Hassen Guermazi
Senior Video Codec Engineer at Intel Corporation
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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RockstarHassen Guermazi is a Senior Video Codec Engineer based in Vancouver with over a decade of deep expertise in video coding standards and production workflows across AVC, SVC, HEVC, VP9, and AV1. He has driven architecture, implementation, and performance optimization for Intel’s open-source SVT encoders (SVT-HEVC, SVT-VP9, SVT-AV1), helping bridge research-grade algorithms to production-grade, high-performance encoders. His background spans hands-on codec analysis and implementation from set-top box engineering to leading encoder projects, giving him a rare combination of low-level compression insight and large-scale optimization experience. Known for translating standardization knowledge into practical, scalable encoder designs, he focuses on real-world throughput and quality tradeoffs. Colleagues rely on him for both algorithmic clarity and pragmatic engineering to deliver optimised open-source encoder solutions.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (8)
gitlab10
encoder9
shieldsio9
bit9
trello7
mailing7
mailing-list5
github4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
chkngit/SVT-AV1
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Welcome to the GitHub repo for the SVT-AV1!
Contributions:983 pushes, 23 branches in 2 months
welcomesvtav1svt-av1
TangZhiZhen/SVT-AV1
Jun 2019 - Jul 2020
Welcome to the GitHub repo for the SVT-AV1 encoder! To see a list of feature request and view what is planned for the SVT-AV1 encoder, visit our Trello page: http://bit.ly/SVT-AV1 Help us grow the community by subscribing to our SVT-AV1 mailing list! http://bit.ly/svt-av1-mailing
Contributions:855 commits in 1 year 1 month
feature-requestvisitmailing-listmailingav1-encoder
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