Short Bio
Mr. Shafique received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany in 2011. Before, he was with Streaming Networks Pvt. Ltd. (2003-06) and WorldCall Multimedia (2001). Mr. Shafique received his B.Sc. Engineering degree (4 Gold Medals) from University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Pakistan in 2000. He then completed his Masters in Information Technology (2 Gold Medals) from Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) in 2003. He has also acquired an in-depth understanding of various video coding standards (HEVC, H.264/AVC, MVC, MPEG-1/2/4).
Research Interests
- Low-Power Design of Embedded Systems
- Multi-/Many-Core Architectures with a focus on Dependability/Reliability, Low-Power, and Adaptivity
- Approximate Computing
- Hybrid Memory Hierarchies with a focus on Low-Power and Fault-Tolerance
- Embedded Image and Video Processing Systems (hardware architectures, accelerators, video memories, application-specific power and thermal management, power-aware algorithms)
- Reconfigurable and Adaptive Computing Systems
- Extensible Application Specific Instruction Set Processors (ASIPs)
- Advanced Video Coding Standards (JCT H.265/HEVC, Multiview Video Coding (MVC), JVT H.264/AVC, Hybrid Video Coding, MPEG-1,2,4, H.261, H.263)
Patent
Syed Muhammad Ziauddin, Imran ul-Haq, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Shafique:
Methods and systems for providing low cost robust operational control for video encoders
Publication Date: September 6th, 2007; Patent Publication No. US-2007-0206674-A1
Important Links
- JCT H.265/HEVC
- JVT H.264 Reference Software
- JVT Archive
- The Video Quality Expert Group
- Test Video Sequences