Summary

Responsibility:

• Research, design, implement, and optimize novel algorithms/models that lead to improved video compression performance

• Summarize the developed algorithms into academic papers, standard contributions and patent applications

• Represent company in standard meetings and academic conferences

Minimum qualification:

• Master degree in computer science, electrical engineering, math, statistics, or related fields

• 5+ years of related working experience

• Publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences

• Interest and experience in video compression and video coding standards

• Strong coding skills in C/C++

• Ability to communicate/collaborate with other researchers/engineers

• Ability to think out of box 

Preferred candidates for this position should also have

• Proven track record of making contributions to video coding standards

• Good understanding of state-of-the-art video compression algorithms

• Working experience on HEVC

• Working experience on Joint Exploration Model by JVET

About Tencent Media Lab:

Tencent Media Lab is committed to research and development of emerging multimedia technologies that can be used for both existing and envisaged applications. Some of the Lab’s notable work focuses on advanced compression of audio, video and volumetric media content; media network transmission and real-time communication; processing, analysis, understanding and quality assessment of multimedia content based on signal processing and deep learning; and system design of end-to-end solutions for immersive media (XR, volumetric, and holographic). In addition, the Lab contributes to the development of international technology standards in fields such as multimedia data compression, network transmission protocols, multimedia systems, and open-source projects.