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Performing other various IP tasks.
Focusing on HDR and UHD 10-bit video.
(2016 – Present) Co-founder and CEO, NativeLOOK Ltd.
Developing revolutionary voice-controlled IoT devices, which allow to make real-time decisions and object recognition based on Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning patent pending technology.
IP development and strategic planning.
Conducting performance evaluations of state-of-the-art video codecs, including JEM, HM, JM, x265, VP9, AV1.
Specifying, developing and maintaining the ITN reference software (i.e., the test model) as well as defining test data and core experiments.
Conducting performance assessments of various video codecs.
Developing an efficient adaptive H.264/SVC live video streaming with ultra-low delay by using advanced network error protection and pre-processing techniques.
Developing advanced pre-processing techniques by using Computational-Complexity-Rate-Distortion (C-R-D) analysis.
Conducting due-diligence processes, performing patent searches, developing companies patent protection strategies, providing expert opinions, etc.
Conducting due-diligence processes, performing patent searches, developing companies patent protection strategies, providing expert opinions, and handling many other tasks, etc.
Defining electrical and electronics components.
Performing quality control of printed circuit boards (PCBs).
2013-2017: Senior Researcher at Fraunhofer HHI, ERCIM Program – Alain Bensoussan Fellowship, Marie Curie Fellowship.
2011-2013: Post-Doctoral Senior Principal Researcher at the Multimedia Laboratory, Communication Systems Engineering Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel.
2006 – 2011: D. degree in Video and Image Compression/Processing at the Communication Systems Engineering Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel. Doctoral Thesis supervisor: Dr. O. Hadar. Doctoral Thesis: “Computational Complexity and Rate-Distortion Scalable Video Coding Optimization“. Average Grade: 95/100.
2003 – 2006: Sc. degree in Video and Image Compression/Processing at the Electro-Optics Unit, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Thesis supervisor: Dr. O. Hadar. Thesis: “Time-Rate-Distortion Analysis for Optimizing the H.264/AVC Video Compression” Average Grade: 93/100.
1998-2002: B.Sc. degree at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Final project supervisor: Prof. S. Ben-Yakov.
“Video Coding and Processing” graduate course for IDF officers, 2018, Tzrifin.
“Image Coding and Processing” graduate course for IDF officers, 2015, Tzrifin.
“Multimedia Compression” undergraduate course, 2013, Department of Communication Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva.
“Image Coding and Processing” graduate course for IDF officers, 2012, Tzrifin.
“Protocols and Computer Networks” graduate course, 2012, Computer Science Department, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem.
“Multimedia Compression” undergraduate course, 2011, 2012, Department of Communication Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva.
“Video and Audio Transmission over the Internet” undergraduate course, 2011, 2012, Department of Communication Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva.
2014-2016 – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship (FP7 MSCA).
2013/2014 – ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” Fellowship/Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (FP7 MSCA).
2012 – Kreitman Fellowship ($ 25,000).
2012- NetHD Consortium, MAGNET Program of the Israeli Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Trade and Industry ($ 65,000).
2011 – Kreitman Fellowship ($ 25,000).
IEEE Senior Member Nomination (2011).
2011 – NetHD Consortium, MAGNET Program of the Israeli Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Trade and Industry ($ 65,000).
2010/2011 – BGU Negev Consortium, MAGNET Program of the Israeli Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Trade and Industry ($ 180,000).
Dan Grois, “Video Coding and HEVC”, High Mile Video 2018, Denver, USA, Jul. 31-Aug. 1, 2018.
Dan Grois, “Introduction to the High Efficiency Video Coding”, Philadelphia, USA, Jan. 31, 2018.
Dan Grois, “Introduction to the High Efficiency Video Coding and High Dynamic Range”, DASH-IF, Denver, USA, Aug. 10, 2017.
Dan Grois, “The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Standard: Tools, Applications, and Performance”, Huawei Strategy and Technology Workshop (STW), May 16-18, 2017, Shenzhen, China.
Dan Grois, Benjamin Bross, Detlev Marpe, and Karsten Suhring (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications – Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), Berlin, Germany), “HEVC/H.265 Video Coding Standard (v. 2) Including Range, Scalable, and Multiview Extensions”, presented at IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Québec City, Canada, Sept. 27-30, 2015.
Dan Grois, Benjamin Bross, Detlev Marpe, and Karsten Suhring (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications – Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), Berlin, Germany), “HEVC/H.265 Video Coding Standard including the Range Extensions, Scalable Extensions, and Multiview Extensions”, presented at IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics – Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), Berlin, Germany, Sept. 6-9, 2015.
Dan Grois, Benjamin Bross, Detlev Marpe, and Karsten Suhring (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications – Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), Berlin, Germany), “HEVC/H.265 Video Coding Standard (Version 2) including the Range Extensions, Scalable Extensions, and Multiview Extensions”, presented at IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Torino, Italy, Jun. 29 -Jul. 3, 2015.
IEEE Senior Member – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
ACM Member – Association for Computing Machinery.
SPIE Member – International Society for Optics and Photonics.
SMPTE Member – Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
ISOC Member – Internet Society.
IETF – Participant of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
JCT-VC, JCT-3V, VCEG, MPEG, JPEG, Vienna, Austria, 25 Jul. – 2 Aug. 2013.
Guest Editor of the Special Section on Video Compression Technologies, SPIE Optical Engineering Journal, to be published in July 2013.
SPIE, Applications of Digital Image Processing XLI, San-Diego, US, 2017.
IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las-Vegas, 2013, 2014, 2015.
IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE-Berlin), Berlin, 2013, 2014.
IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECON 2012).
IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA 2012).
IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, 2017.
IEEE Consumer Electronics Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2013.
IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2013), Sessions: “GPU Processing”, “Video Coding 1”, “Video Coding 2”.
IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB 2011).
Georg Maier, “Fast Motion Estimation for a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Encoder” (2014).
Sergey Fridland, “Adaptive Video Streaming by Using Scalable Video Coding over RTP” (2012).
Moshe Maman and Yosi Trabelsi, “Performance Evaluation and Computational Complexity Reduction of the High-Resolution HEVC-Based Intra-Coding vs. JPEG, JPEG2000, JPEG-LS, JPEG-XR” (2012).
Amit Mulayoff and Benaya Itzhaki, “Performance Evaluation and Computational Complexity Reduction of the High-Resolution HEVC vs. H.264/AVC” (2012).
Alex Glukhovsky and Yotam Vaknin, “Live Video Streaming by Adaptively Varying a Number of Scalable Video Coding Layers Prior to the Encoding” (2012).
David Reubeni and Leonid Feingold, “Adaptive Change of Scalable Video Coding Parameters During the Live Video Streaming” (2012).
Omri Cohen and Ilai Kordonsky, “Adaptive Live Multicast Video Streaming by Using MGS/CGS Scalability of the H.264/SVC” (2012).
Guy Itzhak and Ohad Alali, “Adaptive Live Multicast Video Streaming by Using Spatial and Temporal Scalability of the H.264/SVC” (2012).
Daniel Kaufman and Guy Shalom, “Adaptive Pre-/Post-Filtering for Live SVC Streaming” (2011).
Itay Bochner and Tal Ben-Avraham, “Pre-/Post-Filtering for SVC Streaming” (2011).
Ronen Varfman and Idan Ori, “Complexity Controller for Scalable Video Coding” (2010).
Matan Unger and Oren Bahman, “Adaptive Bit-Rate Control For Scalable Video Coding” (2010).
Ran Dubin and Aviad Hadarian, “Adjustable and Scalable Region-of-Interest Video Coding” (2009).
Maayan David and Esti Hagag, “Quality Evaluation and Comparison of SVC Encoders” (2009).
Grois Dan, “High Efficiency Video Coding – A Guide to the HEVC Standard and its Extensions”, in preparation, Cambridge University Press, UK, to be published in 2020.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, Region-of-Interest Processing and Coding Techniques – Overview of Recent Trends and Directions, Intelligent Multimedia Technologies for Networking Applications: Techniques and Tools, ed. Dimitris Kanellopoulos, IGI Global, pp. 126-155, 2013.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, Recent Advances in Computational Complexity Techniques for Video Coding Applications, Intelligent Multimedia Technologies for Networking – Techniques and Tools, ed. Dimitris Kanellopoulos, IGI Global, pp. 156-195, 2013.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer. Advances in Region-of-Interest Video and Image Processing, Multimedia Networking and Coding, ed. Reuben A. Farrugia and Carl J. Debono, IGI Global, pp. 76-123, 2013.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer. Recent Advances in Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming by Using Scalable Video Coding. In Streaming Media with Peer-to-Peer Networks: Wireless Perspectives, ed. Martin Fleury and Nadia Qadri, IGI Global, pp. 162-195, 2012.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer. Recent Advances in Watermarking for Scalable Video Coding, Watermarking – Volume 2, Dr. Mithun Das Gupta (Ed.), InTech, pp. 1-16, 2012.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer. Recent Advances in Region-of-Interest Coding, In Recent Advances on Video Coding, Javier Del Ser Lorente (Ed.), InTech, pp. 49-76, 2011.
Grois, Dan, Kaminsky, Evgeny and Hadar, Ofer. Optimization Methods for H.264/AVC Video Coding, In Handbook of MPEG Applications: Standards in Practice, (eds M. C. Angelides and H. Agius), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp. 175-204, 2010.
Georg Maier, Benjamin Bross, Dan Grois, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Remco Veltkamp, Thomas Wiegand, “Context-Based Fractional Sample Refinement for HEVC Compliant Encoding”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-1, 2016.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Complexity-Aware Adaptive Pre-Processing Scheme for Region-of-Interest Spatial Scalable Video Coding,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol.24, no.6, pp.1025-1039, Jun. 2014.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Efficient Region-of-Interest Scalable Video Coding with Adaptive Bit-Rate Control,” Advances in Multimedia, vol. 2013, Article ID 281593, 17 pages, 2013.
Grois, Dan, Kaminsky, Evgeny and Hadar, Ofer, “Efficient Real-Time Video-in-Video Insertion into a Pre-Encoded Video Stream,” ISRN Signal Processing, vol. 2011, pp. 1-11, 2011.
Kaminsky, Engeny, Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Dynamic Computational Complexity and Bit Allocation for Optimizing H.264/AVC Video Compression”, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 19, iss. 1, Jan. 2008, pp. 56-74.
Grois, Dan, Shcherback, Igor; Danov, Tatiana and Yadid-Pecht, Orly, “Theoretical Approach to CMOS APS PSF and MTF Modeling – Evaluation,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.6, no.1, pp. 118- 124, Feb. 2006.
Kalyan Goswami, Bhavna Hariharan, Pradeep Ramachandran, Alex Giladi, Dan Grois, Kavitha Sampath, Aruna Matheswaran, Ashok Kumar Mishra*, and Kevin Pikus, “Adaptive Multi-Resolution Encoding for ABR Streaming”, accepted, Oct. 7-10, ICIP 2018.
Grois, Dan, Nguyen, Tung and Marpe, Detlev, “Performance Comparison of AV1, JEM, VP9, and HEVC Encoders”, Proc. SPIE 10396, Applications of Digital Image Processing XL, 103960L, 7-10 Aug., 2017.
Grois, Dan, Nguyen, Tung and Marpe, Detlev, “Coding Efficiency Comparison of AV1/VP9, H.265/MPEG, HEVC and H.264/MPEG-AVC Encoders”, Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), 2017, pp. 1-5, 4-7 Dec., 2016.
Georg Maier, Benjamin Bross, Dan Grois, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, R.C. Veltkamp, Thomas Wiegand, “Pattern-based integer sample motion search strategies in the context of HEVC”, Proc. SPIE 9599, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXVIII, 95991A, Sept. 22, 2015.
Grois, Dan, Marpe, Detlev, Tung, Nguyen and Hadar, Ofer, “Comparative Assessment of H.265/MPEG-HEVC, VP9, and H.264/MPEG-AVC Encoders for Low-Delay Video Applications”, Proc. SPIE 9217, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXVII, 92170Q, Sept. 23, 2014.
Grois, Dan, Marpe, Detlev, Mulayoff, Amit, Itzhaky, Benaya and Hadar, Ofer, “Performance comparison of H.265/MPEG-HEVC, VP9, and H.264/MPEG-AVC encoders,” Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), 2013, pp.394-397, 8-11 Dec. 2013.
Grois, Dan, Hadar, Ofer and Marpe, Detlev, “Network-optimized adaptive SVC-based live video streaming,” Consumer Electronics Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2013. ICCE-Berlin 2013. IEEE Third International Conference on, vol., no., pp.352-354, 9-11 Sept. 2013.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Recent Trends in Online Multimedia Education for Heterogeneous End-User Devices Based on Scalable Video Coding,” accepted to IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, Berlin, Mar. 13-15, 2013.
Grois, Dan, Loants, Maoz, Hadar, Ofer; Ohayon, Rony and Amram Noam, “Live Video Streaming with Adaptive Pre-Processing by Using Scalable Video Coding,” Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pp.588-589, 11-14 Jan. 2013.
Grois, Dan, Loants, Maoz, Hadar, Ofer; Ohayon, Rony and Amram Noam, “Ultra-fast live video-in-video insertion for H.264/AVC,” Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pp.635-636, 11-14 Jan. 2013.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Efficient Adaptive Bit-Rate Control for Scalable Video Coding by using Computational Complexity-Rate-Distortion Analysis,” Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on , pp.1-6, Nuremberg, Germany, 8-10 Jun. 2011.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Complexity-Aware Adaptive Bit-Rate Control with Dynamic ROI Pre-Processing for Scalable Video Coding,” Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2011 IEEE International Conference on, pp.1-4, Barcelona, Spain, 11-15 Jul. 2011.
Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Complexity-Aware Adaptive Spatial Pre-Processing for ROI Scalable Video Coding with Dynamic Transition Region,” Image Processing (ICIP), 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on , pp.741-744, Brussels, Belgium, 11-14 Sept. 2011.
Grois, Dan, Kaminsky, Evgeny and Hadar, Ofer, “Dynamically Adjustable and Scalable ROI Video Coding,” Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on , pp.1-5, Shanghai, China, 24-26 Mar. 2010.
Kaminsky, Evgeny, Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Efficient Real-Time Video-In-Video Insertion into a Pre-Encoded Video Stream for the H.264/AVC,” Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST), 2010 IEEE International Conference on , pp.436-441, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-2 Jul. 2010.
Grois, Dan, Kaminsky, Evgeny and Hadar, Ofer, “Adaptive Bit-Rate Control for Region-of-Interest Scalable Video Coding,” Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), 2010 IEEE 26th Convention of , pp.761-765, Eilat, Israel, 17-20 Nov. 2010.
Grois Dan, Kaminsky, Evgeny and Hadar, Ofer, “Buffer Control in H.264/AVC Applications by Implementing Dynamic Complexity-Rate-Distortion Analysis,” Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, 2009. BMSB ’09. IEEE International Symposium on, pp.1-7, Bilbao, Spain, 13-15 May 2009.
Kaminsky, Evgeny, Grois, Dan and Hadar, Ofer, “Dynamic Computational Complexity and Bit Allocation for Optimizing H.264/AVC Video Compression”, Information Technology: Research and Education, 2006. ITRE ’06. International Conference on, pp.167-171, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 16-19 Oct. 2006.
Grois, Dan, Alex Giladi, “Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Processing Video”, 62/740,369, filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Grois, Dan, Alex Giladi, “Systems and Methods for Deblocking Filtering”, 62/699588, filed on July 17, 2018.
Grois, Dan, Alex Giladi, “Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Processing Video”, 62/653891, filed on April 06, 2018.
Grois, Dan, Alex Giladi, “Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Processing Video”, 62/643682, filed on March 15, 2018.
Grois, Dan, “Smart Jewelry Apparatus, System, Charging Box and Method thereof”, US Patent Application no. 62/393,674, Sep. 13, 2016.
Grois, Dan, “Advertising Smart Jewelry System, Apparatus and Method thereof”, US Patent Application no. 62/393,675, Sep. 13, 2016.
Grois, Dan, “Combined Display Apparatus and Pendant”, Notice of Allowance, Design Patent Application no. 29/569,301, filed on June 25, 2016.
Grois, Dan, “Combined Display Apparatus and Pendant”, Notice of Allowance, Design Patent Application no. 29/569,302, filed on June 25, 2016.
Grois, Dan, “Combined Display Apparatus and Pendant”, Notice of Allowance, Design Patent Application no. 29/569,303, filed on June 25, 2016.
Grois, Dan, “Combined Display Apparatus and Pendant”, Notice of Allowance, Design Patent Application no. 29/569,304, filed on June 25, 2016.
Grois, Dan, “Combined Display Apparatus and Pendant”, Notice of Allowance, Design Patent Application no. 29/569,305, filed on June 25, 2016.
Grois, Dan, “Charger Box”, Notice of Allowance, Design Patent Application no. 29/571,323, filed on July 18, 2016.
Georg Maier, Benjamin Bross, Dan Grois, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand, Remco Veltkamp, “Refinement of a Low-Pel Resolution Motion Estimation Vector”, PCT application no. PCT/EP2015/064458, filed on Jun. 25, 2015.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Assigning One or More Categorized Scores to Each Document over a Data Network”, US Patent Application no. 13/264,750, filed on Oct. 16, 2011.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Assigning One or More Categorized Scores to Each Document over a Data Network”, US Patent Application no. 12/156,585, filed on Jun. 4, 2008.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Enabling a User to Vote for a Document Stored within a Database”, US Patent Application no. 12/156,589, filed on Jun. 4, 2008.
Grois, Dan, “Pay Per Relevance (PPR) Method, Server and System thereof”, US Patent Application no. 12/080,939, filed on Apr. 8, 2008.
Grois, Dan, “Method and System for Searching Data Using a Virtual Assistant”, PCT Patent Application, Pub. No. WO 2007/088536, filed on Jan. 31, 2007.
Grois, Dan, “Method and System for Searching a Data Network by Using a Virtual Assistant and for Advertising by Using the Same”, US Patent Application no. 12/223,483, international filing date of Jul. 31, 2007.
Grois, Dan, “Pay Per Relevance (PPR) Advertising Method and System”, Israeli Patent Application No. 182518, filed on Apr. 12, 2007.
Grois, Dan, “Method and System for Conducting an Optimized Data Search Within a Database Over a Data Network by Using a Virtual Assistant”, Israeli Patent Application No. 173493, filed on Feb. 1, 2006.
Grois, Dan, “Method and System for Advertising by Means of a Search Engine over a Data Network”, Israeli Patent Application No. 174107, filed on Mar. 5, 2006.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Assigning One or More Categorized Scores to Each Document over a Data Network”, PCT Patent Application, Pub. No. WO2007/069244, filed on Dec. 12, 2006.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Assigning One or More Categorized Scores to Each Document over a Data Network”, US Patent Application no. 13/264,750, international filing date of Dec. 12, 2006.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Assigning One or More Categorized Scores to Each Document over a Data Network”, Israeli Patent Application No. 192054, international filing date of Dec. 12, 2006.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Enabling a User to Vote for a Document Stored within a Database“, Israeli Patent Application No. 192055, international filing date of Dec. 12, 2006.
Grois, Dan, “Method for Assigning One or More Categorized Scores to Each Document over a Data Network”, Israeli Patent Application No. 172551, filed on Dec. 13, 2005.
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