Saverio Blasi

Contact Details

Research Group: Multimedia and Vision Research Group

Supervisor: Prof Ebroul Izquierdo

Research Topic: Improved Video Coding for High Quality and Low Complexity Applications

Research Scope: The project is focused on improving video coding algorithms, achieving high quality of the uncompressed signal even in applications where low complexity is required. The work is mainly focused on the motion estimation block of the encoder and on rate-distortion-complexity optimisation topics. In particular sub-pel motion estimation is investigated in the light of low-complexity requirements, and in parallel other techniques for reducing the residual error are proposed. The aim is that of proposing an original framework for efficiently exploiting the temporal redundancy of a video signal, for a possible contribution in new emerging video compression standards (such as the HEVC/H.265).

Biography

I was born in Rome, Italy, in 1984. I studied at La Sapienza University of Rome, obtaining a BSc in Control Systems Engineering in 2006 and an MSc in Automation Engineering in 2008. I decided to continue my studies in the field of Electronic Engineering enrolling in 2009 at Kings College London, where I obtained an MSc in Signal Processing for Multimedia Technologies in 2010. Since September 2010 I am a PhD student at Queen Mary, University of London, working on Video Coding.