Bernd Girod | |
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| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology;University of Hannover, Germany |
| Known for | Multimedia Systems; Image and Video Coding format;Streaming Media; Visual Search -QBIC;Computer Vision |
| Awards | Member of theNational Academy of Engineering, Member of the German NationalAcademy of Sciences Leopoldina |
Bernd Girod (born December 1, 1957) is a German-American engineer, the Robert L. and Audrey S. Hancock Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.[1] Girod is a member of theNational Academy of Engineering.
Girod received his M.S. in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (1980) and his Dr.-Ing in electrical engineering from the University of Hannover, Germany (1987).[1][2]
Prior to Stanford, he was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and an assistant professor of media technology at the MIT Media Lab.
His research interests are in image and video coding,computer vision, andmultimedia systems.[3] In 1998, Bernd Girod was elevated to fellowship of theIEEE for contributions to the theory and practice of video communication.[4]
Girod's research has been central in startup ventures, including Polycom, Vivo Software, 8x8, and RealNetworks.[1][5] He holds nearly 40 patents.[6]
He is a Faculty Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering (SCIEN)[7] and a Director of the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication.[8] He was Founding Director of David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovations (2012–2015), a Senior Associate Dean for the Online Learning and Professional Development, School of Engineering at Stanford University (2012–2015), and a Senior Associate Dean at large for the School of Engineering at Stanford University (2015–2016).
He is currently an advisor[9] of theBrown Institute for Media Innovation.[10]
