Course Schedule

Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

Lecture 1: Course Overview

Monday, January 24, 2022

Slides (pdf)

Lecture 2: RL-guided video streaming

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Neural Adaptive Video Streaming with Pensieve, SIGCOMM 2017

Lecture 3: Short-term, in-place learning for video streaming

Monday, January 31, 2022

Learning in Situ: a Randomized Experiment in Video Streaming, NSDI 2020

Lecture 4: ML-powered content enhancement for video streaming

Wednesday, Februrary 2, 2022

Neural Adaptive Content-aware Internet Video Delivery, OSDI 2018
Research project team formation due by Friday, 2/4 at 5pm ET

Lecture 5: Learned video compression for efficient storage

Monday, February 7, 2022

Perceptual Compression for Video Storage and Processing Systems, SoCC 2019

Lecture 6: ML-driven streaming QoE estimation on encrypted traffic

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Inferring Streaming Video Quality from Encrypted Traffic: Practical Models and Deployment Experience, SIGMETRICS 2020

Lecture 7: Predicting viewports for efficient panoramic video streaming

Monday, February 14, 2022

Flare: Practical Viewport-Adaptive 360-Degree Video Streaming for Mobile Devices, MobiCom 2018

Lecture 8: Super resolution-enhanced 360-degree video streaming

Wednesday, February 16 2022

Streaming 360-Degree Videos Using Super-Resolution, INFOCOM 2020

Lecture 9: Enhancing uploaded live video with neural networks

Monday, February 21, 2022

Neural-Enhanced Live Streaming: Improving Live Video Ingest via Online Learning, SIGCOMM 2020

Lecture 10: Volumetric video streaming (Guest Lecture: Rajrup Ghosh, USC)

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

ViVo: Visibility-Aware Mobile Volumetric Video Streaming, MobiCom 2020

In-Class Research Project Meetings

Monday, February 28, 2022

Lecture 11: Introduction to video conferencing

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Salsify: Low-Latency Network Video through Tighter Integration between a Video Codec and a Transport Protocol, NSDI 2018

No Class: Spring Recess

Monday, March 7, 2022

No Class: Spring Recess

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Lecture 12: Learned network-codec ties for conferencing

Monday, March 14, 2022

Learning to Coordinate Video Codec with Transport Protocol for Mobile Video Telephony, MobiCom 2019

Lecture 13: Online RL for network-aware video conferencing

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

OnRL: Improving Mobile Video Telephony via Online Reinforcement Learning, MobiCom 2020
Research project proposal due by 5pm ET

Lecture 14: Fusing learning and rule-based algorithms for conferencing

Monday, March 21, 2022

Loki: Improving Long Tail Performance of Learning-Based Real-Time Video Adaptation by Fusing Rule-Based Models, MobiCom 2021

Lecture 15: Judicious inference and tracking for lightweight augmented reality

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Frugal Following: Power Thrifty Object Detection and Tracking for Mobile Augmented Reality, SenSys 2019

Lecture 16: Fine-grained DNN scheduling on mobile device GPUs for efficient AR

Monday, March 28, 2022

Heimdall: Mobile GPU Coordination Platform for Augmented Reality Applications, MobiCom 2020

Lecture 17: Introduction to video analytics

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Chameleon: Scalable Adaptation of Video Analytics, SIGCOMM 2018

Lecture 18: Continuous learning for edge video analytics

Monday, April 4, 2022

Ekya: Continuous Learning of Video Analytics Models on Edge Compute Servers, NSDI 2022

Lecture 19: Efficient indexing using compressed models for retrospective analytics

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Focus: Querying Large Video Datasets with Low Latency and Low Cost, OSDI 2018

Lecture 20: Merging model layers for memory-efficient edge video analytics (Guest Lecture: Arthi Padmanabhan, UCLA)

Monday, April 11, 2022

GEMEL: Model Merging for Memory-Efficient, Real-Time Video Analytics at the Edge, In Submission

Lecture 21: Privacy in ML-based video analytics (Guest Lecture: Frank Cangialosi, MIT)

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Privid: Practical, Privacy-Preserving Video Analytics Queries, NSDI 2022

Class Research Presentations

Monday, April 18, 2022

Class Research Presentations

Wednesday, April 20, 2022