Education & Publications
📚 Education
PhD, Computer ScienceInria2023 - 2026Rennes, France
Thesis: Towards Green Video Distribution: Modelling, Evaluation and Regulation
CIFRE Agreement | Inria & Synamedia
Advisor: Bruno Tuffin (Inria)
Co-advisor: Gwendal Simon (Synamedia)
Associated University: University of Rennes 1
MSc, Computer ScienceOzyegin University2020 - 2022Istanbul, TurkeyGPA: 3.96/4.00
Thesis: Enhancement of 360-Video Experience during Head Motion
Advisor: Ali C. Begen
Full Merit Scholarship - High Honor Degree
BSc, Computer ScienceOzyegin University2015 - 2020Istanbul, TurkeyGPA: 3.62/4.00
Thesis: HTTP Adaptive Streaming over Multiple Network Interfaces
Advisor: Ali C. Begen
Full Merit Scholarship - High Honor Degree
📜 Publications
🏅 Power Efficient Multi-CDN Communication over Content Steering ServerBurak Kara and Gwendal SimonACM MMSys '24: ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Dynamic Content Steering Services: How to Make Everyone Happy in a Multi-CDN WorldBurak Kara and Gwendal SimonACM MHV 2024: 3rd Mile-High Video Conference
Studying Green Video Distribution as a WholeBurak Kara, Gwendal Simon, Bruno Tuffin, Jerome Vieron and Ali C. BegenACM GMSys 2023: First International ACM Green Multimedia Systems Workshop
Quality Upshifting with Auxiliary I-Frame SplicingMehmet N. Akcay, Burak Kara, Ali C. Begen, Saba Ahsan, Igor D.D. Curcio, Kashyap Kammachi-Sreedhar and Emre AksuQoMEX '23: 15th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience
Benchmarking the Second Edition of the Omnidirectional Media Format StandardBurak Kara, Mehmet N. Akcay, Ali C. Begen, Saba Ahsan, Igor D.D. Curcio, Kashyap Kammachi-Sreedhar and Emre AksuIEEE ISM '22: IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia
Could Head Motions Affect Quality When Viewing 360-Degree Videos?Burak Kara, Mehmet N. Akcay, Ali C. Begen, Saba Ahsan, Igor D.D. Curcio and Emre AksuIEEE MultiMedia '22
Rate-adaptive Streaming of 360-degree Videos with Head-motion-aware Viewport MarginsMehmet N. Akcay, Burak Kara, Saba Ahsan, Ali C. Begen, Igor D.D. Curcio and Emre AksuIEEE MIPR '22: Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval
Head-Motion-Aware Viewport Margins for Improving User Experience in Immersive VideoMehmet N. Akcay, Burak Kara, Saba Ahsan, Ali C. Begen, Igor D.D. Curcio, and Emre AksuACM MMAsia '21: ACM Multimedia Asia
📜 Thesis
Towards green video distribution: modelling, evaluation and regulationBurak Kara, Supervisor: Gwendal Simon and Bruno Tuffin
Enhancement of 360-Video Experience during Head MotionBurak Kara, Supervisor: Ali C. Begen
HTTP Adaptive Streaming over Multiple Network InterfacesBurak Kara, Supervisor: Ali C. Begen
Senior Project - Undergraduate ThesisMay 2020
💡Patents
A Method, an Apparatus and a Computer Program Product for Media Streaming of Immersive MediaNokia2023
A Method, an Apparatus and a Computer Program Product for Video Encoding and Video DecodingNokia2022