Thomas Wiegand
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Thomas Wiegand is a German electrical engineer and video coding expert best known for his leading role in developing the H.264/AVC video compression standard.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German scientist
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electrical engineer ⓘ person ⓘ video coding expert ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
IEEE Fellow
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IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Engineering Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Technology and Engineering Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
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Technische Universität Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
electrical engineering
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image processing ⓘ signal processing ⓘ video coding ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
design of motion-compensated prediction tools in H.264/AVC
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error-resilient video transmission techniques ⓘ rate-distortion optimized video coding methods ⓘ |
| knownFor |
H.264/AVC video compression standard
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image and video compression ⓘ video coding standards ⓘ |
| memberOf | Joint Video Team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Wiegand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
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H.265/HEVC standardization contributions ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| position |
executive director of Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
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professor at Technische Universität Berlin ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
image communication
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multimedia communication ⓘ real-time video transmission ⓘ video compression ⓘ |
| role |
co-chair of ITU-T VCEG
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editor of H.264/AVC standard ⓘ rapporteur in ITU-T video coding experts group ⓘ |
| standardizationBody |
ISO/IEC JTC 1
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ITU-T NERFINISHED ⓘ MPEG NERFINISHED ⓘ VCEG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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