Bernd Girod
Professor of Electrical Engineering
and (by courtesy) Computer Science
Bernd Girod
is Professor of Electrical Engineering and (by courtesy) Computer Science in
the Information Systems Laboratory of Stanford University, California, since
1999. Previously, he was a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department
of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His current research interests are in
the area of networked media systems. He has published over 500 conference and
journal papers and 6 books, receiving the EURASIP Signal Processing Best Paper
Award in 2002, the IEEE Multimedia Communication Best Paper Award in 2007, the
EURASIP Image Communication Best Paper Award in 2008, the EURASIP Signal
Processing Most Cited Paper Award in 2008, as well as the EURASIP Technical
Achievement Award in 2004 and the Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE
Signal Processing Society in 2011. As an entrepreneur, Professor Girod has been
involved in several startup ventures, among them Polycom, Vivo Software, 8x8,
and RealNetworks. He received an Engineering Doctorate from University of
Hannover, Germany, and an M.S. Degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Prof. Girod is a Fellow of the IEEE, a EURASIP Fellow, and a member of the
German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina). He currently serves Stanford’s
School of Engineering as Senior Associate Dean for Online Learning and
Professional Development.