ATSC 3.0 is based — on terrestrial UHD TV . The BBC ’ s Simon Thompson will present “ Access Services for UHDTV : An Initial Investigation of W3C TTML2 Subtitles ( Closed Captions ).” Also in the UHD session , Pierre Hugues Routhier of Canada ’ s Creat3 inc . will present “ Beyond 4K : Can We Actually Tell Stories in Motion Pictures and TV in 8K ? A Cinematography Perspective .”
The Cinema Processing and Projection Technology session will include a presentation by Tim Ryan of Texas Instruments , who will explore techniques for using and optimizing variableframe-rate display for cinematic presentations . A presentation by Kyunghan Lee of KAI Inc . will describe a new VR-based multiscreen movie theater simulator that enables researchers and multiscreen producers to provide a testing platform for multiscreen content and the viewing environment .
The Emerging Research in Visual Perception session will feature Elizabeth Pieri and Jaclyn Pytlarz of Dolby Laboratories , presenting “ Hitting the Mark — A New Color Difference Metric for HDR and WCG Imagery ,” and Elizabeth DoVale also of Dolby Laboratories and a recipient of the 2016 SMPTE Louis F . Wolf Jr . Memorial Scholarship , presenting “ Assessing Psychophysics Functions for Framerate Perception .” Martyn Gates of Ravensbourne and Pure & Applied Image Recognition Limited will present “ Is Seeing Still Believing : A Critical Review of the Factors That Allow Humans and Machines to Discriminate Between Real and
Generated Images ,” a paper exploring the implications as CGI ( photo-realistic moving images ) increasingly becomes indistinguishable from actual pictures .
During the Content Management , Value Proposition , and Archiving session , Oracle Digital Media Solutions ’ Brian Campanotti will present “ SMPTE and ISO : Standards to Protect the World ’ s Most Valuable Assets ,” a paper that delves into the inception , development , advancement , and deployment of the Archive eXchange Format ( AXF ). In the Next Generation TV session , a paper presentation by Alex Giladi of Comcast will discuss adaptive streaming of content that is produced using capped variable-bit-rate encoding .
The session titled “ Innovating People : Managing , Mentoring , and Change ” will be chaired by Loren Nielsen of Entertainment Technology Consultants and Kari Grubin of Walt Disney Studios , and it will feature a discussion of mentoring and reverse-mentoring between baby boomer and millennial tech professionals . Kylee Peña of Bling Digital and Blue Collar Post Collective and Meaghan Wilbur of IncitefulMedia will discuss why diversity programs fail and how to fix them . John McCoskey of Eagle Hill Consulting — and former EVP and CTO at the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) — will present his paper , “ A Formal Approach to Change Management for Dynamic Technology-Driven Media Organizations .”
The SMPTE 2017 Technical Conference program committee is co-chaired by three SMPTE Fellows : Paul Chapman , senior vice president of technology at Fotokem ; Thomas Edwards , vice president engineering and development at Fox ; and SMPTE Education Director Sara J . Kudrle , product marketing manager for playout at Imagine Communications .
Tickets for many SMPTE 2017 events are limited , and early registration is encouraged .
In addition to registering , prospective exhibitors may still secure exhibit space now , and sponsorship opportunities are available . Further information about SMPTE 2017 and the SMPTE 2017 Symposium is available at www . smpte2017 . org .
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