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|image = Prof. Dr. Thomas Wiegand-wiegand.jpg

|work_institution = [[Technische Universität Berlin]], Institute<br> of[[Fraunhofer TechnologyHeinrich Hertz Institute]]

|alma_mater = [[TechnicalHamburg University of HamburgTechnology]], <br> [[University of Erlangen-Nuremberg]]

'''Thomas Wiegand''' (born 6 May 1970 in [[Wismar]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[electrical]] [[engineer]] who substantially contributed to the creation of the [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]] and, [[High Efficiency Video Coding|H.265/MPEG-H HEVC]], and [[Versatile Video Coding|H.266/VVC]] video coding standards. For [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]], Wiegand was one of the chairmen of the [[Joint Video Team]] ([[JVT]]) standardization committee that created the standard and was the chief editor of the standard itself. He was also ana very active technical contributor to boththe [[H.264/AVC]], [[High Efficiency Video Coding|H.265/HEVC]], and [[Versatile Video Coding|H.266/VVC]] video coding standards. Wiegand also holds a chairmanship position in the [[ITU-T]] [[VCEG]] of [[ITU-T Study Group 16]] and previously in [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] [[MPEG]] standardization organizations. In July 2006, the video coding work of the [[ITU-T]] was jointly led by [[Gary Sullivan (engineer)|Gary J. Sullivan]] and Wiegand for the preceding six years. It was voted as the most influential area of the standardization work of the [[CCITT]] and ITU-T in their 50-year history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Video Coding Work Voted Most Influential|url=http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/newslog/Video+Coding+Work+Voted+Most+Influential.aspx|work=ITU-T Newslog|publisher=International Telecommunication Union|accessdate=11 April 2012|date=October 2, 2006|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155432/http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/newslog/Video+Coding+Work+Voted+Most+Influential.aspx|archivedate=30 September 2007|df=}}</ref> Since 2018, Wiegand has served as chair of the [[ITU]]/[[WHO]] Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H).<ref>[https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ai4h/Pages/default.aspx ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H)]</ref> Since 2014, Thomson Reuters named Wiegand in their list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” as one of the most cited researchers in his field.

Wiegand is Professor at the [[TechnicalTechnische University ofUniversität Berlin]] and executive director of the [[Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications|Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute]],<ref>[http://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute] official web site.</ref> Berlin, Germany. He heads research teams working on:

* Applied machineMachine learning

Thomas Wiegand was born in and spent his early life in [[East Germany]],. where heHe decided to maketake an apprenticeship as an electrician instead of studying, because everyone who wanted to go to the universityavoid hadhaving to serve for three years in the [[National People's Army]] which he chose to avoid. After the "''[[Die Wende|Wende]]''" he started to study electrical engineering at the [[TechnicalHamburg University of HamburgTechnology]], where he earned his [[Diplom]] in 1995. In 2000, he earned his Ph.D. at the same[[University yearof WiegandErlangen-Nuremberg]]. stayedAs fora somestudent, timehe aswas a guestVisiting scientistResearcher at [[Kobe University]], Japan, the [[University of California, at Santa Barbara]]. Inand 2000[[Stanford heUniversity]], earnedUSA, hiswhere Ph.D.he atalso thereturned [[Universityas ofa Erlangen-Nuremberg]]visiting professor.

* Since 2001: Associated Rapporteur / Co-Chairchair of JVT

*2010: Technology Award of Eduard Rhein Foundation (together with [[Jens-Rainer Ohm]])<ref>[http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/html/hauptseite_e.html''Technology Award of Eduard Rhein Foundation 2010''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120123056/http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/html/hauptseite_e.html |date=2008-11-20 }}</ref>

*2013: Best Paper Award of ''[[IEEE]] Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology'' (together with [[Gary Sullivan (engineer)|Gary Sullivan]], [[Jens-Rainer Ohm]], and Woo-Jin Han)<ref>[http://ieee-cas.org/about/awards/csvt-transactions-best-paper-award CSVT Transactions – Best Paper Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623002814/http://ieee-cas.org/about/awards/csvt-transactions-best-paper-award |date=2013-06-23 }}, [[IEEE]] Circuits and Systems Society web site.</ref>

*2018: Elected member of the [[Academy_of_Sciences_LeopoldinaAcademy of Sciences Leopoldina|German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)]]

* 1997&ndash;1998: Consultant to [[8x8|8x8, Inc.]], [[Santa Clara, California]], USA

* 2011&ndash;2012: Visiting Professorprofessor, [[Stanford University]], USA

[[Category:GermanEngineers engineersfrom Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]]

[[Category:TechnicalAcademic Universitystaff of BerlinTechnische facultyUniversität Berlin]]

[[Category:Fellow MembersFellows of the IEEE]]