc. of Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, 2011. [acceptance rate= 26% (23 out of 88)]
[MILCOM'11] Ahsan Arefin, Ahmed Khurshid, Matthew Caesar, Klara Nahrstedt, Scaling Data Plane Logging in Large Scale Networks, In Proc. of International Conference for Military Communication, 2011.
Selected Workshop Publications:
[NOSSDAV'11] Pooja Agarwal, Raoul Rivas, Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Klara Nahrstedt, SAS Kernel: Streaming as a Service Kernel for Correlated Multi-Streaming, In Proc. of ACM Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for Audio and Video, 2011. [acceptance rate= 34% (21 out of 61)]
[HPDC'10] Raoul Rivas, Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt Janus:A Cross-Layer Soft Real-Time Architecture for Virtualization, In Proc. of International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2010.
[NOSSDAV'11] Pooja Agarwal, Raoul Rivas, Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Klara Nahrstedt, SAS Kernel: Streaming as a Service Kernel for Correlated Multi-Streaming, In Proc. of ACM Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for Audio and Video, 2011. [acceptance rate= 34% (21 out of 61)]
[HPDC'10] Raoul Rivas, Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt Janus:A Cross-Layer Soft Real-Time Architecture for Virtualization, In Proc. of International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2010.
Posters and Demo Papers:
[ICNP'13] Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt, Multi-stream Frame Rate Guarantee using Cross-layer Synergy, International Conference on Network Protocols, 2013
[MM'11] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Gregorij Kurillo, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt and Ruzena Bajscy, A Psychophysical Approach for Real-time 3D Video Processing, ACM Multimedia Grand Challenge, 2011.
[MM'11] Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Raoul Rivas, Shu Shi, Wanmin Wu, Klara Nahrstedt, Tele-Immersive Gamings for Everybody, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2011.
[SC'09] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Wanmin Wu, Shu Shi, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Gregorij Kurillo , Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajscy, Next Generation 3D Tele-Immersion on High Performance Network, International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, 2009.
Industry and Public Demonstration:
[UIUC'10] Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt, Real-time Anomaly Monitoring Framework for DIME, Industry/Academia Symposium on 3D Applications, Content, and Systems Champaign, IL, UIUC, 2010.
[UIUC'09] Raoul Rivas, Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Shu Shi, Renata Sheppard, Klara Nahrstedt, MobileTI: A Portable 3D Collaborative System, First portable system performance at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, 2009.
[INTEL'09] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Shu Shi, Wanmin Wu, Klara Nahrstedt, Virtualized Tele-Immersive Spaces, Research Day at Intel, 2009.
[INTEL'09] Raoul Rivas, Ahsan Arefin, Wanmin Wu, Shu Shi, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Gregorij Kurillo, Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajscy, Development of Real-Time Multi-Party 3D Collaborative Architecture, Intel Development Forum (IDF’09), 2009.
[ICNP'13] Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt, Multi-stream Frame Rate Guarantee using Cross-layer Synergy, International Conference on Network Protocols, 2013
[MM'11] Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Gregorij Kurillo, Pooja Agarwal, Klara Nahrstedt and Ruzena Bajscy, A Psychophysical Approach for Real-time 3D Video Processing, ACM Multimedia Grand Challenge, 2011.
[MM'11] Ahsan Arefin, Zixia Huang, Raoul Rivas, Shu Shi, Wanmin Wu, Klara Nahrstedt, Tele-Immersive Gamings for Everybody, In Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2011.
[SC'09] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Wanmin Wu, Shu Shi, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Gregorij Kurillo , Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajscy, Next Generation 3D Tele-Immersion on High Performance Network, International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, 2009.
Industry and Public Demonstration:
[UIUC'10] Ahsan Arefin, Klara Nahrstedt, Real-time Anomaly Monitoring Framework for DIME, Industry/Academia Symposium on 3D Applications, Content, and Systems Champaign, IL, UIUC, 2010.
[UIUC'09] Raoul Rivas, Wanmin Wu, Ahsan Arefin, Shu Shi, Renata Sheppard, Klara Nahrstedt, MobileTI: A Portable 3D Collaborative System, First portable system performance at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, 2009.
[INTEL'09] Ahsan Arefin, Raoul Rivas, Shu Shi, Wanmin Wu, Klara Nahrstedt, Virtualized Tele-Immersive Spaces, Research Day at Intel, 2009.
[INTEL'09] Raoul Rivas, Ahsan Arefin, Wanmin Wu, Shu Shi, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Gregorij Kurillo, Klara Nahrstedt, Ruzena Bajscy, Development of Real-Time Multi-Party 3D Collaborative Architecture, Intel Development Forum (IDF’09), 2009.
