F. Lobo Pereira
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Fernando Pereira graduated as an engineer
and obtained the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
in electrical and computer engineering
from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST),
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in
1985, 1988, and 1991, respectively. He is
currently a Professor at the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department of IST.
He is Member of the Editorial Board and
Area Editor on Image/Video Compression
of Signal Processing: Image Communication Journal, a Member
of the IEEE Press Board, an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions
on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions
on Image Processing, and IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. He
is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and a member of the scientific
and program committees of tens of international conferences. He
contributed more than 150 papers to journals and international
conferences. He won the 1990 Portuguese IBM Award and an ISO
Award for Outstanding Technical Contribution for his participation
in the MPEG-4 Visual standard. For many years, he participates
in the ISO/MPEG work, notably as the Portuguese Delegation
Head, MPEG Requirements Group Chairman, and many MPEG-4
and MPEG-7 related ad hoc groups Chairman. Current areas of interest
are video analysis, processing, coding and description, and
multimedia interactive services.
Biography Updated on 31 July 2005
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