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Standards Column: JPEG and MPEG
Introduction ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 area of work comprises the standardization of coded representation of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information and sets of compression and control functions for use with such information. SC29 basically hosts two working groups responsible for the development of international standards for the compression, decompression, processing, and coded representation of media content, ...
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JPEG Column: 102nd JPEG Meeting in San Francisco, U.S.A.
JPEG Trust reaches Draft International Standard stage The 102nd JPEG meeting was held in San Francisco, California, USA, from 22 to 26 January 2024. At this meeting, JPEG Trust became a Draft International Standard. Moreover, the responses to the Call for Proposals of JPEG NFT were received and analysed. As a consequence, relevant steps were ...
JPEG Column: 101st JPEG Meeting
JPEG Trust reaches Committee Draft stage at the 101st JPEG meeting The 101st JPEG meeting was held online, from the 30th of October to the 3rd of November 2023. At this meeting, JPEG Trust became a Committee Draft. In addition, JPEG analyzed the responses to its Calls for Proposals for JPEG DNA. The 101st JPEG meeting had the ...
MPEG Column: 145th MPEG Meeting (Virtual/Online)
The 145th MPEG meeting was held online from 22-26 January 2024, and the official press release can be found here. It comprises the following highlights: Latest Edition of the High Efficiency Image Format Standard Unveils Cutting-Edge Features for Enhanced Image Decoding and Annotation MPEG Systems finalizes Standards supporting Interoperability Testing MPEG finalizes the Third Edition of MPEG-D Dynamic ...
MPEG Column: 144th MPEG Meeting in Hannover, Germany
The 144th MPEG meeting was held in Hannover, Germany! For those interested, the press release is available with all the details. It’s great to see progress being made in person (cf. also the group pictures below). The main outcome of this meeting is as follows: MPEG issues Call for Learning-Based Video Codecs for Study of Quality ...
JPEG Column: 100th meeting in Covilha, Portugal
JPEG AI reaches Committee Draft stage at the 100th JPEG meeting The 100th JPEG meeting was held in Covilhã, Portugal, from July 17th to 21st, 2023. At this meeting, in addition to its usual standardization activities, the JPEG Committee organized a celebration on the occasion of its 100th meeting. This face-to-face meeting, the second after the ...
VQEG Column: VQEG Meeting June 2023
Introduction This column provides a report on the last Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) plenary meeting, which took place from 26 to 30 June 2023 in San Mateo (USA), hosted by Sony Interactive Entertainment. More than 90 participants worldwide registered for the hybrid meeting, counting with the physical attendance of more than 40 people. This ...
MPEG Column: 143rd MPEG Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland
The 143rd MPEG meeting took place in person in Geneva, Switzerland. The official press release can be accessed here and includes the following details: MPEG finalizes the Carriage of Uncompressed Video and Images in ISOBMFF MPEG reaches the First Milestone for two ISOBMFF Enhancements MPEG ratifies Third Editions of VVC and VSEI MPEG reaches the First Milestone of AVC ...
JPEG Column: 99th JPEG Meeting
JPEG Trust on a mission to re-establish trust in digital media The 99th JPEG meeting was held online, from 24th to 28th April 2023. Providing tools suitable for establishing provenance, authenticity and ownership of multimedia content is one of the most difficult challenges faced nowadays, considering the technological models that allow effective multimedia data manipulation and generation. ...
MPEG Column: 142nd MPEG Meeting in Antalya, Türkiye
The 142nd MPEG meeting was held as a face-to-face meeting in Antalya, Türkiye, and the official press release can be found here and comprises the following items: MPEG issues Call for Proposals for Feature Coding for Machines MPEG finalizes the 9th Edition of MPEG-2 Systems MPEG reaches the First Milestone for Storage and Delivery of Haptics Data MPEG completes ...
VQEG Column: Emerging Technologies Group (ETG)
Introduction This column provides an overview of the new Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) group called the Emerging Technologies Group (ETG), which was created during the last VQEG plenary meeting in December 2022. For an introduction to VQEG, please check the VQEG homepage or this presentation. The works addressed by this new group can be of ...
JPEG Column: 98th JPEG meeting in Sydney, Australia
JPEG explores standardization in event-based imaging The 98th JPEG meeting was held in Sydney, Australia, from the 16th to 20th January 2023. This was a welcome return to face-to-face meetings after a long period of online meetings due to Covid-19 pandemics. Interestingly, the previous face-to-face meeting of the JPEG Committee was also held in Sydney, in ...
VQEG Column: VQEG Meeting December 2022
Introduction This column provides an overview of the last Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) plenary meeting, which took place from 12 to 16 December 2022. Around 100 participants from 21 different countries around the world registered for the meeting that was organized online by Brightcove (United Kingdom). During the five days, there were more than ...
MPEG Column: 140th MPEG Meeting in Mainz, Germany
After several years of online meetings, the 140th MPEG meeting was held as a face-to-face meeting in Mainz, Germany, and the official press release can be found here and comprises the following items: MPEG evaluates the Call for Proposals on Video Coding for Machines MPEG evaluates Call for Evidence on Video Coding for Machines Feature Coding MPEG reaches ...
JPEG Column: 97th JPEG Meeting
JPEG initiates specification on fake media based on responses to its call for proposals The 97th JPEG meeting was held online from 24 to 28 October 2022. JPEG received responses to the Call for Proposals (CfP) on JPEG Fake Media, the first multimedia international standard designed to facilitate the secure and reliable annotation of media assets ...
VQEG Column: VQEG Meeting May 2022
Introduction Welcome to this new column on the ACM SIGMM Records from the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG), which will provide an overview of the last VQEG plenary meeting that took place from 9 to 13 May 2022. It was organized by INSA Rennes (France), and it was the first face-to-face meeting after the series of online meetings due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Remote ...
JPEG Column: 96th JPEG Meeting
JPEG analyses the responses of the Calls for Proposals for the standardisation of the first codecs based on machine learning The 96th JPEG meeting was held online from 25 to 29 July 2022. The meeting was one of the most productive in the recent history of JPEG with the analysis of the responses of two Calls for ...
MPEG Column: 139th MPEG Meeting (virtual/online)
The original blog post can be found at the Bitmovin Techblog and has been modified/updated here to focus on and highlight research aspects. The 139th MPEG meeting was once again held as an online meeting, and the official press release can be found here and comprises the following items: MPEG Issues Call for Evidence for Video Coding for Machines (VCM) MPEG ...
JPEG Column: 95th JPEG Meeting
JPEG issues a call for proposals for JPEG Fake Media The 95th JPEG meeting was held online from 25 to 29 April 2022. A Call for Proposals (CfP) was issued for JPEG Fake Media that aims at a standardisation framework for secure annotation of modifications in media assets. With this new initiative, JPEG endeavours to provide ...
VQEG Column: VQEG Meeting Dec. 2021 (virtual/online)
Introduction Welcome to a new column on the ACM SIGMM Records from the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG).The last VQEG plenary meeting took place from 13 to 17 December 2021, and it was organized online by University of Surrey, UK. During five days, more than 100 participants (from more than 20 different countries of America, Asia, Africa, and Europe) could remotely attend the multiple sessions related to the active ...
JPEG Column: 94th JPEG Meeting
IEC, ISO and ITU issue a call for proposals for joint standardization of image coding based on machine learning The 94th JPEG meeting was held online from 17 to 21 January 2022. A major milestone has been reached at this meeting with the release of the final call for proposals under the JPEG AI project. This standard aims at ...