Michael G. StrintzisMichael G. Strintzis is the Director of Informatics and Telematics Institute (Centre of Research and Technology Hellas) and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received his diploma degree in lectrical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, in 1967, and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He then joined the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA., where he served as Assistant Professor (1970–1976) and Associate Professor (1976–1980). Since 1980, he has been Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, and, since 1999, Director of the Informatics and Telematics Research Institute, Thessaloniki. His current research interests include 2-D and 3-D image coding, image processing, biomedical signal and image processing, and DVD and Internet data authentication and copy protection. Dr. Strintzis is currently a member of the management committee of the European program "Information Society Technologies" (IST) and of the Joint Communication Board of the European Space Agency. Read More Read Less