Symmetricom QoE Expert Invited as Panelist & Speaker at First International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX)
23 July 2009 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Symmetricom�, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader of precise
time, synchronization and video quality management technologies
that optimize next generation networks, today announced that Dr.
Stefan Winkler, principal technologist for QoE Solutions, is
participating on the panel, �Quality of Experience: Tools, Targets
and Trends� at the First International Workshop on Quality of
Multimedia Experience (QoMEX �09) on Thursday, July 30, 2009 in San
Diego, Calif. At the conference, Dr. Winkler will also present his
paper �The Properties of Subjective Ratings in Video Quality
Experiments� during session 5 on Subjective Quality Assessment and
Verification II.
WHO:
� Dr. Stefan Winkler, principal technologist for QoE Solutions at
Symmetricom �
WHAT:
Panel Discussion: �Quality of Experience: Tools, Targets and
Trends� at QoMEX �09 Presentation: �The Properties of Subjective
Ratings in Video Quality Experiments� �
WHEN:
Thursday, July 30, 2009 �
WHERE:
Paradise Point Resort, 1404 Vacation Road, San Diego, CA 92109
On the panel, �Quality of Experience: Tools, Targets and
Trends,� participants will discuss new techniques needed to assess
and enhance multimedia experience from the user perspective. The
panel is chaired by Dr. Fernando Pereira from the Instituto
Superior T�cnico and Instituto de Telecomunica��es, Lisbon,
Portugal. Co-panelists include Dr. Alan Bovik from the University
of Texas, Dr. Sebastian M�ller from Deutsche Telekom Labs and Dr.
Gary Sullivan from Microsoft.
Additionally, in his presentation, Dr. Winkler will discuss
certain practical aspects of subjective ratings that are essential
to the design of efficient experiments. In particular, the talk
will focus on the distribution and variability of subjective
ratings, the effects of discrete rating scales and the number of
subjects needed.
Dr. Winkler has published more than 50 papers on perceptual
quality measurement and is the author of the book, �Digital Video
Quality.� He was the chief scientist and co-founder of Genista
Corporation, a provider of quality assurance solutions for IPTV and
mobile media and has held assistant professor positions at the
National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of
Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a member of the technical program
committee for QoMEX.
Symmetricom offers a unique approach to QoE with its video
quality management solutions designed to deliver unprecedented
understanding of video service quality. For information on the
company�s V-Factor� Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring
platform, visit:
http://www.symmetricom.com/products/qoe-assurance/.
About QoMEX
On July 29�31, 2009, QoMEX will bring together professionals and
scientists in multimedia quality and user experience from around
the world. The event is sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society
and Peta Media.
For more information, visit: http://www.qomex.org/.
About Symmetricom, Inc.
As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and
services, Symmetricom provides �Perfect Timing� to customers around
the world. Since 1985, the company�s solutions have helped define
the world�s time and frequency standards, delivering precision,
reliability and efficiency to wireline and wireless networks,
instrumentation and testing applications and network time
management. Deployed in more than 90 countries, the company�s
synchronization solutions include primary reference sources,
building integrated timing supplies (BITS), GPS timing receivers,
time and frequency distribution systems, network time servers and
ruggedized oscillators. Symmetricom also incorporates technologies
including Universal Timing Interface (UTI), Network Time Protocol
(NTP), IEEE 1588 (Precision Time Protocol), and others supporting
the world�s migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN).
Symmetricom�s QoE video quality management solutions provide the
tools necessary to accurately monitor and analyze video quality and
bring higher satisfaction levels to the end user. Symmetricom is
based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more
information, visit http://www.symmetricom.com.
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