Bernd Girod
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| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Hannover, Germany |
| Known for | Multimedia Systems; Image and Video Coding format; Streaming Media; Visual Search - QBIC; Computer Vision |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
Bernd Girod (born December 1, 1957) is a German-American engineer, the Robert L. and Audrey S. Hancock Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.[1] Girod is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Education and career[edit]
Girod received his M.S. in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (1980) and his Dr.-Ing in electrical engineering from the University of Hannover, Germany (1987).[1][2]
Prior to Stanford, he was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and an assistant professor of media technology at the MIT Media Lab.
Research[edit]
His research interests are in image and video coding, computer vision, and multimedia systems.[3] In 1998, Bernd Girod was elevated to fellowship of the IEEE for contributions to the theory and practice of video communication.[4]
Girod's research has been central in startup ventures, including Polycom, Vivo Software, 8x8, and RealNetworks.[1][5] He holds nearly 40 patents.[6]
Professional activities[edit]
He is a Faculty Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering (SCIEN)[7] and a Director of the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication.[8] He was Founding Director of David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovations (2012–2015), a Senior Associate Dean for the Online Learning and Professional Development, School of Engineering at Stanford University (2012–2015), and a Senior Associate Dean at large for the School of Engineering at Stanford University (2015–2016).
He is currently an advisor[9] of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.[10]
Selected publications[edit]
- Girod, Bernd; Chandrasekhar, Vijay (July 2011). "Mobile Visual Search". IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 28 (4): 61–76. Bibcode:2011ISPM...28...61G. doi:10.1109/msp.2011.940881. S2CID 14744873.
- Girod, Bernd; Aaron, Anne Margot (January 2005). "Distributed Video Coding". Proceedings of the IEEE. 93 (1): 71–83. doi:10.1109/jproc.2004.839619. S2CID 14315331.
- Girod, Bernd; Farber, Niko (October 1999). "Feedback-Based Error Control for Mobile Video Transmission". Proceedings of the IEEE. 87 (10): 1707–1723. doi:10.1109/5.790632.
Awards and honors[edit]
- Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering 2015[11][12]
- Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society 2011, “for his contributions to the theory and practice of video communications, search and processing.”[13]
- Elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) 2007[14]
- Fellow, IEEE 1998. His citation reads, “For contributions to the theory and practice of video communication.”[15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Bernd Girod: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ https://profiles.stanford.edu/bernd-girod Stanford University profile pages
- ^ "Bernd Girod - Google Scholar Citations". Scholar.google.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "IEEE Fellows 1998 | IEEE Communications Society". IEEE Communications Society. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Hendrix, Justin (27 February 2017). "Building the ultimate display". Haptical.al. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Search Patents - Justia Patents Search". Patents.justia.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Leadership". Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Directors - MPC-VCC". Mpc-vcc.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "People – Brown Institute". Brown.columbia.edu. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Columbia Journalism School and Stanford School of Engineering Announce Joint 30 Million Gift From David and Helen Gurley Brown". Hearst.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Bernd Girod". NAE Website. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Bernd Girod elected to National Academy of Engineering". Stanford School of Engineering. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Award Recipients". IEEE Signal Processing Society. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "List of Members". www.leopoldina.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03.
- ^ "IEEE FELLOWS 1998 - IEEE Communications Society". Comsoc.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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