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Rico Malvar

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| name = Henrique S. Malvar

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| caption = Rico Malvar at an IEEE Conference in 2011

| birth_date = 1957

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| fields = Signal processing, Data compression, Harmonic analysis

| workplaces = Microsoft Research, PictureTel

| alma_mater = MIT (PhD)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (MS)
University of Brasília

| doctoral_advisor = David H. Staelin

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| known_for = Lapped transform, Windows Media Audio codec, JPEG XR image codec

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| awards = Member of the US National Academy of Engineering - 2012, Fellow of the IEEE - 1997

| website = {{URL|https://aka.ms/malvar}}

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Henrique "Rico" S. Malvar (born 1957){{cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/ieb_cctwg/conf-96/hsm-9604.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970617190153/http://www.dtic.mil/ieb_cctwg/conf-96/hsm-9604.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 1997 |title=Henrique S. Malvar Biographical Summary |accessdate=5 December 2008 |work=Collaboration Working Group |publisher=Defense Technical Information Center |year=1996}} is a distinguished Brazilian engineer and a signal processing researcher at Microsoft Research's largest laboratory in Redmond, Washington, United States.{{cite web |url=http://research.microsoft.com/~malvar/ |title=Henrique "Rico" Malvar |accessdate=5 December 2008 |work=Microsoft Research user pages |publisher=Microsoft |date=August 2008}} He was the managing director of the lab following the departure of long-time Managing Director [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/danli/ Dan Ling] in 2007, when he oversaw about 350 researchers.{{cite web |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/business/306028_msftling05.html |title=Director of Microsoft Research's Redmond lab to retire |accessdate=5 December 2008 |work=seattlepi.com |publisher=nwsource |date=5 March 2007 }}{{cite web |url=http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=517 |title=The Power Inside |accessdate=5 December 2008 |work=Redmond Magazine |date=October 2005}} He was a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft for over 15 years. He retired from Microsoft in January 2023, and later received the title of [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/malvar/ Microsoft Emeritus Researcher].

Rico is also an Affiliate Professor at the [https://www.ece.uw.edu/ Electrical and Computer Engineering Department] at the University of Washington.

History and contributions

Malvar earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Brasília and his master's degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986, where his thesis was on "Optimal pre- and post-filtering in noisy sampled-data systems,"H. S. Malvar. Optimal pre- and post-filtering in noisy sampled-data systems. Ph.D. thesis. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass, USA. September 1986. and served as a visiting professor at MIT for the next year. From 1979 to 1993, Malvar was a faculty member at the University of Brasília, where he founded and headed the Digital Signal Processing Research Group{{cite web |url=http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/presskit/malvar/ |title=Henrique Malvar |accessdate=5 December 2008 |work=Microsoft Research: Press Resources |publisher=Microsoft |year=2007}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ene.unb.br/gpds/v2/index.php?view=1 |title=Histórico do Grupo de Processamento Digital de Sinais - GPDS |accessdate=5 December 2008 |publisher=Universidade de Brasília| date=20 February 2006 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080628142147/http://www.ene.unb.br/gpds/v2/index.php?view=1 |archivedate = 28 June 2008}} (in Portuguese, Grupo de Processamento Digital de Sinais or GPDS{{cite web|url=http://www.ene.unb.br/gpds/v2/ |title=GPDS - Grupo de Processamento Digital de Sinais |accessdate=5 December 2008 |publisher=Universidade de Brasília |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112060404/http://www.ene.unb.br/gpds/v2/ |archivedate=November 12, 2008 }}).

Malvar is known for the development of the lapped transform, Malvar wavelets, and new algorithms for entropy coding and multimedia signal processing and compression, such as audio and image codecs.

In industry, Malvar served as vice president of Research and Advanced Technology at PictureTel from 1985 to 1987 (which has since been acquired by Polycom). In Fall 1997, he joined Microsoft Research where he co-founded and managed the Signal Processing research group, now the Communication and Collaboration Systems and Knowledge Tools groups. He was a Redmond lab director from 2004 to 2007 before stepping up to become managing director. In 2010 he took on a new position of Chief Scientist, working on cross-labs strategic projects. Currently, as a Distinguished Engineer, he leads a team that develops new user experiences with new devices and new input/output interaction modes, with special attention to inclusiveness and empowering people with disabilities.

At Microsoft, Malvar contributed to the development of audio coding and digital rights management for the Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video, and to image compression technologies, such as HD Photo / JPEG XR formats and the RemoteFX bitmap compression, as well as to a variety of tools for signal analysis and synthesis.{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/de/Malvar/default.mspx |title=Rico Malvar |accessdate=5 December 2008 |work=PressPass - Information for Journalists |publisher=Microsoft |date=14 September 2007}}

As of February 2022, he has published over 180 technical articles and has authored or co-authored over 120 issued patents.

Editorial and committee positions

Malvar has served as an editor or committee member for the following journals, conferences, and organizations:

Titles and awards

Malvar holds the following prestigious titles and awards. A sample:

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  • 2002: Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society
  • 2004: Wavelet Pioneer Award from SPIE
  • 2006: Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft.
  • 2012: Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
  • 2014: 20th Century Landmark Award, IEEE Seattle Section.
  • 2020: Amar G. Bose Industrial Leader Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society.
  • 2022: Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Brasília.

References

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External links

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  • Bill Hinchberger. {{cite web |url=http://www.brazilmax.com/news.cfm/tborigem/fe_business/id/3 |title=Riding the Malvar Wave |accessdate=5 December 2008 |work=Business & Economy |publisher=brazilmax.com |date=9 September 2001}}
  • Anais Fernandes. "[https://complemento.veja.abril.com.br/entrevista/rico-malvar.html Ler pensamentos é algo que não está longe]. Revista Veja, portal Amarelas.com, December 2017.
  • Marcelo Tas. "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp9aj2G4wG0 Entrevista com Rico Malvar]". Programa Provoca, TV Cultura, March 2022.

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Category:Fellows of the IEEE