Award year: 2013
Category: Other Award
Awarding organization: Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)
Andreas Heindel, M.Sc., Dr.-Ing. Eugene Wige and Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Kaup achieved first place at the Grand Video Compression Challenge of the Picture Coding Symposium in San Jose, California, in December 2013. Their contribution "Sample-based Weighted Prediction for Lossless Enhancement Layer Coding in HEVC" was awarded the Best Tool for High Efficiency Video Coding Award. In addition, the presentation of Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Kaup received a Best Presentation Award in the round of finalists.