高村 誠之

Seishi Takamura received the B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo in 1991, 1993 and 1996, respectively. In 1996 he joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corporation, where he has been engaged in research on efficient video coding and ultra-high quality video coding. He has fulfilled various duties in the research and academic community in current and prior roles including Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Executive Committee Member of IEEE Tokyo Section, Japan Council and Region 10 (Asia-Pacific). He has also served as Chair of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Japan National Body, Japan Head of Delegation of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29, and as an International Steering Committee Member of the Picture Coding Symposium. From 2005 to 2006, he was a Visiting Scientist at Stanford University, California, USA. He had served as a Senior Distinguished Engineer at NTT Computer and Data Science Laboratories until 2022 and currently he is a visiting Secnior Distinguished Engineer at NTT and a Professor of Hosei University. Dr. Takamura is a Fellow of IEEE, IEICE, ITE and IPSJ, and a member of MENSA and APSIPA.