Media Networking for Cloud-based Media Surveillance Platform: MNL participating in FP7/SEC SAVASA project
Dec 16th
Media Networks Laboratory is participating in the FP7/SEC SAVASA Project, with a total budget of Eur 4M, aiming at providing a common platform for Surveillance Systems based on a cloud infrastructure. in the frame of this project MNL will implement the distributed video surveillance network (using cloud computing technology). Additionally MNL will develop the network security components for secure archive access and retrieval in the distributed video archive architecture based on an IP environment. The project started on December 12, 2011.
Project overview: The SAVASA project aims to create a common platform that provides for the decoupling of CCTV and Video More >
Expression of Interest
Nov 24th
The Media Networks Laboratory of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR “Demokritos” (http://www.medianetlab.gr) is seeking collaboration with an external Research Associate in the frame of EU-funded research projects in the fields of communications and networks.
Minimum qualifications:
- University degree (on Informatics/Telecommunications)
- Programming expertise (C/C++, Java, Python)
- Web applications development (HTML/CSS, Javascript, PHP)
- Thorough knowledge of network protocols (TCP/UDP, IPv4/v6, RTP, HTTP) and network technologies
- Fluent use of Greek and English
Also appreciated:
- MSc degree
- Experience in network management
- Experience in management of Cloud Computing infrastructures
- Experience in programmable networks
Send your CV to: gardikis [at] iit.demokritos.gr
An architecture for Media Ecosystem Deployment
Jul 6th
An architecture for the deployment of Media Ecosystems has been defined in the frame of the ICT ALICANTE project. A Media Ecosystem is an integrated environment bringing together Network operators, Service/Network Providers and end-users/prosumers which collaboratively offer and exploit resources in order to publish, share and consume media services. The architecture proposed incorporates several features in the context of the Future Internet, including virtualisation, cross-layer optimisation and content awareness. The relevant paper was presented in the IEEE ISCC, Corfu, Greece, June 2011. Read the article here.
Digital Terrestrial Television seminars
May 13th
Media Networks Laboratory ran a series of seminars to educate high school teachers on digital terrestrial television technology (DVB-T). The lectures were accompanied by a laboratory demonstration, where lecture attendees were presented a fully operational end-to-end DVB-T system. The seminars were organised by the Ministry of Lifelong Education. The presentation and a relevant information video (both in Greek) are available in the Education section.
W3C “Web and TV” Interest Group launched
Feb 14th
MNL participated in the Second W3C Web and TV Workshop, held in Berlin, February 8-9, 2011 and is now a full member of the newly launched “Web and TV” Interest Group of the W3C. The Web and TV Interest Group’s scope of work covers audio-visual content, e.g., broadcasting programs and Web pages, and related services delivered by satellite and terrestrial broadcasting, or via cable services, as well as delivery through IP.
The tasks the Interest Group will undertake include:
- Identification of requirements for the Web to function effectively with TV services on TV devices and TV-like devices; Note “TV services” here means all More >
Media Networking for Border Surveillance: MNL participating in FP7/SEC PERSEUS
Oct 6th
Media Networks Laboratory is participating in the ambitious FP7/SEC PERSEUS Project, with a total budget of Eur 42.2M, aiming at intelligent maritime border surveiilance. MNLab will design and implement the communication networks needed to interchange video/image/voice/data traffic among the heterogeneous surveillance system involved in the demonstration platform. The project will start on Jan 1, 2011.
Project Description: PERSEUS project proposes a large scale demonstration of a European Maritime surveillance system of systems, integrating the existing operational maritime surveillance systems (the French SPATIONAV, the Spanish SIVE, the Italian NCC and the Greek assets) and enhancing them with innovative capabilities to directly address More >
Building the Future Media Internet: ALICANTE project entering implementation phase
Sep 30th
The definition/specification phase of the EU-funded ALICANTE project has been successfully completed and the project is now entering the implementation phase. ALICANTE, in which the MediaNet Lab is actively participating, employs a Content-aware architecture for deploying Media Ecosystems in the Future Internet. Read more at the ALICANTE Website.
Novel IPTV functionalities over IMS
Sep 28th
New functionalities in IPTV over IMS architecture were developed, which optimize satisfaction of the end-user and resource utilization of the operator’s networks. Read more in the paper entitled “Adaptive IPTV services based on a novel IP Multimedia Subsystem“, accepted for publication at Int. J. of Multimedia Tools and Application, Springer.
1st IEEE Inter. Conf. on Energy Aware Computing
Sep 22nd
1st IEEE Inter. Conf. on Energy Aware Computing
Cairo, Egypt December 16–18, 2010
The International Conference on Energy Aware Computing (ICEAC) is a technical forum organized by the Middle East Energy Efficiency Research Center (MER) for presentation of advances in all aspects of energy efficient computing ranging from system platform architectures and features, methods and tools, to low power circuits. Specific topics include, but are not limited to the following four areas:
- Energy AwarePlatform Architecture
- Platform power management features
- Power delivery architectures
- Energy efficient data center architectures
- Platform thermal and acoustics
- Power electronics for energy efficient computing
- Low power embedded systems
- Energy AwareDevelopment Tools
- Methods and tools for forecasting More >
NCSR Demokritos – Summer School 2010
Jun 23rd
The National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, continuing a long tradition, organizes from 5 to July 16, 2010 Summer School Guidance and Information, addressed graduates and graduate students. The lectures of the Summer School is organized to:
A General Circle, which are generally the specialist fields of activity of the”D”to the latest research developments in each field, and Parallel three specificsessions , showing more specialized topics. The thematic areas to be covered within the school include:
- Basic Research in Science
- Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
- Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Environment-Energy-Security
- Information Technology-Telecommunications-Microelectronics
- Cultural Heritage
The lectures of the Summer School will be held by distinguished scientists from research centers More >
