- Are you or have you been an MPEG member?
yes, for more than 12 years now - What do you think makes MPEG special?
A rigorous working process refined during 30 years, clear rules valid for everyone where the small company (or individual) counts as the large company. It is result-driven and only the best technology is selected for inclusion in the standards. An unmatched opportunity to meet professional from all over the world and share knowledge and experience. - What do you think is the most important MPEG impact?
Creation of entirely new ecosystems of interoperable devices and applications. It created brand new markets with the related companies and jobs. - Do you think MPEG is a good conduit for research?
Yes, it is a well respected brand which always helped when asking for research grants in digital media processing. The opportunity to participate to MPEG activities and share knowledge with a large range of experts has given the opportunity to many to advance in research and development in the fiend of digital media processing. It’s a great opportunity to meet other researchers and share knowledge, it helps enlarging one’s network to build new consortia and research groups. - Can you comment on your MPEG experience?
It’s a unique working and human experience. The working process helps in being very productive during and between MPEG meetings. I had the chance to work with experts from all over the world and learnt a lot from both a professional and human point of view. - Are you happy with MPEG standards?
Yes very happy, I don’t know of any other professional organization in the technology field which has been so efficient and steadily successful for such a long time. MPEG standards helped creating successful businesses otherwise impossible (media broadcast and online streaming) - Do you think MPEG standards are the right choice?
For anything which needs standardization of digital data formats for automated processing MPEG standard are the perfect choice. - What do you expect from MPEG in the future?
To enlarge its scope to other domains than digital media where the lack of efficient digital (big) data representation for storage, transport and sharing is currently hindering progress due to lack of clear specifications of data formats.
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