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 Professor of
Telecommunications in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His current research interests are in the areas of video
compression and networked media systems. He has published over 400 conference
and journal papers, as well as 5 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, as well as the
the EURASIP Technical Achievement Award in 2004. As an entrepreneur, Professor
Girod has been involved with several startup ventures as founder, director,
investor, or advisor, among them Polycom (Nasdaq:PLCM), Vivo Software, 8x8
(Nasdaq: EGHT), and RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK). He received an Engineering
Doctorate from