HTTP Adaptive Streaming: A Review on Current Advances and Future Challenges,

• Timmerer, C., Amirpour, H., Tashtarian, F., Afzal, S., Rizk, A., Zink, M., Hellwagner, H.

• ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, 2025.

MEDUSA: A Dynamic Codec Switching Approach in HTTP Adaptive Streaming,

• Lorenzi, D., Tashtarian, F., Hellwagner, H., Timmerer. C.

• ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, 2024.

On Optimizing the Charging Trajectory of Mobile Chargers in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach,

• Nowrozian, N., Tashtarian, F., Forghani, Y.

• Wireless Networks, Springer, 2023.

Performance Analysis of H2BR: HTTP/2-based Segment Upgrading to Improve the QoE in HAS,

• Nguyen, M., Amirpour, H., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer. C., Hellwagner, H.

• Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer journal, 2023.

HxL3: Optimized Delivery Architecture for HTTP Low-Latency Live Streaming,

• Tashtarian, F., Bentaleb, A., Erfanian, A., Hellwagner, H., Timmerer, C., Zimmermann, R.

• IEEE Transaction on Multimedia, 2022.

QoCoVi: QoE- and Cost-Aware Adaptive Video Streaming for the Internet of Vehicles,

• Erfanian, A., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.

• Elsevier Computer Communication, 2022.

CD-LwTE: Cost- and Delay-aware Light-weight Transcoding at the Edge,

• Erfanian, A., Amirpor, H., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.,

• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2022.

DoFP+: An HTTP/3-based Adaptive Bitrate Approach Using Retransmission Techniques,

• Nguyen, M., Lorenzi, D., Tashtarian, F., Hellwagner, H., Timmerer, C.,

• IEEE Access, 2022.

CoPaM: Cost-aware VM Placement and Migration for Mobile services in Multi-Cloudlet environment: An SDN-based approach,

• Shahryari, S., Tashtarian, F., Hosseini-Senoc, S.

• Elsevier Computer Communication, 2022.

ARARAT: A Collaborative Edge-Assisted Framework for HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming,

• Farahani, R., Shojafar, M., Timmerer, C., Tashtarian, F., Ghanbari, M., Hellwagner, H.

• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2022.

LwTE: Light-weight Transcoding at the Edge,

• Erfanian, A., Amirpour, H., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.,

• IEEE Access, 2021.

OSCAR: On Optimizing Resource Utilization in Real-time Video Streaming,

• Erfanian, A., Tashtarian, F., Zabrovskiy, A., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.,

• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2020.

An SDN-based Framework for Maximizing Throughput and Balanced Load Distribution in A Cloudlet Network

• Shahryari, S., Hosseini Seno, S.A, Tashtarian, F.,

• The Future Generation Computer Systems, 2020.

Load-Balancing Algorithm for Multiple Gateways in Fog-based Internet of Things,

• Banaie, F., Yaghmae, M.H., Hosseini Seno S.A., Tashtarian, F.,

• IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020.

CoDeC: A Cost-Effective and Delay-Aware SFC Deployment,

• Tashtarian, F., Faten Zhani, M., Fatemipour, B., Yazdani, B.,

• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2019.

S2VC: An SDN-based Framework for Maximizing QoE in SVC-Based HTTP Adaptive Streaming,

• Tashtarian, F., Erfanian. A, and Varasteh, A.,

• Elsevier Computer Networks, 2018.

Multihop Data Gathering in wireless Sensor Networks with A Mobile Sink,

• Tashtarian, F., Sohraby, K., and Varasteh, A.,

• International Journal of Communication Systems, 2017.

Distributed Lifetime Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks using Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers,

• Tashtarian, F., Montazerolghaem, A., and Varasteh, A.,

• International Journal of Communication Systems, 2017.

A Load-Balanced Call Admission Controller for IMS Cloud Computing,

• Montazerolghaem, A., Moghaddam, M.H.Y., Leon-Garcia, A., Naghibzadeh, Tashtarian, F.,

• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, January 2016.

Overload Mitigation Mechanism for VoIP Networks: A Transport Layer Approach Based on Resource Management,

• Montazerolghaem, A., Hosseini Seno, S. A., Moghaddam, M. H. Y., Tashtarian, F.,

• Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2016.

Controlling Mobile Sink Trajectory for Data Harvesting in WSNs,

• Tashtarian, F., Majma, M.R., Pedram, H., TakhtFooladi, M.D.,

• Wireless Personal Communications, 2016.

On Maximizing the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks in Event-Driven Applications with Mobile Sinks,

• Tashtarian, F., Moghaddam, M. H. Y., Sohraby, K., Effati, S.,

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2015.

ODT: Optimal Deadline-based Trajectory for Mobile Sinks in WSN: A Decision Tree and Dynamic Programming Approach,

• Tashtarian, F., Moghaddam, M.H.Y., Sohraby, K., Effati, S.,

• Elsevier Computer Networks, 2015.

Real-Time AI-Driven Avatar Generation for Sign Language in HTTP Adaptive Streaming,

• Lorenzi, D, Artioli, E. Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C.

• The 3rd ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Emerging Multimedia Systems (EMS'25)}, Coimbra, Portugal, September 8 - 11, 2025.

End-to-End Learning-based Video Streaming Enhancement Pipeline: A Generative AI Approach,

• Artioli, E. Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C.

• ACM 35th Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV’25), Stellenbosch, South Africa, 31 March – 3 April 2025.

ALPHAS: Adaptive Bitrate Ladder Optimization for Multi-Live Video Streaming,

• Tashtarian, F., Dolati, M., Lorenzi, D., Mozhganfar, M., Gorinsky, S., Khonsari, A., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.,

• The IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), London, United Kingdom, May 19–22, 2025, (acceptance rate: 18.6; quality factor: A*).

Adaptive Quality and Energy Enhancement in Video Streaming with RecABR,

• Lorenzi, D. Tashtarian, F., and Timmerer, C.

• The 4th Mile-High Video Conference (MHV’25), Marriott DTC, Denver, Feb. 18–20, 2025.

Generative AI for Realistic Voice Dubbing Across Languages,

• Artioli, E., Lorenzi, D., Tashtarian, F., and Timmerer, C.

• The 4th Mile-High Video Conference (MHV’25), Marriott DTC, Denver, Feb. 18–20, 2025.

In-Band Quality Notification from Users to ISPs,

• Peroni, L., Gorinsky, S., Tashtarian, F.

• The IEEE 13th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27–29 November 2024.

MVCD: Multi-Dimensional Video Compression Dataset,

• H. Amirpour1, M. Ghasempour1, Tashtarian, F., A. Telili, S. Afzal, W. Hamidouche, C. Timmerer.

• The IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing (IEEE VCIP) Conference, Tokyo, Japan, December 8-11, 2024.

PyStream: Enhancing Video Streaming Evaluation,

• S. Radler, S., Prüller, L., Artioli, E., Tashtarian, F., and Timmerer, C.

• The 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys'24), Technical Demo Track, Bari, Italy, April 15-18, 2024.

COCONUT: Content Consumption Energy Measurement Dataset for Adaptive Video Streaming,

• Tashtarian, F., Daniele Lorenzi, D., Amirpour, H., Afzal, S., Timmerer, C.

• The 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys'24)- Open-source Software and Datasets Track, Bari, Italy, April 15-18, 2024.

VEEP: Video Encoding Energy and CO2 Emission Prediction,

• Lachini A., Hoi, M., Afzal, S., Linder, S., Tashtarian, F., Prodan, R., Timmerer, C.

• The 2nd Second International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop (GMSys'24), Italy, April 15-18, 2024.

DIGITWISE: Digital Twin-based Modeling of Adaptive Video Streaming Engagement,

• Artioli, E., Tashtarian, F., and Timmerer, C.

• The 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, Bari, Italy, April 15-18, 2024.

E-WISH: An Energy-aware ABR Algorithm For Green HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming,

• Lorenzi, D., Nguyen, M., Tashtarian, F., and Timmerer, C.

• The International Conference on Mile-Highe Video, Marriott DTC, Denver Feb. 11-14, 2024.

Empowerment of Atypical Viewers via Low-Effort Personalized Modeling of Video Streaming Quality,

• Peroni, L., Gorinsky, S., Tashtarian, F., and Timmerer, C.

• The 19th International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT), Paris, France, December 5-8, 2023.

Community-based QoE Enhancement for User-Generated Content Live Streaming,

• Saeedinia, R., Fatemi, S.O., Lorenzi, D., Tashtarian, F., and Timmerer, C.

• The 13th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering (ICCKE), Mashad, Iran, November 1-2, 2023.

ARTEMIS: Adaptive Bitrate Ladder Optimization for Live Video Streaming,

• Tashtarian, F., Bentaleb, A., Amirpour, H., Gorinsky, S., Jiang, J., Hellwagner, H., and Timmerer, C.

• The 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), APRIL 16–18, SANTA CLARA, CA, USA, 2024. (acceptance rate: 18.6; quality factor: A*)

LALISA: Adaptive Bitrate Ladder Optimization in HTTP-based Adaptive Live Streaming,

• Tashtarian, F., Bentaleb, A., Amirpour, H., Taraghi, B, Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H., and Zimmermann, R.

• The 36th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 8-12 May- Miami, FL, USA, 2023.

MCOM-Live: A Multi-Codec Optimization Model at the Edge for Live Streaming,

• Lorenzi, D., Tashtarian, F., Amirpour, H., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.

• The 29th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling (MMM) 9 – 12 January, Bergen, Norway, 2023.

Which CDN to Download From? A Client and Server Strategy,

• Bentaleb, A., Farahani, R., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H., and Zimmermann, R.

• Mile-High Video (MHV), 8-10 May- Denver, USA, 2023.

OTEC: an optimized transcoding task scheduler for cloud and fog environments,

• Afzal, S., Tashtarian, F., Hadian, H., Erfanian, A., Timmerer, C., Prodan, R.

• The 2nd International Workshop on Design, Deployment, and Evaluation of Network-Assisted Video Streaming (ViSNext), 6-9 December, Rome, Italy, 2022.

Low Latency Live Streaming in DASH and HLS,

• Bentaleb, A., Zhan, Z., Tashtarian, F., Lim, M., Harous, S., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H., and Zimmermann, R.

• The 30th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM), Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.

LEADER: A Collaborative Edge- and SDN-Assisted Framework for HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming,

• Farahani, R., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C., Ghanbari, M., Hellwagner, H.

• The IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) May 16–20, Seoul, South Korea, 2022.

Video streaming using light-weight transcoding and in-network intelligence ,

• Erfanian, R., Amirpour H., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C, Hellwagner, H.

• Mile High Video (MHV), 2022.

RICHTER: Hybrid P2P-CDN Architecture for Low Latency Live Video Streaming,

• Farahani, R., Amirpour, H., Tashtarian, F., Bentaleb, A., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H., Zimmermann, R.

• Mile High Video (MHV), 2022.

Quality Optimization of Live Streaming Services over HTTP with Reinforcement Learning,

• Tashtarian, F., Falanji, R., Bentaleb, A., Erfanian, A., Mashhadi, PS., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H., Zimmermann, R.

• The IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Madrid, Spain, 2021.

LwTE-Live: Light-weight Transcoding at the Edge for Live Streaming,

• Erfanian, A., Amirpour, H., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.,

• The first ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Design, Deployment, and Evaluation of Network-Assisted Video Streaming (ViSNext ), Munich, Germany, 2021.

Days of Future Past: An Optimization-based Adaptive Bitrate Algorithm over HTTP/3,

• Lorenzi, D., Nguyen, M., Tashtarian, F., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H., Milani, S.,

• The 3rd ACM CoNEXT Workshop on the Evolution, Performance, and Interoperability of QUIC (EPIQ), Munich, Germany, 2021

A Distributed Delivery Architecture for User Generated Content Live Streaming over HTTP,

• Tashtarian, F., Bentaleb, A., Farahani, R., Nguyen, M., Timmerer, C. Hellwagner, H., Zimmermann, R.

• The 46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) Oct. 4-7, Edmonton, Canada, 2021.

CSDN: CDN-Aware QoE Optimization in SDN-Assisted HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming,

• Farahani, R., Tashtarian, F., Amirpour, H., Timmerer, C., Ghanbari, M., Hellwagner, H.,

• The 46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) Oct. 4-7, Edmonton, Canada, 2021.

ES-HAS: An Edge- and SDN-Assisted Framework for HTTPAdaptive Video Streaming,

• Farahani, R., Tashtarian, F., Erfanian, A., Timmerer, C., Ghanbari, M., Hellwagner, H.,

• The 31st Workshop on the network and operating systems support for digital audio and video (ACM NOSSDAV), 2021.

On Optimizing Resource Utilization in AVC-based Real-time Video Streaming,

• Erfanian, A., Tashtarian, F., Farahani, R., Timmerer, C., Hellwagner, H.,

• The 6th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (IEEE NetSoft), 2020.

On Maximizing QoE in AVC-Based HTTP Adaptive Streaming: An SDN Approach,

• Erfanian, A, Tashtarian, F., Moghaddam, M.H.Y,

• The IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS), Alberta, Canada, (2018).

An Optimal Spatial and Temporal Charging Schedule for Electric Vehicles in Smart Grid,

• Barabadi, B., Tashtarian, F., and Moghaddam, M.H.Y,

• The IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dubai, 2018.

Distributed Lifetime Optimization of Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Grid,

• Tashtarian, F., Montazerolghae, A., Nokar MA,

• The IEEE International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE), Oshawa, Canada, 2018.

Distributed VNF Scaling in Large-scale Datacenters: An ADMM-based Approach,

• Tashtarin, F., Varasteh, A., Montazerolghae, A., & Kellerer. W,

• The 17th IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), 27-30 October, Chengdu, China, 2017.

On Reliability-Aware Server Consolidation in Cloud Datacenters,

• Varasteh, A., Tashtarian, F., & Goudarzi, M.,

• The 16th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC), 2017.

Overload Control in SIP Networks: A Heuristic Approach Based on Mathematical Optimization,

• Montazerolghaem, A., Moghaddam, M.H.Y, & Tashtarian, F.,

• The IEEE GLOBECOM'15, 5-6 December, San Diego, USA, 2015.

Energy-Efficient Data Gathering Algorithm in Hierarchical WSNs with Mobile Sink,

• Tashtarian, F., Moghaddam, M.H.Y, & Effati, S.,

• The 2nd IEEE International eConference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering (ICCKE), Mashhad, Iran, 2012.

Maximizing the Lifetime of Daley-tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks Using Fuzzy System,

• Porshokooh, V. R., Haghighat, A. T., & Tashtarian, F.,

• The International Conference on Web Information Systems and Mining, Springer, September, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011.

EELLER: Energy Efficient-Low Latency Express Routing for WSNs,

• Mohebi, A., Tashtarian, F., Moghaddam, M.H.Y , & Honary, M.T.,

• The 2nd International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology (ICCET), 16-18 April Chengdu, China, 2010.

Optimal Location for Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks,

• Khodashahi, M.H., Tashtarian, F., Moghaddam, M.H.Y, & Honary, M.T.,

• The IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 19-21 April, Sydney, Australia, 2010.

A New Level-Based Clustering Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks,

• Tashtarian, F., Honary, M.T, Mazinani, M., Haghighat, A.T., & Chitizadeh, J.,

• The IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), March 31 – April 04, Doha, Qatar, 2008.

An Energy-Efficient Data Reporting Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks,

• Tashtarian, F., Honary, M.T, Mazinani, M., Haghighat, A.T., Chitizadeh, J.,

• The IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), March 31 – April 04, Doha, Qatar, 2008.

Optimal Distributed Algorithm for Minimum Connected Dominating Sets in WSNs,

• Raei, H., Sarram, M., Adibniya, F., & Tashtarian, F.,

• The 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), September 29 – October 2, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, 2008.

Directional Rumor Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks,

• Shokrzadeh, H., Haghighat, A. T., Tashtarian, F., & Nayebi, A.,

• The 3rd IEEE/IFIP International Conference in Central Asia on Internet (ICI), 26-28 September, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2007.

A Competitive Clustering Scheme for Prolonging the Lifetime of WSNs,

• Honary, M. T., Chitizadeh, J., & Tashtarian, F.,

• The 6th IEEE International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS), 10-13 December, Singapore, 2007.

A New Energy-Efficient Level-based Clustering Algorithm for WSNs,

• Tashtarian, F., Honary, M. T., Haghighat, A. T., & Chitizadeh, J.,

• The 6th IEEE International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS 2007), 10-13 December, Singapore, 2007.

A New Energy-Efficient Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks,

• Tashtarian, F., Haghighat, A. T., Honary, M. T., & Shokrzadeh, H.,

• The 15th IEEE International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), 27-29 September, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2007.