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Jean-Marc Valin
Jean-Marc Valin, Ph.D.
About me
Jean-Marc Valin has a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke. He is the primary author of the Speex codec and one of the main authors of the Opus codec, both of which provide a free alternative to patented, proprietary audio codecs. He has also contributed to the Daala and AV1 video codecs. He joined the Xiph.Org Foundation in 2002, just after Speex was created. His expertise includes speech and audio coding, video coding, machine learning, echo cancellation, and other audio-related topics. He is currently employed by Google
Biography
- 2024-present: Employed by Google
- 2019-2024: Employed by Amazon Web Services
- 2011-2019: Employed by Mozilla
- 2008-2011: Employed by Octasic
- 2005-2008: Post-Doctoral Fellow at CSIRO ICT Center
- 2005: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke (Robotics lab)
- 2001: M.Sc.A. in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke (Speech and Audio Research Group)
- 1999: B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke
Contact
jmvalin@jmvalin.ca
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