Intern, On tool selection for Video Coding

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Summary
State-of-the-art video codecs rely heavily on transform coding as a core tool to efficiently represent video signals. Recent advances in video coding research have introduced learned and non-separable transforms, which offer significant potential for further compression gains. This internship will be carried out within the R&I video coding team in Montreal and will focus on familiarizing with these novel transforms, analyzing their behavior, and investigating strategies to improve their effectiveness. The work may involve designing content-adaptive approaches, refining training methodologies, and benchmarking performance against existing coding standards such as HEVC and VVC. The student will gain hands-on experience with both Python and C++ development in the context of a cutting-edge video coding framework, while building strong expertise in digital signal processing and transform coding techniques.

Responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities involve:

• reviewing literature on transform coding,
• familiarizing with the existing video coding standards (such as HEVC, VVC),
• improving transform training algorithms,
• testing enhanced transforms in the test model software using scripts provided by the team.

Qualifications

• Knowledge in digital signal processing
• Proficient Python and C++ coding skills
• Knowledge of video coding is preferred not mandatory

Keywords
Video Coding, HEVC, VVC, Digital Signal Processing, C++, Python

Expected Outcomes

• Produce datasets and transforms using the scripts provided by the team.
• Improvement of the scripts and integration of the new transforms in the C++ code of the reference software.
• Produce results and benchmark the different approaches investigated.
• Produce a report on the work carried out during the internship
• Make an end-of-internship presentation to the whole R&I team

Location
: Montreal, Canada

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