DASH-IF awarded Best PhD Dissertation on Algorithms and Protocols for Adaptive Content Delivery over the Internet

For the first time, the DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF) awarded the best PhD dissertation on algorithms and protocols for adaptive content delivery over the internet at ACM MMSys 2019. After a public call, the DASH-IF received a good number of nominations from all around the world to pick one winner. Due to the high number and quality of nominations (and since it's the first time), the DASH-IF decided to award also the second and third best dissertation; increasing its financial prize as follows: first place – $750; second place – $500; and third place – $250. The winners are chosen by a DASH Industry Forum appointed committee and results are final.

And the winner is...

First place

Dr. Abdelhak Bentaleb (National University of Singapore)
for the dissertation

Enabling Optimizations of Video Delivery in HTTP Adaptive Streaming

(From left to right): R. Zimmermann (supervisor), A. Bentaleb, A. Giladi (DASH-IF); (c) Ishita Dasgupta

Second place

Dr. Jeroen van der Hooft (Ghent University), Low-Latency Delivery of Adaptive Video Streaming Services

(From left to right): Jeroen van der Hooft, A. Giladi (DASH-IF); (c) Ishita Dasgupt

Third place

Dr. Jonathan Kua (Swinburne University of Technology), Achieving High Performance Content Streaming with Adaptive Chunklets and Active Queue Management

The DASH-IF would like to congratulate all winners and hope seeing you next year at ACM MMSys 2020.