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Shervin Shirmohammadi, Ph.D., P.Eng., SM-IEEE
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (more info)
Associate Professor (short bio)

School of Information Technology and Engineering
University of Ottawa, Canada

Research Interests

Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) and Virtual Environments
Application Layer Multicasting and Overlay Networks
Adaptive P2P Audio/Video Streaming
Multimedia Assisted Rehabilitation Engineering

Publications

A Delaunay Triangulation Architecture Supporting Churn and User Mobility in MMVEs, ACM NOSSDAV, 2009.
Using Geometrical Routing for Overlay Networking in MMOGs, Springer's Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2009.
Compressed Domain Video Processing for Adaptation, Encryption, and Authentication, IEEE Multimedia, 2008.
A Survey of Application-Layer Multicast Protocols, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 2007.

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Research Projects
My research interests are in multimedia computing and communications, in a variety of distributed and collaborative systems, including the topics mentioned under Research Interests above.

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Research Funding Sponsors

Latest News
Prof. Shervin Shirmohammadi is selected as the 2009 Associate Editor of the Year in ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications

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Students

Teaching

ELG 7187 (ELG 5200): Software Engineering Project Management (Winter '06, '07, '08, Fall '09)
SEG 4105: Software Project Management (Fall '04, '05, '06, '07, '09)
ELG 4912: Electrical Engineering Design Project I (Fall '09)
CEG 4183: Higher Layer Network Protocols (Winter '04, '05; Fall '05, '06, '07)
CEG 4395: Computer Network Management (Winter '06, '07, '08)
CEG 4185: Computer Network Design (Winter '08)

Awards, Honours, etc.

Associate Editor of the Year, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, in Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments and Online Games.
First Prize (as supervisor), for poster “Online Adaptation for Video Sharing Applications”, Faculty of Engineering Research and Graduate Studies Poster Competition 2009

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Activities

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Massively Multiuser Online Gaming Systems and Applications, Springer's Multimedia Tools and Applications
Editorial Board, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications
Editorial Board, Springer's Multimedia Tools and Applications

Technical Program Committee:

TPC Co-Chair, Systems and Networking track, ACM Multimedia (2010)
TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games (2009)
ACM Multimedia Systems (2010)
ACM NOSSDAV (2010)
IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (2010)
IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems (2010)
IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (2010)
ACM NetGames (2009)
IEEE Workshop on P2P Distributed Virtual Environments (2009)
SPIE/ACM Multimedia Computing and Networking (2009)
International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments, IEEE Virtual Reality (2009)
IEEE Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications (2009)
IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (2009)
Int. Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (2009)

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Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi
SITE, 800 King Edward Ave., room 5-011
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5

shervin@site.uottawa.ca
Tel. +1 613 562-5800 extension 6206
Fax +1 613 562-5664