Professor Raouf Hamzaoui

Raouf Hamzaoui received the MSc degree in mathematics from the University of Montreal, Canada, in 1993, the Dr.rer.nat. degree from the University of Freiburg, Germany, in 1997 and the Habilitation degree in computer science from the University of Konstanz, Germany, in 2004. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science of the University of Leipzig, Germany and with the Department of Computer and Information Science of the University of Konstanz. In September 2006, he joined DMU where he is a Professor in Media Technology and Head of the Signal Processing and Communications Systems Group in the Institute of Engineering Sciences. Raouf Hamzaoui is an IEEE Senior member. He was a member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. He has published more than 100 research papers in books, journals, and conferences. His research has been funded by the EU, DFG, Royal Society, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Ministry of Science and Technology, and industry and received best paper awards (ICME 2002, PV’07, CONTENT 2010, MESM’2012, UIC-2019).

Institute of Engineering Sciences (IES)

Signal Processing and Communications Systems (SPCS)

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• H. Liu, H. Yuan, J. Hou, R. Hamzaoui, W. Gao, PUFA-GAN: A Frequency-Aware Generative Adversarial Network for 3D Point Cloud Upsampling, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 31, pp. 7389-7402, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIP.2022.3222918.

• Q. Liu, H. Yuan, J. Hou, R. Hamzaoui, H. Su, Model-based joint bit allocation between geometry and color for video-based 3D point cloud compression, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 23, pp. 3278-3291, 2021, doi: 10.1109/TMM.2020.3023294.

• Ahmad, S., Hamzaoui, R., Al-Akaidi, M., Adaptive unicast video streaming with rateless codes and feedback, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 20, pp. 275-285, Feb. 2010.

• Röder, M., Cardinal, J., Hamzaoui, R., Efficient rate-distortion optimized media streaming for tree-structured packet dependencies, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 9, pp. 1259-1272, Oct. 2007.  

• Röder, M., Hamzaoui, R., Fast tree-trellis list Viterbi decoding, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 54, pp. 453-461, March 2006.

• Röder, M., Cardinal, J., Hamzaoui, R., Branch and bound algorithms for rate-distortion optimized media streaming, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 8, pp. 170-178, Feb. 2006.

• Stankovic, V., Hamzaoui, R., Xiong, Z., Real-time error protection of embedded codes for packet erasure and fading channels, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 14, pp. 1064-1072, Aug. 2004.

• Stankovic, V., Hamzaoui, R., Saupe, D., Fast algorithm for rate-based optimal error protection of embedded codes, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 51, pp. 1788-1795, Nov. 2003.

• Hamzaoui, R., Saupe, D., Combining fractal image compression and vector quantization, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 197-208, 2000.

• Hamzaoui, R., Fast iterative methods for fractal image compression, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 11,2 (1999) 147-159.

• Image and Video Compression
• Multimedia Communication
• Error Control Systems
• Image and Signal Processing
• Machine Learning
• Pattern Recognition
• Algorithms

Signal Processing

Image Processing

Data Communication

Media Technology

Master’s in Mathematics (Faculty of Sciences of Tunis), 1986

MSc in Mathematics (University of Montreal), 1993

Dr.rer.nat (University of Freiburg), 1997

Habilitation in Computer Science (University of Konstanz), 2004

Digital Signal Processing

Mobile Communication 

Communication Networks

Signal Processing

Multimedia Communication

Digital Image Processing

Mobile Wireless Communication

Research Methods

Pattern Recognition

Error Correcting Codes

Outstanding Associate Editor Award, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2020

Certificate of Merit for outstanding editorial board service, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2018

Best Associate Editor award, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2014

Best Associate Editor award, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2012

IEEE Senior Member

IEEE Signal Processing Society

IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee 

British Standards Institute (BSI) IST/37 committee 

Sergun Ozmen, PT PhD student since July 2019

Mohammad Al-Ibaisi, PT PhD student since January 2017

Guest Editor IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, Special Section on IEEE ICME 2020.

Guest Editor IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Special Issue on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence for Multimedia Computing.

Editorial Board Member Frontiers in Signal Processing (2021-) 

Editorial Board Member IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (2017-2021)

Editorial Board Member IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (2010-2016)

Co-organiser Special Session on 3D Point Cloud Acquisition, Processing and Communication (3DPC-APC), 2022 IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) December 13 – 16, 2022, Suzhou, China.

Co-organiser 1st International Workshop on Advances in Point Cloud Compression, Processing and Analysis, at ACM Multimedia 2022, Lisbon, Oct. 2022.

Area Chair IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 2024, Abu Dhabi, Oct. 2024.

Area Chair IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2024, Niagara Falls, July 2024.

Area Chair IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2023.

Area Chair IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2023, Brisbane, July 2023.

Area Chair IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 2022, Bordeaux, October 2022.

Area Chair for Multimedia Communications, Networking and Mobility IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2022, Taipei, July 2022.

Area Chair, IEEE ICIP 2021, Anchorage, September 2021

Area Chair for Multimedia Communications, Networking and Mobility, IEEE ICME 2021, Shenzhen, July 2021

Workshops Co-Chair, IEEE ICME 2020, London, July 2020.

Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, IEEE MMSP 2017, London-Luton, Oct. 2017.