2 papers
cs.NI2026
SILC: Lookahead Caching for Short-form Video Delivery Systems
Maleeha Masood, Shreya Kannan, Om Chabra +2
Short video platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts have gained immense popularity in the last few years and are responsible for a large and growing fraction of…
cs.SI2026
Counting How the Seconds Count: Understanding Algorithm-User Interplay in TikTok via ML-driven Analysis of Video Content
Maleeha Masood, Shreya Kannan, Zikun Liu +2
Short video streaming systems such as TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, etc., have reached billions of active users worldwide. At the core of such systems are (proprietary)…