Members
Prof. Kiho Choi
Kiho Choi received the B.S. degree (summa cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees from the department of communication and electronics and computer engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. In 2013, he was a research associate and lecturer at Hanyang University before joining Samsung Research in 2014. He has been a technical leader with the department of video coding standards at Samsung Research in Seoul since 2014. From 2021 to 2023, he was an associate professor at AI-Software department, Gachen University. Currently, he is an associate professor in the department of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University. Since 2009, he has been an active participant in standardization for multimedia. He has served several chairs of adhog groups in ISO/IEC MPEG and JVET committees. He has authored more than 200 MPEG contribution articles, more than 50 journal or conference articles. His current research interests include image and video coding, multimedia data compression, multimedia streaming, and AI-based multimedia technology. He is a lead editor of the MPEG-5 part1 Essential Video Coding Standard.
Information
[Address] #410 Electronic Information College building, Kyunghee Univ. Global Campus, 1732, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, Rep. of KOREA,
[Office] +82-031-201-2566
[E-mail] aikiho@khu.ac.kr
Professional Experiences
Assistant Professor, Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Current
Assistant Professor, School of Computing, Gachon University, 2023
Senior Researcher, Global AI Center, Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics, 2021
Senior Researcher, Multimedia Standard Technical Leader, Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics, 2014
Lecturer, Dept. of Electronics & Computer engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2013
Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Electronics&Computer engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2012
Education
PH. D. in Dept. of Electronics & Computer engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2012
B. S. (Summa Cum Laude) in Dept. of Media communication engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2008
Standardization Activity
ISO/IEC 23094-1 (Essential video coding) Project Leader/Editor (2019 - current)
ISO/IEC 23094-4 (Conformance and Reference software for Essential Video Coding) Project Leader/Editor (2020 - current)
Chair of Essential Video Coding adhoc group in ISO/IEC SC29 WG4 MPEG (2019 - 2021)
Chair of 360-degree Video adhoc group in JVET (MPEG & ITU-T) (2018 - 2021)
Chair of Hardware Implementation adhoc group in JVET (MPEG & ITU-T) (2018 - 2020)
Chair of Fast Encoder adhoc group in JVET (MPEG & ITU-T) (2017 - 2018)
Chair of Internet Video Coding adhoc group in ISO/IEC SC29 WG11 MPEG (2010-2012)
Member of ISO/IEC SC29 Korea national body (2008 - current)
Member of 3GPP SA4 (2019 - current)
Member of Alliance for Open Media (2019 - current)
Invited Talk
MPEG New Media Forum workshop, online, 2022, [Link]
New Media Forum 2022 Summer School, online, 2022, [Link]
ETRI workshop, June 2022
OSIA workshop, VVC standardization, May 2022 [Link]
MPEG New Media Forum workshop, online, 2021, [Link]
New Media Forum 2021 Summer School, online, 2021, [Link]
SPIE conference, Panel Discussion: Advanced Video Compression Technologies and Applications, Online, 2021 [Link][YouTube]
New Media Forum 2021 Summer School, online, 2021, [Link]
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DIGIST) seminar, online, 2021
New Media Forum workshop, online, 2021, [Link]
Hanyang University CSE seminar, online, 2021
Mile High Video Workshop, mhv2020, online, 2020, [Link][News&YouTube]
DVB workshop, online, 2020, [Link]
New Media Forum workshop, online, 2020, [Link]
New Media Forum 2020 Summer School, online, 2020, [Link]
SPIE conference, Panel Discussion: Advanced Video Compression Technologies and Applications, Online, 2020 [Link][YouTube]
Picture Coding Symposium 2019, Panel Discussion, Ningbo, China, 2019, [Link]
SPIE conference, Panel Discussion: Future Video Coding, San Diego, USA, 2019 [Link][YouTube]
New Media Forum workshop, Korea, 2018, [Link]
TTA seminar, Immersive Media Standard, Korea, 2017, [Link]
New Media Forum workshop, Korea, 2017, [Link]
Honors and Awards
Excellence Award, Excellent service to ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC 29, ISO and IEC, 2022
Samsung paper Bronze award in multimedia area, 2020
Samsung paper Bronze award in multimedia area, 2020
Certificate of service on 2019 Picture Coding Symposium, 2019
Award of innovation in the patent/standardization area, Samsung Electronics, 2019
Samsung paper Bronze award in multimedia area, 2018
Samsung paper Gold award in multimedia area, 2017
Certificate of appreciation for serving as a reviewer for Journal Electronics Imaging, 2014
Certificate of appreciation for serving as a reviewer for Journal Electronics Imaging, 2013
Best Ph. D Paper Award of Hanyang University, 2012
Summa Cum Laude Award at Hanyang University, 2008
Teaching Experience
Signal and Sytstem, 1st semester, Kyung Hee University, 2023
Software Lab, 1st semester, Kyung Hee University, 2023
Object-oriented Programming, 1st semester, Gachon University, 2022
Algorithm, 2nd semester, Gachon University, 2021, 2022
Problem Solving Methods, 2nd semester, Gachon University, 2021, 2022
Operating System, 1st semester, Gachon University, 2021
Basic of Computer Programming, 1st semester, Gachon University, 2021, 2022
IT Standards, 2nd semester, Hanyang University graduate school, 2013
Advanced Multimedia Encoding, 1st semester, Hanyang University graduate school, 2013
Academic Career
Reviewer for IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Reviewer for IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
Reviewer for Signal Processing: Image Communication
Reviewer for Journal of Electronic Imaging
Reviewer for Optical Engineering
Scholarship
National Scholarship of Brain Korea 21 (BK 21) Scholarship Program (2008 - 2012)
National Scholarship of Korea Scholarship Program for Science and Engineering (2004 - 2008)