Demo of FovOptix: Human Vision Compatible Video Compression in VR Cloud Gaming
The 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
About Me
I am postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA), working with Prof. PAN HUI. My research interests include Adaptive Network-aware streaming, Scalable Visual Computing, Cloud-rendered Mobile/XR Gaming.
I received my PhD degree in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, department of Computer Science Engineering. My Ph.D. thesis is titled "Reliable and Real-time Content Streaming for Edge and Cloud Computing"
If you are interested collaborate with me on Adaptive Realtime streaming, Scalable Visual Computing, Cloud-rendered Mobile/XR Gaming, feel free to email me: aalhilal[AT]connect[DOT]ust[DOT]hk
Professional Service:
Reviewer in Journals
- Reviewer: ACM Multimedia 2024 (ACM MM'24)
- Reviewer: IEEE Pervasive Computing 2024 (PerCom'24)
- Reviewer: The ACM WebConf 2024 (WWW'24)
- Reviewer: IEEE ACCESS
- Reviewer: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
- Reviewer: IEEE Communication Magazine
- Reviewer: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine
- Reviewer: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
Technical Program Committee
- The ACM Multimedia Systems 2025 (ACM MMSys'25)
- The ACM WebConf 2024 (WWW'24)
- Ph.D. Student Symposium, International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems 2023 (ICDCS' 23)
[2020 - present]: Mentorship of UROP/Interns, MPhil & PHD at HKUST:
- PhD: LAM Kit Yung (Embodied Human Interaction in XR)
- PhD: CHEUNG Clarence (Deception in VR)
- PhD: YANG Liang (Interoperability in Metaverse)
- PhD: WANG Xuetong (VR Sketching)
- PhD: WU Ze (Network-aware Streaming for VR Gaming)
- PhD: TSUI Yuk Hang (ML & Computer Vision in VR)
- PhD: Simin YANG (Generative AI for Generated Spaces)
- MPhil: PARK Chun Ho (Visual Localization)
- MPhil: SON Juhyung (VR Lab for CENG)
- Final Year Thesis (FYT): CHAN Kei Chi (Cloud Computing on Smartphones)
- UROP: WU Ze (VR Streaming for Cloud Gaming)
- UROP: HAN Yoonseo (Cloud Computing on Smartphones)
- Intern: Kriti Agrawal (Deception in VR)
[2014 - 2016]: Mentorship & co-supervision of FYP Undergrad projects at Damascus University :
- Final Year Project (FYP): 5 students' groups on Network Security projects
- Final Year Project (FYP): 4 students' groups on Network Application projects
Current Activities:
- Mentor UROP, Mphil and PhD students, supervised by Prof. Pan HUI.
- Conduct research on Adaptive Network-aware streaming, Scalable Visual Computing, Cloud-rendered Mobile/XR Gaming.
- Collaborate with external researchers & institutions
- Lead and participate in R&D of funded projects (e.g., MetaHKUST, Distributed Rendering).