8th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 21–22, 2019 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Christopher Krauss

Media & Data Science Lead

Fraunhofer FOKUS

Dr.-Ing. Christopher Krauss is Media & Data Science Lead at the business unit Future Applications and Media of the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS). He specializes in the R&D of topics dealing with Machine Learning, Data Science, Technology Enhanced Learning, and Connected TVs and has been involved in multiple public founded national and international projects (e.g. Smart Learning I & II, Digi-Hand, FI-Content I & II, User Centric Networking, Global ITV) and managed many projects for different industry customers (e.g., Red Bull, Deutsche Welle, MediaBroadcast, ImmobilienScout24, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, Cornelsen, Bertelsmann Arvato, Axel Springer, Rovi, and Deutsche Telekom). In June 2018, Christopher Krauss completed his PhD project (with distinction/ summa cum laude) at the TU Berlin with his dissertation “Time-Dependent Recommender Systems for the Prediction of Appropriate Learning Objects”.

  • 13:30 - 14:30 Uhr | Session 1: Deep Media Analytics / Deep Data

    Sharing Views with an AI and why this is crucial 

    Adolf Proidl

    CEO

    XroadMedia GmbH

    AI to action video analytics for a better delivery, encoding and QoE

    Diego García

    Sales Manager

    Epic Labs

    Rethinking audience measurement with HbbTV

    Andrea Duerager

    Project Manager TV Research

    ServusTV

    14:30 - 15:00 Uhr | Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2: Deep Personalization

    Alexa Smart Home – How AI makes Connected Homes more intuitive

    Tim Schäffer

    Senior Product Manager

    Alexa Smart Home

    How to choose an effective AI video analysis solution

    Jun Heider

    Chief Technology & Operating Officer (CTOO)

    RealEyes Media

    User-centered media for caregivers

    Carsten Müssig

    Product Manager

    Springer Pflege

    16:00 - 16:30 Uhr | Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3: Deep Artificial Intelligence

    Latest Encoding Techniques: Per-Title Encoding and AI-Based Encoding

    Gerald Zankl

    Director of Business Development

    Bitmovin

    Machine Learning for the Web

    Anssi Kostiainen

    Web Standards Technical Lead

    Intel Corporation

    Current and future customer requirements for AI-based analysis of real-time video content

    Ingo Hoffmann

    CTO

    artec technologies AG

  • This tutorial presents different application areas for Artificial Intelligence in the modern connected world. In hands on sessions we will practically apply these concepts and show algorithms at work while we explain how they work.

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