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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, ...
Reports
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 ...
MPEG Column: 137th 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 137th 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 Systems Wins Two More Technology & Engineering ...
Towards an updated understanding of immersive multimedia experiences
Bringing theories and measurement techniques up to date Development of technology for immersive multimedia experiences Immersive multimedia experiences, as its name is suggesting are those experiences focusing on media that is able to immerse users with different interactions into an experience of an environment. Through different technologies and approaches, immersive media is emulating a physical world through ...
JPEG Column: 93rd JPEG Meeting
JPEG Committee launches a Call for Proposals on Learning based Point Cloud Coding The 93rd JPEG meeting was held online from 18 to 22 October 2021. The JPEG Committee continued its work on the development of new standardised solutions for the representation of visual information. Notably, the JPEG Committee has decided to release a new call ...
JPEG Column: 92nd JPEG Meeting
JPEG Committee explores NFT standardisation needs The 92nd JPEG meeting was held online from 7 to 13 July 2021. This meeting has consolidated JPEG’s exploration on standardisation needs related to Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of NFTs in many applications, notably in the trade of digital art and ...
MPEG Column: 135th 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 135th 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 Video Coding promotes MPEG Immersive Video (MIV) ...
MPEG Visual Quality Assessment Advisory Group: Overview and Perspectives
Introduction The perceived visual quality is of utmost importance in the context of visual media compression, such as 2D, 3D, immersive video, and point clouds. The trade-off between compression efficiency and computational/implementation complexity has a crucial impact on the success of a compression scheme. This specifically holds for the development of visual media compression standards which ...
VQEG Column: VQEG Meeting Jun. 2021 (virtual/online)
Introduction Welcome to the fifth column on the ACM SIGMM Records from the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG).The last VQEG plenary meeting took place online from 7 to 11 June 2021. As the previous meeting celebrated in December 2020, it was organized online (this time by Kingston University) with multiple sessions spread over five days, allowing remote participation of people from 22 different countries ...
JPEG Column: 91st JPEG Meeting
JPEG Committee issues a Call for Proposals on Holography coding The 91st JPEG meeting was held online from 19 to 23 April 2021. This meeting saw several activities relating to holographic coding, notably the release of the JPEG Pleno Holography Call for Proposals, consolidated with the definition of the use cases and requirements for holographic coding ...
MPEG Column: 134th 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 134th MPEG meeting was once again held as an online meeting, and the official press release can be found here and comprises the following items: First International Standard on Neural Network Compression for ...
VQEG Column: New topics
Introduction Welcome to the fourth column on the ACM SIGMM Records from the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG).During the last VQEG plenary meeting (14-18 Dec. 2020) various interesting discussions arose regarding new topics not addressed up to then by VQEG groups, which led to launching three new sub-projects and a new project related to: 1) ...
MPEG Column: 133rd 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 133rd MPEG meeting was once again held as an online meeting, and this time, kicked off with great news, that MPEG is one of the organizations honored as a 72nd Annual Technology ...