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Dr. Chiariglione originated and chairs the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG), the ISO standardisation group which produced the MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards that support rich-media applications on diverse delivery systems, MPEG-7, that supports advanced search and retrieval of audio-visual content and is developing MPEG-21, the Multimedia Framework.
Dr. Chiariglione also originated and chaired the Digital Audio-Visual Council (DAVIC), the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) and the EURASIP journal "Image Communications" and was appointed Executive Director of the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI).
Dr. Chiariglione is currently engaged in the Digital Media Project (DMP) whose mission is "to promote continuing successful development, deployment and use of Digital Media that respect the right of creators and rights holders to exploit their works, the wish of end-users to fully enjoy the benefits of Digital Media and the interest of various value-chain players to provide products and services".
Dr. Chiariglione obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, and graduated in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin.
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