Professor of electrical engineering with more than four decades of experience in the field of digital image and video processing and digital signal processing. Has significant expertise in the JPEG image and MPEG video compression standards. His research interests include computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning.
Formal Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin
- M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif Institute of Technology, Tehran
Career Highlights
- At a major technology company, developed various innovative technologies that found their way into numerous products, including for video stabilization, red eye reduction, digital watermarking, and several file formats
- Responsible for building a world class research department in the area of semantic understanding of images and video
- Chairman of the Coding Efficiency Group (comprising over fifty scientists) of the JPEG-2000 committee from 1998 until 2000
- Author of book chapters on JPEG compression in medical imaging and digital watermarking
- Principal investigator (PI) on a multi-million dollar grant from a military research laboratory to conduct research in the area of image and video processing using deep learning
- Named inventor on more than forty issued U.S. patents relating to digital imaging technology, from the capture and compression of images and videos, to their enhancement, encoding, and transmission
Expert Qualifications
- Has been retained as expert by both plaintiffs and defendants in patent litigations relating to technologies used by such companies as Apple, Kodak, Lexmark, Samsung, and USAA bank
- Retained by Bank of America, Google, Intel, Maxell, and Olympus as a testifying expert in image and video compression expert for various IPRs (Inter Partes Reviews)
- Hired by various law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Canadian Royal Police, to train staff video analysts in the methods of image and video processing and compression
- Hired to serve as an expert witness to digitally enhance a crucial video
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of cases can this expert support?
This expert can support cases involving consumer electronics, medical devices, military/aerospace systems, and computer security. Their signal processing expertise applies to disputes over data transmission, image/video analysis, and autonomous systems. Their litigation experience is not listed in their profile.
What is this expert's technical background?
They hold a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. At Kodak Research Laboratories, they spent decades developing compression technologies, digital watermarking, and video processing tools—work that earned an Emmy Award. They've published on JPEG compression in medical imaging, led the JPEG-2000 Coding Efficiency Group, and hold over 40 U.S. patents in digital imaging.
What technologies does this expert specialize in?
They specialize in JPEG and MPEG compression standards, computer vision, pattern recognition, and digital watermarking. They also work on video stabilization, red eye reduction, and image enhancement. More recently, they've focused on machine learning for image and video processing.