Video Networking: Compression of Video for Transmission over Networks
VIPromCom-2001 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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Professor Mohammed Ghanbari,
Dept. of ESE, University of Essex, UNITED KINGDOM: Video Networking: Compression of Video for Transmission over Networks |
Video Networking: Compression of Video for Transmission over Networks
Professor Mohammed Ghanbari
Department
of Electronic Systems Engineering
University of Essex
UNITED KINGDOM
Abstract:
In this speech, a variety of video coding techniques and their robustness against loss of information will be described. The speech will be concentrated on the layered coding techniques that make coding more robust. For further improvement of picture quality some loss concealment methods will be presented. Also, for ultimate robustness, methods of easing network congestion will be discussed. Throughout the presentation the network in mind will be either IP or ATM.
About the Keynote Speaker:
Professor Mohammed Ghanbari received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Aryamehr University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1970, the M.Sc. degree in telecommunications, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering, both from the University of Essex, United Kingdom, in 1976 and 1979, respectively. After working almost 10 years in industry, he started his academic career as a Lecturer in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Essex, in 1988, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer, Reader, and then Professor in 1993, 1995, and 1996, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Essex. His research interests include video compression and video networking. He is best known for his pioneering work on two-layer video coding for ATM networks. He has published more than 240 technical papers and registered for 6 international patents, in the areas of video networking. He is the author of Video Coding: An Introduction to Standard Codecs (London, U.K.: IEE Press, 1999). Professor Ghanbari has been a member of the organising committees of several international workshops and conferences. He was the Chairman of the steering committee for the 1997 International Workshop on Packet Video, and is currently an Associate Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MULTIMEDIA. He is the co-recipient of the 1995 A.H. Reeves Premium Prize for the year’s best paper published in the IEE PROCEEDINGS on the theme of digital coding. Professor Ghanbari is a Fellow of IEE and a Fellow of IEEE.
