Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wiegand has been Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) since 2014.
His scientific excellence contributes to sustainably advancing societal and economic developments.
The video compression technologies he co-developed are now used in more than one billion devices worldwide, exemplifying Fraunhofer HHI’s commitment to combining cutting-edge research with direct technological relevance and strong innovative capacity.
Prof. Wiegand is also a professor at Technische Universität Berlin, where he heads the Chair of Image Communication.
In the years ahead, he sees his central focus in further strengthening Fraunhofer HHI’s position as a leading research institute, while systematically expanding the integrated development of software and hardware solutions.