Touradj Ebrahimi
@touradjebrahimi.bsky.social
Professor of multimedia signal processing at EPFL, founder and executive chairman of RayShaper SA and Convenor (Chairman) of JPEG standardization committee.
Reducing investment in research and innovation slows progress, but directing them towards the wrong problems or the wrong solutions can be even more harmful.
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reducing investment in research and innovation slows progress, but directing them towards the wrong problems or the wrong solutions can be even more harmful.
Excited to work with @itu.int and the distinguished members of its newly formed Academic Advisory Body to explore how emerging technologies can enhance societal well-being, and to craft insightful policy briefs on the changing landscape of innovation: www.itu.int/hub/2025/09/...
New ITU academic collaboration on technology trends - ITU
ITU's new Academic Advisory Body on Emerging Technologies will feed research into the organization’s work enabling global communications
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September 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Excited to work with @itu.int and the distinguished members of its newly formed Academic Advisory Body to explore how emerging technologies can enhance societal well-being, and to craft insightful policy briefs on the changing landscape of innovation: www.itu.int/hub/2025/09/...
Curious to know more details about how the lack of bias, as claimed in this face recognition system, was assessed and validated!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Met chief rejects calls to scrap live facial recognition at Notting Hill carnival
Mark Rowley says technology will be ‘non-discriminatory’ and ‘does not perform in a way which exhibits bias’
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August 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Curious to know more details about how the lack of bias, as claimed in this face recognition system, was assessed and validated!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
There will be challenges in the introduction of a sovereign e-ID, ranging from its adoption to security implications, and many others! But is it realistic to resist and to ignore the change in economy and society?
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
September 28 vote: Swiss back e-ID but Swiss Abroad remain cautious
Electronic ID appeals to a large majority of Swiss, but the diaspora is more sceptical, according to the first poll ahead of the September 28 referendum.
www.swissinfo.ch
August 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
There will be challenges in the introduction of a sovereign e-ID, ranging from its adoption to security implications, and many others! But is it realistic to resist and to ignore the change in economy and society?
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
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August 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Happy national day to all Swiss and friends of Switzerland 🤍🇨🇭❤️
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Finally 111100
July 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Finally 111100
Consider reading my latest article on the occasion of the AI for Good Summit, taking place from 8 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, where I discuss JPEG Trust standard!
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How do we trust what we see in an age of AI?
This week, as AI experts from around the world gather at the AI for Good Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, the conversation is no longer only about the power of artificial intelligence. It’s about trust.
www.iso.org
July 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Consider reading my latest article on the occasion of the AI for Good Summit, taking place from 8 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, where I discuss JPEG Trust standard!
www.iso.org/contents/new...
www.iso.org/contents/new...
After a 6-day JPEG meeting in Daejeon, South Korea with lot of achievements (stay tuned for the press release), now attending a two-day SC29 meeting to report the results to the ISO/IEC parent committee and to coordinate with MPEG groups.
#wearejpeg
#wearejpeg
July 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
After a 6-day JPEG meeting in Daejeon, South Korea with lot of achievements (stay tuned for the press release), now attending a two-day SC29 meeting to report the results to the ISO/IEC parent committee and to coordinate with MPEG groups.
#wearejpeg
#wearejpeg
Very impressed to see the first ever implementation by Huawei of JPEG AI encoder and decoder on their mobile phone!
And the logo of the new JPEG XE standard in Coral Red looks very cool!
#wearejpeg
And the logo of the new JPEG XE standard in Coral Red looks very cool!
#wearejpeg
July 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Very impressed to see the first ever implementation by Huawei of JPEG AI encoder and decoder on their mobile phone!
And the logo of the new JPEG XE standard in Coral Red looks very cool!
#wearejpeg
And the logo of the new JPEG XE standard in Coral Red looks very cool!
#wearejpeg
It’s always fun when the local free newspaper talks about something you have been involved in:
www.20min.ch/fr/story/epf...
www.20min.ch/fr/story/epf...
Photos dans l'ADN : l'EPFL travaille sur le JPEG du futur
Oubliez les disques durs et les serveurs géants: demain, vos photos pourraient tenir… dans un brin d’ADN. À l’EPFL, des chercheurs bossent sur une norme JPEG du futur.
www.20min.ch
June 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It’s always fun when the local free newspaper talks about something you have been involved in:
www.20min.ch/fr/story/epf...
www.20min.ch/fr/story/epf...
Thrilled to take part in a webinar around deepfakes and standards to cope with their challenges.
It’s all recorded and can be watched from here:
www.iec.ch/academy/webi...
It’s all recorded and can be watched from here:
www.iec.ch/academy/webi...
Deepfake threats and detection: standards for digital authenticity | IEC
Deepfake threats and detection: standards for digital authenticity
www.iec.ch
June 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thrilled to take part in a webinar around deepfakes and standards to cope with their challenges.
It’s all recorded and can be watched from here:
www.iec.ch/academy/webi...
It’s all recorded and can be watched from here:
www.iec.ch/academy/webi...
Very excited to attend the 108th JPEG meeting in Daejeon, South Korea, from 29 June to 4 July 2025, followed by an SC 29 meeting from 5 to 6 July.
#wearejpeg
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#wearejpeg
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JPEG
jpeg.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Very excited to attend the 108th JPEG meeting in Daejeon, South Korea, from 29 June to 4 July 2025, followed by an SC 29 meeting from 5 to 6 July.
#wearejpeg
jpeg.org
#wearejpeg
jpeg.org
The true reason behind the prosperity of a great nation!
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The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration
YouTube video by Montclair Immigration Network
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June 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The true reason behind the prosperity of a great nation!
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Highlights of a week at Expo2025 in Osaka spent visiting the Swiss Pavilion and installing an exhibit on JPEG DNA, organizing a workshop on JPEG and Montreux Jazz Festival Digital Archives, visiting the Swissnex Osaka to see an exposition by EPFL and its spinoffs 🇨🇭
June 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Highlights of a week at Expo2025 in Osaka spent visiting the Swiss Pavilion and installing an exhibit on JPEG DNA, organizing a workshop on JPEG and Montreux Jazz Festival Digital Archives, visiting the Swissnex Osaka to see an exposition by EPFL and its spinoffs 🇨🇭
This was an amazing experience… taking time to look back at the last 3 decades of my professional and personal life during a 6-hour interview!
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Touradj Ebrahimi (3 parts) | Vita Sumus
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June 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This was an amazing experience… taking time to look back at the last 3 decades of my professional and personal life during a 6-hour interview!
vitasumus.ch/touradj-ebra...
vitasumus.ch/touradj-ebra...
Happy Easter to all those who celebrate 🐣🌸
April 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Happy Easter to all those who celebrate 🐣🌸
JPEG just unveiled the JPEG DNA logo, a recent standard foreseen to be published in 2026 for image archival on DNA support! Other exciting news include draft international standard of the second edition of JPEG Trust, and many more achievements. Stay tuned for the press release!
April 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
JPEG just unveiled the JPEG DNA logo, a recent standard foreseen to be published in 2026 for image archival on DNA support! Other exciting news include draft international standard of the second edition of JPEG Trust, and many more achievements. Stay tuned for the press release!
Happy Passover to all those who celebrate ✡️
April 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy Passover to all those who celebrate ✡️
As Switzerland is the largest foreign investor in R&D in the US, and it has already made significant cuts in its own spending on research, innovation and education, isn't it time to bring some of that R&D investment back home through well thought initiatives?
www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swit...
www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swit...
Swiss politicians want to stand up to Trump with these measures
SP Co-President Cédric Wermuth accuses the Federal Council of capitulating on the US punitive tariffs - and calls for a tough response in solidarity with the EU. Criticism has also come from the conse...
www.bluewin.ch
April 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As Switzerland is the largest foreign investor in R&D in the US, and it has already made significant cuts in its own spending on research, innovation and education, isn't it time to bring some of that R&D investment back home through well thought initiatives?
www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swit...
www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swit...
Let’s set the record straight on the actual Swiss tariffs on imports from the US, that have resulted in a 31% or 32% tariff imposed on it exports. The tariff on the imports of industrial goods from the US, which represents 95% of its total trade, is 0%!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
Swiss Indignant to Make the Top 10 of Trump’s Tariffs List
Swiss companies bemoan the loss of a reliable partner, and called the 32 percent tariff “incomprehensible.”
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Let’s set the record straight on the actual Swiss tariffs on imports from the US, that have resulted in a 31% or 32% tariff imposed on it exports. The tariff on the imports of industrial goods from the US, which represents 95% of its total trade, is 0%!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
JPEG XL is more versatile than meets the eyes!
#wearejpeg #jpegxl #jxl
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#wearejpeg #jpegxl #jxl
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Beyond RGB: A new image file format efficiently stores invisible light data
New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical.
arstechnica.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
JPEG XL is more versatile than meets the eyes!
#wearejpeg #jpegxl #jxl
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
#wearejpeg #jpegxl #jxl
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