Jangwoo Son
Researcher at Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJangwoo Son is a researcher and engineer with 9 years of experience focused on AR/VR, 360° video, cloud streaming, and international video coding standards. Based in Berlin and currently at Fraunhofer HHI, he works on mixed-reality distributed computing systems and helped implement an MPEG-OMAF VR JavaScript player. During his master's he co-proposed the Motion Constrained Tile Sets (MCTS) standard with Fraunhofer HHI and saw it adopted into the HM Reference Software, reflecting both academic rigor and standards impact. He also brings startup experience as a former CTO, leading mobile app development and project management across fast-moving product cycles. Comfortable bridging research and engineering, he navigates both low-level video coding and practical delivery of immersive media systems. An uncommon strength is his combined track record in shaping standards and shipping production players, making him effective at translating research into deployable technology.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Engineering at Gachon University
Github Skills (14)
tiles10
streaming9
mpeg8
hevc8
video-chat8
video-codec7
html7
audio6
unity3d6
csharp5
cpp5
hololens4
android4
webrtc4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fraunhoferhhi/omaf.js
May 2019 - Nov 2020
HTML5 MSE Playback of MPEG 360 VR Tiled Streaming
Contributions:13 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
mpegomafhevctilesvr
JWSon/MergeYUV
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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