Description
Leader of the group Distributed and Interactive Systems: Pablo Santiago César Garcia.
For more information, visit our webpage: www.dis.cwi.nl
YouTube channel and Twitter account
Our research group focuses on facilitating and improving the way people access media and communicate with others and with the environment. We address key problems for society and science, resulting from the dense connectivity of content, people, and devices. We use recognised scientific methods, following a full-stack, experimental, and human-centered approach.
We base our results on realistic testing grounds and data sets, and embrace areas such as wearable technology and smart textiles, immersive media, and languages and infrastructures. Distributed and Interactive Systems is an outward-looking research group, and we enjoy a number of fruitful partnerships with companies and organisations in the areas of creative industries and smart cities.
Our group transfers knowledge through scientific publications, standards bodies, open-source implementations and consultancy. We pride ourselves on pushing boundaries, leading the way for others to follow.
News
Joint industrial PhD program with Xinhuanet
CWI has launched a joint industrial PhD program with Xinhuanet in the research area of Social Internet of Things (IoT), smart textiles, and physiological computing. Xinhuanet Co. Ltd. is a key website in China with global influence, sponsored by Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese national news agency.
Monitoring the Engagement of Groups with Sensors
The PhD thesis of CWI PhD student Chen Wang of the Distributed and Interactive (DIS) group reports on research to design a GSR system that can support and enhance actors’ awareness of remote audiences in a distributed theatrical environment.
MediaSync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization published
Recently, "MediaSync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization" edited by DIS members Pablo Cesar and Jack Jansen has been published by Springer.
DIS at CHI 2018
The Distributed and Interactive Systems group from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) will be present at CHI 2018 showcasing their research on a case-study of developing a multi-sensory clubbing experience during Amsterdam Dance Event 2016, designing preproduction tools for multiscreen TV viewing, and classifying news media sympathy on Twitter after crisis events.
Members
Associated Members
Publications
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Het web gaat de verkeerde kant op - FOK.nl - 01-05-18. (2018). Het web gaat de verkeerde kant op - FOK.nl - 01-05-18.
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Het web gaat de verkeerde kant op - MSN.com - 01-05-18. (2018). Het web gaat de verkeerde kant op - MSN.com - 01-05-18.
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Internet in 25 jaar gemeengoed - Reformatorisch Dagblad - 01-05-18. (2018). Internet in 25 jaar gemeengoed - Reformatorisch Dagblad - 01-05-18.
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Met Mosaic begon het internet van nu - Barneveldse Krant.nl - 01-05-18. (2018). Met Mosaic begon het internet van nu - Barneveldse Krant.nl - 01-05-18.
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Browser Mosaic bestaat 25 jaar – AG Connect – 01-05-18. (2018). Browser Mosaic bestaat 25 jaar – AG Connect – 01-05-18.
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Met Mosaic begon het internet van nu - Wel.nl - 01-05-18. (2018). Met Mosaic begon het internet van nu - Wel.nl - 01-05-18.
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Montagud Climent, M.A, Cesar Garcia, P.S, Boronat, F, & Jansen, A.J (Eds.). (2018). MediaSync: Handbook on Multimedia Synchronization. (M.A Montagud Climent, P.S Cesar Garcia, F Boronat, & A.J Jansen, Eds.). Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65840-7
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Gu, J, Meng, G, Redi, J.A, Xiang, S, & Pan, C. (2018). Blind Image Quality Assessment via Vector Regression and Object Oriented Pooling,. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.
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Shirzadian, N, Redi, J.A, Röggla, T, Panza, A, Nack, F.-M, & Cesar Garcia, P.S. (2017). Immersion and togetherness: How live visualization of audience engagement can enhance music events. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology. (pp. 488–507). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8_34
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Schmitt, M.R, Redi, J.A, Bulterman, D.C.A, & Cesar Garcia, P.S. (2017). Towards individual QoE for multi-party video conferencing. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, PP(99). doi:10.1109/TMM.2017.2777466
Software
MP3DG: development framework for point cloud compression algorithms
MP3DG is a software framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of point cloud compression algorithms. It has been developed in the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group as an extension of the open Point Cloud Library (PCL).
Invisible XML: parsing any format into XML
Invisible XML is based on the idea that data in any parsable format can be treated as XML -- a format that is readable by machines as well as humans -- without the need for markup.
QoE Testbed: Performing quality studies on video-conferencing systems
The QoE Testbed is a set of tools for conducting Quality of Experience (QoE) studies for video-conferencing.
VideoLat: Measuring end-to-end delays in A/V systems
VideoLat is a toolset to measure the delays of audio-visual pipelines, such as teleconferencing systems.
Ambulant: An open media player for SMIL presentations
The Ambulant Open SMIL Player is an open-source media player with support for SMIL, a W3C XML standard to describe multimedia presentations.
Current projects with external funding
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Creating and Delivering Shared and Personalised Multi-Screen Broadcast and Broadband Experiences (2-IMMERSE)
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Project Cairo: an intelligent soft-robotic jacket (Cairo)
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Overeenkomst met Xinhua Network(deel 2): Cooperation of Industry Doctor (PPS Xinhua Network (deel 2))
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An end-to-end system for the production and delivery of photorealistic social immersive virtual reality experiences (VRTogether)
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WEAR SUSTAIN (WEAR)
Related partners
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British Telecom
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Byborre
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CERTH
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ChyronHego AB
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FOM-AMOLF
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i2CAT
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Illuminations (Television) Limited
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Institut fur Rundfunktechnik
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Xinhua Network
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Artanim
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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ByBorre
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Cisco International Limited
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ENTROPY ZERO SL
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EL FARO DEL FUTURO SL
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IMEC
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TNO
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VIACCESS