WISP Webinar: AV1 Video Codec: algorithms and deployment
Date: 26 September 2024
Time: 11:00 AM ET (New York time)
Presenter(s): Dr. Iole Moccagatta
Women in Signal Processing Webinar (WISP)
This talk will present an overview of the algorithms and deployment of AV1, the royalty-free video compression standard developed by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) consortium. Before deep diving into AV1 tools and performance, a high-level overview of block-based video coding concepts and terminologies will be presented. The presentation will close with conclusions and takeaways.
Dr. Iole Moccagatta received the Diploma of electronic engineering from the University of Pavia, Italy, and the Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
She is a Senior Principal Engineer at Intel working on HW Multimedia accelerators and IPs integrated on Intel platforms and products.
Dr. Moccagatta is an active member of MPEG and ITU-T, Chair of the MPEG/ITU-T Joint Video Experts Team (JVET) Ad-Hoc Group on Conformance and co-editor of the H.266/VVC Conformance Testing specification. She has also contributed to the Alliance for Open Media (AOM) AV1 Codec WG, and currently represents Intel in the AOM Steering Committee. She is an active member of IEEE, serving as SPS Members-at-Large and as member of the SPS Industry Technical WG, the IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing Committee, the SPS Technical Committee Review Committee, the SPS Membership Development Committee, and as Chair of the SPS Industry Outreach and Engagement Subcommittee. She is the author or co-author of more than 30 publications, 2 book chapters, and more than 10 talks and tutorials in the field of image and video coding. She holds more than 10 patents in the same fields. For more details see Dr. Moccagatta professional website.
