Technical University of Hamburg, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Known for
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video coding standard
Awards
Primetime Emmy Engineering Award (2008), Karl Heinz Beckurts Award (2011), IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award (2012)
Scientific career
Fields
Electrical engineering
Institutions
Berlin Institute of Technology, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
Thomas Wiegand (born 6 May 1970 in Wismar) is a German electrical engineer who substantially contributed to the creation of the H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and H.266/VVC video coding standards. For H.264/AVC, Wiegand was one of the chairmen of the Joint Video Team (JVT) standardization committee that created the standard and was the chief editor of the standard itself. He was also a very active technical contributor to the H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and H.266/VVC video coding standards. Wiegand also holds a chairmanship position in the ITU-T VCEG of ITU-T Study Group 16 and previously in ISO/IEC MPEG standardization organizations. In July 2006, video coding work of the ITU-T was jointly led by Gary J. Sullivan and Wiegand for the preceding six years. It was voted as the most influential area of the standardization work of the CCITT and ITU-T in their 50-year history.[1] Since 2018, Wiegand has served as chair of the ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H).[2] Since 2014, Thomson Reuters named Wiegand in their list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” as one of the most cited researchers in his field.
^"Video Coding Work Voted Most Influential". ITU-T Newslog. International Telecommunication Union. October 2, 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
^ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H)
ThomasWiegand (born 6 May 1970 in Wismar) is a German electrical engineer who substantially contributed to the creation of the H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC,...
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VCEG. July 10, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2012. "An Interview With Dr. ThomasWiegand". in-cites. July 1, 2007. Archived from the original on December 8,...
draft design for that new standard was adopted in August 1999. In 2000, ThomasWiegand (Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany) became VCEG co-chair. In December...
(2004–2013) and Holger Boche (2004–2010) Martin Schell (since 2014) and ThomasWiegand (since 2014) Emmy for MPEG-2 Transport Stream Standard Archived 24 September...
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Retrieved May 18, 2013. G.J. Sullivan; Heiko Schwarz; Thiow Keng Tan; ThomasWiegand (August 22, 2012). "Comparison of the Coding Efficiency of Video Coding...
1999. In 2000, ThomasWiegand (Fraunhofer HHI) was appointed as an associated rapporteur (vice-chairman) of VCEG. Sullivan and Wiegand led the H.26L project...
standard. The JVT was chaired by Dr. Gary Sullivan, with vice-chairs Dr. ThomasWiegand of the Heinrich Hertz Institute in Germany and Dr. Ajay Luthra of Motorola...
(born 1969), politician, local Deputy Minister-President since 2021. ThomasWiegand (born 1970), electrical engineer; substantially contributed to video...
Coding, High Efficiency Video Coding, and Video Coding Experts Group. ThomasWiegand; Gary J. Sullivan; Gisle Bjontegaard & Ajay Luthra (July 2003). "Overview...
Retrieved 2013-04-26. G.J. Sullivan; Heiko Schwarz; Thiow Keng Tan; ThomasWiegand (2012-08-22). "Comparison of the Coding Efficiency of Video Coding Standards –...
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264/MPEG-4 AVC Gisle Bjøntegaard (Tandberg) Gary J. Sullivan (Microsoft) ThomasWiegand (Fraunhofer) 2013 for the development and marketing of spectral band...
displays 2010 Technology Award: Prof. Dr. Jens-Rainer Ohm and Prof. Dr. ThomasWiegand Contributions to video coding and to the development of the H.264/AVC...
UN Special Envoy for Road Safety Fraunhofer HHI Executive Director ThomasWiegand Marcus Shingles, CEO, Exponential Destiny Philippe Metzger, General...
Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022. Wiegand, Steve (September 30, 2008). "Field Poll: Voters who've heard of Proposition...
Telecommunication Union (ITU), along with Bill Gates, Robert E. Kahn, ThomasWiegand, Mark I. Krivosheyev, and Martin Cooper. The following is the citation...
Clyde Wiegand (May 23, 1915, Long Beach, Washington – July 5, 1996) was an American physicist. Wiegand received his undergraduate degree from Willamette...
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Macbeth had previously been portrayed by Postlethwaite's father, in 1997. Wiegand, Chris (6 March 2019). "'I'm raising demons': Billy Postlethwaite on playing...
Niederlausitz". Niederlausitz Aktuell. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2022. ThomasWiegand (20 April 2012). "Wer ist Erich Schutt AFIAP? Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte...
Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021. ThomasWiegand (1999). "Stadt Bad Hersfeld". In Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen...
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