Tingting graduated from Beijing Jiaotong University in 2016, majoring in wireless communication on channel coding (especially, Polar code). After graduation, Tingting joined Spreadtrum (a.k.a Unisoc), Sony (China) and NEC (UK) sequentially serving as 3GPP standardization RAN1 delegate working on 5G/6G Channel coding, PDCCH, B52G, XR, RIS, AIoT topics, submitting multiple t-doc to 3GPP RAN1 and … Read more
Sébastien has a 15-year career in research and standardization (MPEG, JCTVC, ATSC) holding standards-related positions with Canon, Technicolor, BlackBerry, Xiaomi and now Ofinno where he is Senior Principal Scientist. He received an M.S. degree in Mathematics from Universities of Strasbourg and Versailles, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from University Paris VI Pierre et Marie … Read more
Sai is an HPC Software Engineer at Ofinno, where he architects and scales the high performance computing environments that enable researchers to run large-scale simulations for next-generation video compression and immersive media standards(JVET/MPEG). His work spans workload scheduling optimization, resource management, and cluster performance engineering across distributed systems. Originally from India, Sai earned his B.S. … Read more
Pierre is a Principal Engineer and Senior Manager at Ofinno. He joined Ofinno in April 2023 and, together with his team, is currently involved in developing the next generation of video codecs within the joint MPEG and ITU-T JVET group. During his career, Pierre has successfully participated in the design of the previous HEVC and … Read more
Pavan Kumar Mangipudi is a Senior Engineer at Ofinno, focusing on next-generation IEEE 802.11 PHY/MAC innovation and standardization. His work centers on inventing and evaluating technologies for upcoming Wi-Fi generations (including IEEE 802.11bn, IEEE 802.11bq and future generations), with interests spanning wireless communications, wireless networking, and AI/ML-driven optimization of wireless systems. Prior to joining Ofinno, … Read more
Naima received her graduate degree in Electronic and information technology from the High institute of Computer science and Multimedia of Gabes, Tunisia, in 2016 and her master’s degree in the same field of study, in 2018. She also received in 2023 her joint doctoral degree in Electronic, signal, image and vision from the Institute INSA … Read more
Muhammet Balcilar joined Ofinno LLC in 2025 where he is currently working as a Senior Staff Engineer. He received his B.S. and M.S. and PhD in computer engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2004, 2007 and 2013 respectively. Previously, he worked as a postdoc atthe university he graduated from, Ecole des Mines, Paris … Read more
At Ofinno, Thang works on next-generation video coding standards and neural network-based video compression. His work currently focuses on inter-prediction algorithms and other tools to improve coding efficiency. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Seoul National University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Before joining Ofinno, Thang worked as … Read more
Médéric Blestel is a Senior Video Standard Researcher within Ofinno. He joined the Ofinno Video compression team based in Rennes (France) in 2023. As an experienced leader, his research interests focus on various aspects of image and video processing research. Médéric has been heavily involved in various encoding projects and now mainly focuses on new … Read more
Kirill is a Software Engineer at Ofinno specializing in video compression, with a focus on developing and implementing tools for next-generation video coding standards. He holds a Master’s degree in Fundamental Mathematics from Moscow State University and bridges advanced compression algorithms with efficient software implementation.
Jonathan has focused on compression for more than 15 years, since he started his PhD on biomedical images compression in 2008. He has contributed in MPEG and WG7 for geometry based point cloud compression (G-PCC) standardization since 2019. He has been software coordinator for G-PCC reference softwares since 2021. He is now focusing on the … Read more
As the Director of the Advanced Media Lab (AML) at Ofinno, Chia-Yang leads a team of researchers and software engineers in driving JVET and MPEG standardization. His team’s work focuses on shaping the future of next-generation video compression and 3D video coding technologies. Prior to joining Ofinno, Chia-Yang founded an AI-driven video encoder startup. He … Read more
Key Takeaways How do you compress a rapidly evolving 3D data representation that is under 3 years old?MPEG is continuing its exploration of Gaussian Splat Coding (GSC)—the compression of Gaussian Splat (GS) data representations used in 3D scene capture—with involvement from multiple working groups including WG 4, WG 5, and WG 7. The effort remains … Read more
Ofinno’s Standards Readouts feature expert insight and analysis that translates complex standardization progress into actionable insights to help navigate the future 5G/6G, next-gen Wi-Fi, and media compression technologies. Overview In October, the 40th meeting of the Joint Video Experts Team (JVET) in Geneva brought together many of the key players in video compression to shape … Read more
Stephen joined Ofinno in June 2025; he works on developing novel methods for 3D Gaussian splat compression within the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). He recently earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Iowa, where his research focused on 3D compression, streaming, and reconstruction for immersive telepresence.
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