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Interest Groups
Based on the research interests of our members, we are initiating 12 IGs led by experts and active researchers in each area. Detailed info about
the IG charters, focus areas of each IG, and their activities will be
announced at this site and through the reflector soon. The 12 IGs are:
(QoEIG) QoE for Multimedia Communications
Chair: Lingfen Sun, University of Plymouth, UK
Vice-chairs: Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, Italy
Weisi Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Advisor: Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, USA
(ASPIG) Acoustic and Speech Processing for Communications
Chair: Hsiao-chun Wu, Louisiana State University, USA
Vice-chairs: Pei-Jung Chung, University of Edinburgh, UK
Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University, USA
Advisor: Jerry Gibson,
UCSB, USA
(VAIG) Visual Analysis and Content Management for Communications
Chair: Xian-Sheng Hua, Microsoft Research Asia China
Vice-chairs: Gang Hua, IBM Research, USA
Benoit Huet, EURECOM, France
Advisor: Huifang Sun, MERL Research, USA
(IMVCIG) Image & Video coding
Chair: Alexis Michael Tourapis, Dolby Labs, USA
Vice-chairs: Jacky Shen, Microsoft Research Asia China
Frank Bossen, Docomo Lab, USA
Advisor: Gary Sullivan, Microsoft USA
(MSIG) Media Streaming
Chair: Ivan V. Bajic, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Vice-chairs: Yufeng Shan, Cisco, USA
Lifeng Sun, Tsinghua University, China
Advisor: John Apostolopoulos, HP Labs, USA
(SecIG) Media Processing and Communications Security
Chair: Tansu Alpcan, Technical University Berlin Germany
Vice-chairs: Jiangtao (Gene) Wen, Tsinghua University, China
Min Wu, University of Maryland, USA
Advisor: Tamer Basar, UIUC, USA
(3DRPCIG) 3D rendering, Processing and Communications (3DRPC IG website)
Chair: Irene Cheng, University of Alberta Canada
Vice-chairs: Pietro Zanutigh, University of Padua, Italy
Ghassan Alregib, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Advisor: Joern Ostermann, University of Hannover, Germany
(WTMCIG) Wireless Technology for Multimedia Communications
Chair: Xianbin Wang,
University of Western Ontario, Canada
Vice-chairs: Yinjun (Angela) Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Yi Qian, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
Advisor: Fumiyuki Adachi, Tohoku University, Japan
(GMCIG) Green Multimedia Communications
Chair: Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University, USA
Vice-chairs: Yung Yi, KAIST Korea
Priya Mahadevan, PARC, US
Advisor: Vincent Poor, Princeton University, USA
(DSNIG) Distributed and Sensor Networks for Mobile Media Computing and Applications
Chair: Andres Kwasinski, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Vice-chairs: Tommaso Melodia, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, USA
Deniz Gunduz, CTTC, Spain
Advisor: Richard Baraniuk, Rice University, USA
(MENIG) Multimedia Services and Applications over Emerging Networks
Chair: John Buford, Avaya Labs USA
Vice-chairs: Xiaotao Wu, Avaya Labs
Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Advisor: Joerg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
(CMCIG) Cross-layer Design for Multimedia Communications
Chair: Shiwen Mao, Auburn University USA
Vice-chairs: Dusit (Tao) Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Thinh Nguyen, Oregon State University USA
Song Ci,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA
Advisor: Ness Shroff, Ohio State University USA
(MCDIG) Multimedia Content Distribution: Infrastructure and Algorithms
Chair: Cheng Huang, Microsoft Research, USA
Vice-chairs: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Northwestern University, USA
Yonggang Wen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Advisor: Keith W. Ross, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA
IG Membership:
Membership is free.
Please contact IG chairs for more information about how to join each IG.
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