Auke Wiggers

Auke Wiggers, an AI research scientist at Qualcomm, dives into the exciting realm of neural data compression. He discusses how generative models and transformer architectures are revolutionizing image and video coding. The conversation highlights the shift from traditional techniques to neural codecs that learn from examples, and the impressive real-time performance on mobile devices. Auke also touches on innovations like transformer-based transform coding and shares insights from recent ICLR papers, showcasing the future of efficient data compression.