Leonardo Chiariglione
Leonardo Chiariglione (IPA:
Biography
After receiving a classical
From March 1971 until July 2003, he was with
The initiative for which he is best known started in 1988, when he originated the
He has led a number of European collaborative projects:
- IVICO – a RACE project investigating cost-effective integrated video codecs
- COMIS – an ESPRITproject supporting the development of the MPEG-1 standard
- EU 625 VADIS – a EUREKAproject aiming at developing a European hardware and software technology for the MPEG-2 standard
He also initiated other efforts to define internationally agreed technical specifications, such as DAVIC (the Digital Audio-Visual Council) in 1994 and FIPA (the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents) in 1996.
In 1999, he became the Executive Director of
He is currently CEO of cedeo.net.[5]
Awards and honors
Chiariglione has received the
He was appointed as Distinguished Invited Professor at Information and Communication University, Daejeon, Korea, in 2004.
Chiariglione was given Honorary Membership of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) in October 2014.[6]
Chiariglione was also awarded with Charles F. Jenkins lifetime achievement award (a
References
- ^ a b "Time digital 50, 19, Leonardo Chiariglione". Time. 27 September 1999. Archived from the original on May 11, 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Pistoi, Sergio (22 March 2004). "Digital Revolutionary: Interview with Leonardo Chiariglione". Scientific American. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Chiariglione, Leonardo. "A future without MPEG". Leonardo's Blog. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ Nadile, Lisa (24 January 2001). "SDMI Needs to Secure New Chief". Wired. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "About". CEDEO.net. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "Motion-Imaging Industry Luminaries Recognized at SMPTE Honors & Awards Ceremony". Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "69th Engineering Emmy Awards Recipients". 27 September 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ Chiariglione, Leonardo (27 September 2017). "On my Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award". Leonardo's Blog. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
Further reading
- Rosenblatt, Bill (3 September 2003). "MPEG founder Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione launches Digital Media Project". DRM Watch.
- "Chiariglione and the birth of MPEG". IEEE Spectrum. 34 (9). September 1997.
- "An interview with Leonardo Chiariglione". IEEE Spectrum. 37 (1). January 2000.