Bernd Girod (Emeritus Faculty)

Personal bio
Bernd Girod is Professor of Electrical Engineering and (by courtesy) Computer Science in the Information Systems Laboratory of Stanford University, California, since 1999. Previously, he was a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His current research interests are in the areas of video compression, networked media systems, and image-based retrieval. He has published over 450 conference and journal papers, as well as 5 books, receiving the EURASIP Signal Processing Best Paper Award in 2002, the IEEE Multimedia Communication Best Paper Award in 2007, the EURASIP Image Communication Best Paper Award in 2008, as well as the the EURASIP Technical Achievement Award in 2004. As an entrepreneur, Professor Girod has been involved with several startup ventures, among them Polycom, Vivo Software, 8x8, and RealNetworks. He received an Engineering Doctorate from University of Hannover, Germany, and an M.S. Degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prof. Girod is a Fellow of the IEEE, a EURASIP Fellow, and a member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina).

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