Siegfried Foessel received his Diploma degree (MS) in Electronic Engineering in 1989. He started his professional career as an engineer at the Fraunhofer Institute IIS in Erlangen. From 1994 to 2000 he was manager for the business fields process automation and image processing systems. In 2000 he received his Ph.D. degree. Since 2001 he is project manager and coordinator for the business field digital cinema within the Fraunhofer IIS. Examples of these projects are:
- the development of new high resolution cameras like the ARRI D20
- standardisation activities of new data compression algorithms (JPEG2000) for digital cinema
- development of new storage devices for digital cinema
- coordinator and manager of EU projects like WorldScreen.
- project manager of the DCI compliance test plan project
Siegfried has experience as coordinator and manager of various major projects with public and industrial research partners. He is member of SMPTE, FKTG, DIN and EDCF. Within the ISO JPEG group he chairs the adhoc groups for digital cinema and Motion JPEG2000.

Profile Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS

With 56 Institutes throughout Germany as well as numerous international research centers and liaison offices in Europe, the USA and Asia, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has an established reputation for excellence at the front rank of applied research and development. 12,500 staff members ork with an annual research budget of over one billion euros. Founded in 1985, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, ranks first among the Fraunhofer Institutes concerning headcount and revenues. With the development of the audio coding method MPEG Layer-3, short MP3, Fraunhofer IIS has reached a worldwide recognition. In close cooperation with partners and clients the Institute provides research and development services in the following areas: Digital radio broadcasting systems, audio and multimedia technology, digital cinema systems, design automation and integrated circuits, wired, wireless and optical networks, localization and navigation, high-speed camera systems, imaging systems and nanofocus X-ray technology, medical sensor solutions and communications technology in transport and logistics. Detailed information on research and development portfolio on www.iis.fraunhofer.de 480 employees conduct contract research for industry, the service sector and public authorities. Fraunhofer IIS with its headquarters in Erlangen, Germany, has further branches in Nuremberg, Fuerth and Dresden. The budget of 58 million euros is mainly financed by projects. Less than 20 percent of the budget is subsidized by federal and state funds.