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Overview

Tobias Hoßfeld is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work addresses various topics, which notably include:

  • Image and Video Quality Assessment
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Network Traffic and Congestion Control
  • Green IT and Sustainability
  • IoT Networks and Protocols
  • Video Coding and Compression Technologies
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Tobias Hoßfeld has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, highlighting consistent partnerships in their research projects. These frequent coauthors include:

  • Stefan Geißler (19 joint publications)
  • Frank Loh (19 joint publications)
  • Michael Seufert (17 joint publications)
  • Florian Wamser (14 joint publications)
  • Fabian Poignée (10 joint publications)

The scientist has contributed to a range of publication venues. The most common among these are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 10 publications
  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 7 publications
  • IEEE Communications Magazine with 5 publications
  • NOMS 2022-2022 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium with 5 publications
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management with 4 publications

Selected recent papers by Tobias Hoßfeld include:

  • YouTube Dataset on Mobile Streaming for Internet Traffic Modeling and Streaming Analysis, 2022, Scientific Data
  • An Introduction to Online Video Game QoS and QoE Influencing Factors, 2022, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
  • Energy-Aware Service Function Chain Embedding in Edge-Cloud Environments for IoT Applications, 2021, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Towards LoRaWAN without Data Loss: Studying the Performance of Different Channel Access Approaches, 2022, Sensors
  • Uplink vs. Downlink: Machine Learning-Based Quality Prediction for HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming, 2021, Sensors

This body of work reflects Tobias Hoßfeld's engagement with contemporary issues in networking, streaming technologies, and IoT, complemented by empirical studies and analysis of quality factors in communication networks and video technologies.

Best Publications

  • A generic quantitative relationship between quality of experience and quality of service

    M. Fiedler;T. Hossfeld;Phuoc Tran-Gia

  • A Survey on Quality of Experience of HTTP Adaptive Streaming

    Michael Seufert;Sebastian Egger;Martin Slanina;Thomas Zinner

  • Qualinet White Paper on Definitions of Quality of Experience

    Kjell Brunnström;Sergio Ariel Beker;Katrien de Moor;Ann Dooms

  • Quantification of YouTube QoE via Crowdsourcing

    Tobias Hoßfeld;Michael Seufert;Matthias Hirth;Thomas Zinner

  • Initial delay vs. interruptions: Between the devil and the deep blue sea

    T. Hossfeld;S. Egger;R. Schatz;M. Fiedler

  • Best Practices for QoE Crowdtesting: QoE Assessment With Crowdsourcing

    Tobias Hossfeld;Christian Keimel;Matthias Hirth;Bruno Gardlo

  • An Evaluation of QoE in Cloud Gaming Based on Subjective Tests

    Michael Jarschel;Daniel Schlosser;Sven Scheuring;Tobias Hoßfeld

  • Challenges of QoE management for cloud applications

    T. Hobfeld;R. Schatz;M. Varela;C. Timmerer

  • Interfaces, attributes, and use cases: A compass for SDN

    Michael Jarschel;Thomas Zinner;Tobias Hossfeld;Phuoc Tran-Gia

  • SOS: The MOS is not enough!

    Tobias Hobfeld;Raimund Schatz;Sebastian Egger

  • Internet video delivery in youtube: from traffic measurements to quality of experience

    Tobias Hoßfeld;Raimund Schatz;Ernst Biersack;Louis Plissonneau

  • Waiting times in quality of experience for web based services

    S. Egger;T. Hossfeld;R. Schatz;M. Fiedler

  • Anatomy of a Crowdsourcing Platform - Using the Example of Microworkers.com

    Matthias Hirth;Tobias Hoßfeld;Phuoc Tran-Gia

  • Analyzing costs and accuracy of validation mechanisms for crowdsourcing platforms

    Matthias Hirth;Tobias Hoßfeld;Phuoc Tran-Gia

  • From packets to people: quality of experience as a new measurement challenge

    Raimund Schatz;Tobias Hoßfeld;Lucjan Janowski;Sebastian Egger

  • Gaming in the clouds: QoE and the users’ perspective

    Michael Jarschel;Daniel Schlosser;Sven Scheuring;Tobias Hoßfeld

  • The memory effect and its implications on web QoE modeling

    Tobias Hosfeld;Sebastian Biedermann;Raimund Schatz;Alexander Platzer

  • Assessing effect sizes of influence factors towards a QoE model for HTTP adaptive streaming

    Tobias Hoßfeld;Michael Seufert;Christian Sieber;Thomas Zinner

  • QoE beyond the MOS: an in-depth look at QoE via better metrics and their relation to MOS

    Tobias Hoßfeld;Poul E. Heegaard;Martín Varela;Sebastian Möller

  • “Time is bandwidth”? Narrowing the gap between subjective time perception and Quality of Experience

    Sebastian Egger;Peter Reichl;Tobias Hosfeld;Raimund Schatz

  • Efficient simulation of large-scale p2p networks: packet-level vs. flow-level simulations

    Kolja Eger;Tobias Hoßfeld;Andreas Binzenhöfer;Gerald Kunzmann

  • Impact of frame rate and resolution on objective QoE metrics

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  • A Survey of Emerging Concepts and Challenges for QoE Management of Multimedia Services

    Lea Skorin-Kapov;Martín Varela;Tobias Hoßfeld;Kuan-Ta Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Phuoc Tran-Gia
Phuoc Tran-Gia University of Würzburg
Wolfgang Kellerer
Wolfgang Kellerer Technical University of Munich
Raimund Schatz
Raimund Schatz Austrian Institute of Technology
Burkhard Stiller
Burkhard Stiller University of Zurich
Sebastian Möller
Sebastian Möller Technical University of Berlin
Hermann de Meer
Hermann de Meer University of Passau
Kuan-Ta Chen
Kuan-Ta Chen Academia Sinica
Helen C. Purchase
Helen C. Purchase Monash University
Andreas Nüchter
Andreas Nüchter University of Würzburg
Masayuki Murata
Masayuki Murata Osaka University

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