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Oliver Schreer, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Berlin,
Germany
Dr. Schreer is Scientific Project Manager of the "Immersive
Media & 3D Video" Group in the Image Processing Department at
HHI, Berlin. He is responsible for the lead of European Research
projects (e.g. FascinatE project) and coordinating research on 3D
video processing and immersive media.
Graham Thomas, BBC Research & Development, London,
UK
Dr. Thomas is Principal Research Engineer and Section Lead of
the Production Magic department at BBC R&D. He leads a team of
engineers developing 3D image processing and graphics techniques
for TV production. His work has led to many commercial products,
e.g. the Piero sports graphics system, which won a Queen's
Award in 2011. He holds 20 patents and is Visiting Professor at
University of Surrey.
Ben Shirley, University of Salford, UK
Ben Shirley is Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford and
Academic Lead for the Digital Innovation Cluster in the
University's College of Science & Technology at
MediaCityUK. He has been principal investigator for a range of
broadcast related research projects including leading
Salford's work in the EU FascinatE project. He teaches audio
technology and broadcast engineering at undergraduate and
postgraduate level.
Georg Thallinger, Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria
Dr. Thallinger is Head of the research group "Audiovisual
Media" at JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria. He oversees a group active in
the field of digital media with a focus on video and image
processing as well as metadata for applications in media production
and archiving, film restoration, media monitoring and security. Dr.
Thallinger is involved in the EU FascinatE project.
Jean-Francois Macq, Alcatel-Lucent, Antwerp, Belgium
Dr. Macq is a Senior Research Engineer at Bell Labs, the
research organization of Alcatel-Lucent. He has been responsible
for several national and international research projects in the
field of video coding and delivery, currently including the EU
FascinatE project.
Javier Ruiz-Hidalgo, Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Ruiz-Hidalgo is an Associate Professor at the Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya. He has been involved in various
European Projects as a principal researcher from the Image
Processing Group at UPC, including the EU FascinatE project.
Omar Niamut, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific
Research (TNO), Delft, The Netherlands
Dr. Niamut is a Senior Research Scientist in the "Media
Networks and Services" Group at TNO. He has advised the European
Parliament on the harmonization of mobile TV and was editor of the
technology report on mobile TV in the European Commission-assigned
European Mobile Broadcast Council. He participated in ETSI TISPAN
standardization with over 200 contributions on interactive services
for next generation IPTV and advised the Singapore government on
the use of IPTV standards. He has been involved in a number of
European projects, including the Fascinate project. Dr. Niamut
holds 15 patents.
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