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<p class="MsoNormal">To the CCSDS Engineering Steering Group:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CONSIDERING that:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the position of MIA Motion Imagery and Applications Working Group Chair is open,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DLR has nominated Flak Schiffner to fill that position and no other agencies have indicated other candidates,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Falk Schiffner has the necessary experience in the WG and excellent credentials, also in view of the fact he is currently appointed as MIA WG deputy chair;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and RECOGNIZING that responsibility for recommending a WG Chair is an AD responsibility,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And that approving the WG Chair is a CESG responsibility (CCSDS Org & Proc, A02.1-Y-4c2, Sec 2.3.2.3 CESG Responsibilities, Clause n);<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">RESOLVES to request CESG to approve the appointment of Falk Schiffner as the new MIA Motion Imagery and Applications Working Group Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">###BRIEF BIO###<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">-*Since 2023* CCSDS MIA WG Deputy Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *Since June 2020 Research* at DLR - Space Operation and Astronaut Training, Lead of MIC Team (Media Internet Communication), Development of Future Communication System for Space Operations, CCSDS – Delegate
– SIS MIA and Voice Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *2020 Dissertation* in the Domain of Quality Assessment (subjective and instrumental) of Video Telephony (TU Berlin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *2017-2020 ITU-T Delegate*: active member, contributed with research on audiovisual quality assessment to international standardization activities within the ITU-T Study Group 12 for questions Q7 and Q19.
These efforts led to the implementation of the new ITU-T Recommendation P.918, named "Dimension-based Subjective Quality Evaluation for Video Content."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *2014-2020 Research Assistant* TU Berlin / Research at Quality and Usability Lab / Teaching: Media Informatics & Speech Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *2014 Research Assistant* RWTH Aachen (Medical Acoustic) / Lead Audiology University Hospital Aachen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *2014 Master of Science* Audio Communication- and Technology (TU Berlin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *2010 Bachelor of Science* Hearing Aid Acoustics / Technological Audiology (University of Applied Science Lübeck)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#0070C0">- *2006 Vocational Training* as Hearing Aid Specialist.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tomaso de Cola<o:p></o:p></p>
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