The activities of multimedia group

Areas of expertise:

Video compression: AVC, SVC, MVC, HEVC, 3D
3D video creation and processing: depth estimation, view synthesis, free-viewpoint video
Video processing: surveillance applications.
Video watermarking
Audio compression and processing: low-bitrate coding, USAC, spatial audio etc.
Video and audio codec implementations - software and hardware (FPGA etc.)
Digital television, interactive television, free-view tv
IP cores development, FPGA programming, Design for FPGA
Immersive video coding (MPEG-I, MIV) and objective quality metrics (IV-PSNR, IV-SSIM)
Video Coding for Machines (VCM) and Artificial Neural Network-based video compression
Edge-AI systems for visual surveillance (e.g., early wildfire smoke detection)

~80 contributions to MPEG (ISO) and JVT / JCT-VC / JCT-3V (ISO + ITU).
Our scalable video codec was ranked within three the best codecs in MPEG March 2004 contest for scalable coding (the other codecs were from HHI Berlin and MS Research Asia)
Organization of the 73rd MPEG and 16th JVT Meetings in Poznań (July 2005) – first meeting in Central Europe
Proposal to USAC – SBR extension (Audio group, 2010)
Improvements to Depth Estimation Reference Software
We have been ranked among two the best proponents worldwide - for 3D HEVC-based video codec – November 2011
Major contributions to the MPEG Immersive Video (MIV) standard (ISO/IEC 23090-12), including Test Models (TMIV) and Decoder-Side Depth Estimation (DSDE) profile
Contributions to Video Coding for Machines (VCM) and Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC)
Development of IV-PSNR and IV-SSIM – official objective quality metrics adopted by MPEG for immersive video

First worldwide stereoscopic system for vehicle dimension estimation (2013)
Experimental system for free-viewpoint television – partially in cooperation with Orange Labs (2012).
Outstanding proposal for HEVC-based 3D video coding technology – we have been ranked among two the best proponents for HEVC-based 3D video coding technology in MPEG 2011 contest
Outstanding proposal for scalable video coding technology - ranked within three the best codecs in MPEG March 2004 contest for scalable coding
One of the very first worldwide AVC decoders for television set-top-boxes (early 2004) – cooperation with ADB
Multiple patents granted by the USPTO (2020-2024) regarding immersive video encoding, decoding, and virtual view synthesis.
Development of Quality Metrics for Immersive Video (QMIV) framework.

Design and analysis of True Random Number Generators (TRNGs) and Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) for FPGAs
Synchronization algorithms for high-stability oscillators (e.g., rubidium) and GNSS signals
Wireless communications and 5G: spectrum sensing, cognitive radio, and indoor positioning in 5G-Advanced
Machine learning applications for signal processing, anomaly detection, and IoT (e.g., bioimpedance-based plant monitoring)
Lossless image compression techniques (predictor blending, mixed Huffman codes)

Development of computationally efficient wideband spectrum sensing algorithms utilizing Cumulative Distribution Function and Machine Learning
Design of fast synchronization algorithms for high-stability oscillators using Sliding Mode Control and Kalman Filters
Development of an online platform for testing and evaluating random number generators

Stochastic modeling of Electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation in 5G and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) channels
Application of Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE) for uncertainty quantification in ray-tracing and wireless telecommunication systems
Modeling, simulation, and analysis of 5G-band patch antennas using Artificial Neural Networks
Analysis and time/frequency domain simulations of multiconductor transmission lines with frequency-dependent parameters
Methods of electronic circuit analysis and design

Development of fast stochastic ray-tracing methods for 5G Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications
Advanced numerical stochastic simulations of UWB EM wave propagation on convex obstacles