2011 RYERSON DISTINGUISHED LECTURE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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 over the Internet. It generally incorporates Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software 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, search media contents, such as images, video, audio, graphics, etc. In this talk I will introduce the principal concepts of multimedia cloud computing and presents a novel framework. I will present multimedia cloud computing from Multimedia-aware Cloud (Media Cloud) and Cloud-aware Multimedia (Cloud Media) perspectives. More specifically, first, I will present Media Cloud, which addresses 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 multimedia services and applications can optimally utilize cloud computing resources to achieve better Quality of Experience (QoE). I will use eHealth Monitoring, Photosynth, and Free Viewpoint Video as examples to demonstrate 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 current post, he was a Principal Architect at Microsoft Advanced Technology Center from 2008 to 2009. He was the Director and Chief Scientist of Intel Communication Technology Lab China as well as an Intels Principal Engineer from 2004 to 2008. He was with Microsoft Research Asia in the Internet Media Group and Wireless and 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. of Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, 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 Technical Committee in IEEE Communications Society. He was the past Chair of IEEE CAS Society VSPC Technical Committee and the Steering Committee of IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing. He currently serves on the advisory board of International Journal of Handheld Computing Research. He will serve as the TPC Co-Chair for IEEE ISCAS 2013 in Beijing. Dr. Zhu received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from the National University of Science and Technology, China, in 1985 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 in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zhu is a Fellow of the IEEE. Sponsoredby: DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering CanadaResearchChairinMultimediaandComputerTechnologies