
Adjunct Affiliations
- Vice President Research & Technology Transfer, Saarland University, 2014–2017
- Director of Research & Operations, IVCI, 2009–2017
- Dean of Computer Science & Mathematics, 2006–2008
Research Areas
- Cyber-Physical Networking
- Low-Latency Streaming
- Computational Videography
- High Mobility in OFDM-Systems
Engagements
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ZINC 2023
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE VTC-Spring2023
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE ICCE 2023
- Organizing Committee Member (Workshop Co-Chair) of the IEEE CCNC 2023
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ACM Multimedia 2022
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE VTC-Spring2022
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE ICCE 2022
- Organizing Committee Member (Workshop Co-Chair) of the IEEE CCNC 2022
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ACM Multimedia Asia 2021
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ACM Multimedia 2021
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE VTC-Spring2021
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ACM GoodIT 2021
- Technical Program Committee Member of Frugalthings2020 at the ACM MobiCom 2020
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ACM Multimedia 2020
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE VTC-Fall2020
- Program Committee Member of the MMB2020
- Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of the NEM Summit 2008–2020
- Organizing Committee Member (Workshop Co-Chair) of the IEEE CCNC2019, 2020 & 2021
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ACM MMSys2019
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 3ICT2019
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE ICST2019
- Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE ICCE2019
- Technical Program Committee Member of the ICCC2016 and ICCC2018
- International Advisor & Technical Program Committee Member, 2nd–8th IEEE ICCE-Berlin
- Program Committee Member of the 13th–15th ITG Symposium on Electronic Media
- Technical Program Committee Member of ACM Multimedia 2005
- Keynote speaker and Session Chair on WiCOM 2007
- Guest Editor of the EURASIP Journal of Adv. in Signal Proc. Special Issue on Video Quality
- Guest Editor of the IEEE Trans. on Broadcasting Special Issue on IPTV
- Guest Editor of the Int. Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences (IJCNS)
- Reviewer for the Journal on Entertainment Computing
- Reviewer for the International Journal of Electronics & Communications
- Reviewer for the Signal Processing: Image Communication Journal
- Reviewer for the IEEE Access Journal
- Reviewer for the IEEE Wireless Communication Letters
- Reviewer for the Journal of Network and Computer Applications
- Reviewer for the ETRI Journal
- Reviewer for the Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014
- Reviewer for the SIGGRAPH 2012
- Reviewer for the Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision
- Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
- Reviewer for the Proceedings of the IEEE
- Member of the Board of Trustees of Fraunhofer IAIS
- Project Reviewer in the European Commission H2020 Program
- Evaluator for projects funded by the BMWi
- Auditor for Research Institutes within the FhG
- Member of the Jury for NextGeneration Media
Awards
- Busy Beaver WS12/13 (Student Award for the best lecture in CS)
- BITKOM e.V. Innovators’ Pitch 2009 Academic
- Intel EMEA Recognition Award 2009
- Intel Labs Recognition Award 2009
- Busy Beaver WS08/09 (Student Award for the best lecture in CS)
- Intel Corporate Technology Group Division Recognition Award 2005
- Rudolf-Urtel Award 1993
Positions
From |
Until |
Position |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
8/04 |
Today |
Full University Professor |
Saarland University |
8/04 |
7/18 |
CE Standards Representative |
Intel Deutschland GmbH, Munich |
11/03 |
7/04 |
Manager CE Standards |
Intel GmbH, Munich |
10/99 |
10/03 |
Director “Advanced Research & Development” |
GRUNDIG AG, Nuremberg |
7/97 |
9/99 |
Department Manager “Research & Innovation” |
GRUNDIG FV GmbH, Nuremberg |
6/96 |
6/97 |
Department Manager “Digital TV-Systems” |
GRUNDIG E.M.V. Fuerth |
1/92 |
5/96 |
Associated Professor |
University of Dortmund |
10/88 |
12/91 |
Graduate Assistant |
University of Dortmund |
6/87 |
8/87 |
Student Trainee on VLSI Qualification |
SIEMENS AG, Munich |
4/87 |
9/87 |
Student Assistant (Chair of Electronics) |
University of Dortmund |
2/86 |
4/86 |
Student Trainee on VLSI Qualification |
SIEMENS AG, München |
11/85 |
12/87 |
Student Assistant (Chair of Telecommunications) |
University of Dortmund |
2/84 |
3/84 |
Industrial Placement |
RAG, Gelsenkirchen |
Older Publications
with Th. Tödtmann, Chr. Bauer:
“Global Choice – Non-Restrictive Navigation in TV Program Information”, Angenommener Beitrag zur ITG-Fachtagung ‘Elektronische Medien: Technologien, Systeme, Anwendungen’, Dortmund, Sep. 2003
“Multimodal Assistance for Infotainment & Service Infratructures”, Beitrag zur Internationalen Statustagung Mensch-Technik-Interaktion, Berlin, Juni 2003, Informatiksysteme
with H. Busch:
“Drahtlose AV-Geräte auf der Basis von HiperLAN/2”, Fernseh- und Kino-Technik, Nr. 1-2/2002, pp.22-26
with Th. Kirste.
“EMBASSI – Multimodal Assistance for Infotainment & Service Infratructures”, Proceedings der Statustagung der Leitprojekte “Mensch-Technik-Interaktion”, Saarbrücken, Okt. 2001, pp. 35-44
with Th. Kirste, M. Schnaider:
“Multimodale Bedien und Service-Assistenz”, i-com, Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Heft 0/2001, S. 12-16
with Th. Kirste, M. Schnaider:
“EMBASSI – Multimodal Assistance for Infotainment & Service Infratructures”, Computer & Graphics, C&G Vol. 25, 4/2001, pp. 581-592
with Th. Tödtmann:
“Verteilte Multimedia-Anwendungen auf der Basis von EMBASSI”, Beitrag zur 19. FKTG Jahrestagung, Braunschweig, Mai 2000
“Das drahtlose Heim: Standards, Technologien & Perspektiven”, Fernseh- und Kino-Technik, Nr. 1-2/2000, pp. 36-42
“Das drahtlose Heim: Standards, Technologien & Perspektiven”, Beitrag zum Kolloqium der Informationstechnik, Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Dez. 1999
“Das drahtlose Heim: Standards, Technologien & Perspektiven”, Beitrag zur ITG-Fachtagung ‘Multimedia: Anwendungen, Technologie, Systeme’, Dortmund, Sep. 1999
with Th. Tödtmann:
“Fernsehen und Internet: Verbindung zweier Welten? Gerätearchitektur und Applikationen für das interaktive Wohnzimmer”, Beitrag zur ITG-Fachtagung ‘Multimedia: Anwendungen, Technologie, Systeme’, Dortmund, Sep. 1999
“Multimedia-Inhouse-Kommunikation”, Beitrag zum Symposium “Multimedia-Kommunikation auf Netzen und Terminals” der FKTG und der Deutschen TV-Plattform, Nov. 1998
“Drahtlose Verteilung von DVB-Multimedia-Daten im Haus”, Beitrag zur 18. FKTG Jahrestagung, Nürnberg, Mai 1998
with E. Güttner:
“Internet-TV – Konvergenz von Diensten und Geräten?”, Fernseh- und Kino-Technik, Nr. 1-2/1998
“Channel measurement, channel estimation and equalization techniques”, Contribution to the Wireless IHDN Workshop ATMmobil, Ulm, Jan. 1998
with F. Vanselow:
“Die neue withte – Das TV-Gerät als Kommunikationszentrale”, Beitrag zur ITG-Fachtagung ‘Multimedia: Anwendungen, Technologie, Systeme’, Dortmund, Okt. 1997
with A. Rick, St. Prange:
“Digitale Color Decoder for PIP Applications”, accepted paper for the IEEE ‘International Conference on Consumer Electronics’, Rosemont Ill., June 1996
with Th. Tödtmann:
“Ein hierarchisches Übertragungsverfahren auf Basis von COFDM”, angenommener Beitrag zur 17. FKTG Jahrestagung, Wien, Mai 1996
with U. Stöttelder, B. Wendland:
“Bridging Standards for Digital Television Broadcast”, IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 41, No. 3, Aug. 1995
with U. Stöttelder, B. Wendland:
“Progressive Bildabtastung für Video- und Computeranwendungen”, ITG-Fachtagung ‘Multimedia: Anwendungen, Technologie, Systeme’, Dortmund, Okt. 1995
with Th. Tödtmann:
“Trellis-Codierung für die hierarchische Datenübertragung”, ‘2. ITG Fachtagung Mobile Kommunikation’, Neu-Ulm, Sep. 1995
with U. Stöttelder, B. Wendland:
“Bridging Standards for Digital Television Broadcast”, IEEE ‘International Conference on Consumer Electronics’, Rosemont Ill., June 1995
with U. Stöttelder, B. Wendland:
“A Compatible Progressive Image Format for Digital Television Broadcast”, “European Workshop and Exhibition on Image Format Conversion and Transcoding”, Berlin, Mar. 1995
with U. Stöttelder, B. Wendland:
“Merging Television & Video Services by Compatible Progressive Image Representation”, ‘International Workshop on HDTV ’94’, Torino, Oct. 1994
with St. Hartwig, U. Stöttelder, B. Wendland:
“Eine kompatible, progressive Bilddarstellung für digitale Fernsehsysteme”, Beitrag zur 16. FKTG Jahrestagung, Nürnberg, Mai 1994
with B. Wendland:
“A new format for optimized representation of moving HDTV pictures”, Invited paper to the International Symposium on Broadcasting Technology (ISBT), Beijing, P. R. China, Sept. 1993
“A new motion adaptive PAL-Codec”, EURASIP “Image Communication, Elsevier, 5/1993, pp. 249-257
with Th. Bonse, Th. Hollmann:
“Optimale Bewegtbilddarstellung für ein einheitliches HDTV-Studio-Format”, Fernseh- und Kinotechnik, 7-8/1993, pp. 484-492
“Breitbild-PAL with vertikaler Bandaufspaltung”, Fernseh- und Kinotechnik, 10/1992, pp. 673-679
with B. Wendland:
“MCTV – A common basis for digital HDTV”, Contribution to the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), San Diego, California, May 1992, pp. 463-466
with M. Silverberg, W. Hüppe:
“Q-PAL-Feldversuche in Dortmund – Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen”, Fernseh- und Kinotechnik, 4/1991, pp. 188-194
with Th. Hollmann
“Q-PAL-Plus: Ein Konzept zur kompatiblen 16/9-Übertragung with erhöhter Auflösung”, Fernseh- und Kinotechnik, 2/1991, pp. 77-82
“Bandaufspaltung zur kompatiblen 16:9-Übertragung”, Rundfunktechnische withteilungen, Jahrg. 35 (1991), Heft 1, pp. 29-35
“High resolution 16/9 PAL codec for film productions”, Contribution to the 4. Assises des Jeunes Chercheurs, Montréal, Juni 1990