In recognition of his leading role in the development of several highly successful MPEG and ITU video compression standards, Professor Jens-Rainer Ohm receives a ‘Digital Processing Medal’.
This is awarded by the SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS, SMPTE for short.
Professor Ohm has been an active member of MPEG since 1998 and has chaired the MPEG Video Subgroup for the past 16 years. He co-chaired the Joint Video Team (JVT) that developed the H.264/MPEG AVC standard. As co-chair of the Joint Collaborative Team (JCT), he oversaw the development of the H.265/HEVC standard. He also co-chaired and eventually chaired the Joint Video Experts Team (JVET), which developed and further improved the H.266/VVC standard.
The AVC and HEVC standards co-developed by Professor Ohm have received three Emmy Awards for their broad application in the delivery of video content.
We congratulate Professor Ohm on this well-deserved honour.
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