- Main Achievements: Developed the open-source Speex and Opus audio codecs, contributed to the development of the Daala and AV1 video codecs
Research Experience
- 2024-present: Employed by Google
- 2019-2024: Employed by Amazon Web Services
- 2011-2019: Employed by Mozilla
- 2008-2011: Employed by Octasic
- 2005-2008: Post-Doctoral Fellow at CSIRO ICT Center
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke (Robotics lab) in 2005
- M.Sc.A. in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke (Speech and Audio Research Group) in 2001
- B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke in 1999
Background
- Research Interests: Speech and audio coding, video coding, machine learning, echo cancellation, etc.
- Professional Field: Electrical Engineering
- Brief Introduction: Primary author of the Speex codec and one of the main authors of the Opus codec. Also contributed to the Daala and AV1 video codecs.