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Abbas Javadtalab

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Homepage: https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~abbasj/


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EDUCATION


2015 ~ 2017

Postdoctoral Fellow in IT department at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), QC, Canada


  • Research title:
    1. Transcoder-aided region of interest streaming over heterogeneous networks for 360-degree video on demand. (2017)
    2. Transcoder-aided multipoint real-time video conferencing over heterogeneous networks. (2016)
  • 2009 ~ 2015

    Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada


  • Cumulative GPA 4/4
  • Dissertation: An end-to-end solution for high-definition video conferencing over best effort networks
  • 2002 ~ 2005

    M.S. in Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN


  • Cumulative GPA~ 3.6/4.0
  • Core course areas: multimedia communications, computer networks, signal processing, computer architecture, fault-tolerant system, etc.
  • Dissertation: Proxy Caching for Video on Demand Over the Internet
  • 1997 ~ 2002

    B.Sc. in Computer Engineering: : Major in Computer hardware, Arak Azad University, Arak, IRAN


  • Graduated with distinction
  • Dissertation: Research and Analysis on Arithmetic and Logic Operator in High Speed Mode (Current Mode)

  • HONORS & AWARDS


    July 2017

    Short-listed on Natural sciences and Engineering Research council of Canada (NSERC-PDF 2017)

    August 2016

    Mitacs postdoctoral fellowship

    August 2015

    Mitacs postdoctoral fellowship

    April 2014

    Cisco project grant " Error-Resilient Scalable Adaptive Live Video Streaming over Best Effort Networks, Cisco Systems Inc.

    January 2010

    Second place, IBM Extreme Blue Case Study Competition, Ottawa Region, IBM Corp.

    2004

    Among the top 2 percent of all MSc students all MSc in computer system architecture major and Among the top 5 percent of all MSc students of the MSc computer engineering department of Sharif University of Technology, ACM Tehran, IRAN

    WORK/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE


    2015 ~ 2017

    Researcher, Industrial Postdoc, Vantrix.


  • Designed and developed End-to-End WebRTC based video conferencing solution using OpenWebRTC called OpenTranscoder.
  • Integrated OpenTranscoder with Vatrix trascoder solution.
  • Developed some filters for Gstreamer in video processing categories.
  • Upgraded and ported the Vantrix solution from Gstreamer 0.10 to Gstreamer 1.7.X version.
  • Designed a video proxy based on the Vantrix transcoder solution.
  • Write Test Suite using Google Junit and JS Test Case to perform FT test of implemented component
  • Integrated AppRTC, StunServer,TurnServer solution and Google App Engine SDK in Vantrix system.
  • 2014 ~ 2015

    R&D member , Ericsson, Montreal, QC.


  • Designed and developed JSON Parser and integrate with Universal Cache (UC) Solution (OO C++ ).
  • Designed and Prototype and test a sketch design to integrate of the UC and FABRIX (OO C++ ).
  • Write Test Suite using Google Junit Test Case to perform FT test of implemented component.
  • Improved SNMP v2 Agent to send some statistical information to the log server (In python).
  • Improved UC loader to check if all configuration files are correct (In Bash Scripting Language).
  • Submitted a patent in Proxy Caching: Abbas Javadtalab, "Proxy Caching for Video on Demand over the Internet", Ericsson, 2015.
  • 2010 ~ 2014

    R&D Collaboration, Magor Corp, Ottawa, Ontario


  • Designed a new Rate controller specifically for High Definition Video Conferencing (HDVC).
  • Developed and Integrated Dynamic Rate Contoller for Magor Telepresence Solution.
  • Filed a patent in rate controller: Abbas Javadtalab and Shervin Shirmohammadi, "Dynamic Rate Control Algorithm for High Definition Video Conferencing" U.S. Patent Pending 15265-000018/US. 2012.
  • Designed and developed a congestion prediction method to predict congestion on the network
  • Filed a Patent on Congestion prediction system: Aziz Khanchi, Mehdi Semsarzadeh, Abbas Javadtalab, Shervin Shirmohammadi, "Network Congestion Prediction" US Patent Pending 61/639,531, 2012.
  • Published some papers and a Demo in Academic Workshops, conferences, Journals.
  • 2009 ~ 2014

    Graduate Research Assistant at the Distributed & Collaborative Virtual Environments Research (DISCOVER) LAB, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa


  • Created video rate controller for high-definition video conferencing (HDVC). (
  • Designed Congestion prediction method for video conferencing over Internet.
  • Implemented Network bandwidth calculation method for UDP-Based for live video communication.
  • Designed and developed rate controller for multi-view video coded (HEVC).
  • Designed and developed congestion monitoring system for WEBRTC systems.
  • An end-to-end solution for high-definition video conferencing over best effort networks, Ph.D. Thesis.

  • SKILLS


    Languages

    Persian, English, Turkish

    Programming

    Matlab, C/C++, Java, assembly language, Perl

    OS Platforms

    Windows, Unix/Linux, Mac OS

    CPU Platforms

    X86, MOTOROLA, and ARM

    Software

    Office, Video processing tools, Network analyzer tools etc.