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Bernd Girod
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology; University of Hannover, Germany
Known forMultimedia Systems; Image and Video Coding format; Streaming Media; Visual Search - QBIC; Computer Vision
AwardsMember 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

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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; 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bernd Girod: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ https://profiles.stanford.edu/bernd-girod Stanford University profile pages
  3. ^ "Bernd Girod - Google Scholar Citations". Scholar.google.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  4. ^ "IEEE Fellows 1998 | IEEE Communications Society". IEEE Communications Society. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ^ Hendrix, Justin (27 February 2017). "Building the ultimate display". Haptical.al. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Search Patents - Justia Patents Search". Patents.justia.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Leadership". Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  8. ^ "Directors - MPC-VCC". Mpc-vcc.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  9. ^ "People – Brown Institute". Brown.columbia.edu. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Dr. Bernd Girod". NAE Website. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Bernd Girod elected to National Academy of Engineering". Stanford School of Engineering. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Award Recipients". IEEE Signal Processing Society. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  14. ^ "List of Members". www.leopoldina.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03.
  15. ^ "IEEE FELLOWS 1998 - IEEE Communications Society". Comsoc.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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