- Are you or have you been an MPEG member?
Yes, I’m still a member of MPEG, although currently I’m less involved with it. - What do you think makes MPEG special?
What I believe it makes MPEG special is the amount of coordinated work that lots of very competent and knowledgable people put into the development of such a set of multimedia standards around, that literally help bring the World together. MPEG has been doing this, with a large share of success, for the last decades. - What do you think is the most important MPEG impact?
The ability to produce high quality standardisation work that has a huge impact all over the World. - Do you think MPEG is a good conduit for research?
Sure it is… the biggest and most visible proof of that is the large number of research and development projects that were developed on top of MPEG standards and that have established a strong cooperation with the MPEG standardisation activities, contributing also for the long term development of MPEG. - Can you comment on your MPEG experience?
My path within MPEG was always connected with my participation in different EU projects. It started with the FP5-IST OCCAMM project, followed by the FP5-IST MOSES project and continued throughout the FP6-IST MEDIANET project. I was mostly involved with the security and intellectual property aspects of both the MPEG-4 and MPEG-21, working both on MPEG-4 IPMP Extensions and on MPEG-21 REL, RDD and IPMP. - Are you satisfied with MPEG standards?
- Do you think MPEG standards are the right choice?
Yes they are, because they reflect the worldwide effort to create a broad range of standards that enable interoperability between different multimedia systems. MPEG contributed (and continues to contribute) to a better World. - What do you expect from MPEG in the future?
I expect to continue to see this community doing its work towards the definition of innovative multimedia standards, targeting the increasing complex challenges that lay ahead.
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