Story-Centric Workflows in the Cloud

Luk Overmeire obtained a MSc in electronics engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium. Before joining VRT, he was a research engineer in Alcatel Bell, working on software-based services and ADSL digital filter design, respectively. In 2002, he joined VRT's research and innovation department where he first performed research in the signal processing area such as metadata-based video encoding and rate control. He presently leads the competence group focusing on media production and audiovisual content processing. Overmeire is a member of several European Broadcasting Union (EBU) working groups, the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and SMPTE. Since 1996, Overmeire has been involved in patent applications and authored several papers presented at international conferences. He can be contacted at luk.overmeire@vrtmedialab.be.

Matthias De Geyter obtained a MSc in electronics engineering from the University of Ghent in 2001, after which he joined the image processing research group (IPI) of this university. In 2004, he started working in the VRT's R&D department, where he performed research on media adaptation and media exchange formats such as MXF and AAF and their use in system integration. Other topics of interest include file-based quality control and production systems in the cloud. In 2012, he joined the newly founded Media Innovation Center. Since 2001, De Geyter (co-)authored several papers presented at international conferences. His e-mail address is matthias.degeyter@ibbt.be.

Rik Van de Walle received masters and PhD degrees in engineering from Ghent University, Belgium in July 1994 and February 1998, respectively. His PhD focused on magnetic resonance imaging. After a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona, he returned to Ghent, became a full-time lecturer in 2001, and founded the Multimedia Lab at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. — Van de Walle is a senior full professor at Ghent, where he teaches several courses, dealing with the fundamentals of multimedia, and (advanced) multimedia applications. His research interests include multimedia content delivery, coding of multimedia data, metadata technology, content adaptation, interactive (mobile) multimedia applications, and e-health. Throughout his career, Van de Walle has closely collaborated with a large number of research groups and partners in engineering, biomedical technology, sciences, arts, (digital) rights management, media, and communication sciences. He has been a member/secretary/chairman of a large number of committees, not only within his own faculty but also outside of Ghent University. Van de Walle can be contacted at rik.vandewalle@ugent.be.

Wim Van Lancker holds a masters degree in computer science. He worked as a researcher at the Multimedia Lab at Ghent University until the end of 2011, investigating format-independent media resource adaptation and delivery techniques. His current interests include scalable video coding technologies, media content adaptation and delivery, video quality, video streaming, media content presentation, Semantic web technologies and multichannel publishing. — Van Lancker's track record shows his broad experience in research projects: he participated in projects about video quality assessment, error concealment, content adaptation and delivery, multichannel publication, in cooperation with several companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, VRT-medialab, Televic, Belgacom. His work has been published in scientific journals such as Multimedia Tools and Applications.