CV

Contact Information

Name Anthony TRIOUX
Professional Title Associate Professor (Multimedia Communication) | Senior Member, IEEE | Ph.D.
Email anthony_trioux@xidian(dot)edu(dot)cn
Location No.2 Taibai South Rd, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710071

Professional Summary

Associate Professor at Xidian University (School of Telecommunications Engineering). My research focuses on multimedia communication and quality assessment in general, including but not limited to coding and transmission, immersive media compression (avatars/animation streams), 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) evaluation and quality metrics and Generative Face Video Coding (GFVC). I am actively involved in ISO/IEC standardization (MPEG and JVET), with technical leadership roles in animation compression, MPEG-I Part 39 (Avatar Representation Format), and Gaussian Splat Coding. I have been elected as a member of of theMultimedia Systems and Applications Technical Committee (MSA-TC) and the Visual Signal Processing and Communications Technical Committee (VSPC-TC) of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS) as well as elected as a member of theMultimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee (MMSP-TC) of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS).

Experience

  • 2023.01 - Present

    Xi’an, China

    Associate Professor
    Xidian University
    Research and teaching in reliable and ultra-low-latency multimedia communications, with expansion to immersive media (avatars/animation streams) and 3D representations (3D Gaussian Splatting).
    • ISO/IEC MPEG and JVET standardization expert; technical leadership roles in ARF, animation compression, and GSC evaluation.
    • Associate Editor: EURASIP Signal Processing: Image Communication; Springer Journal on Image and Video Processing.
  • 2020.09 - 2022.12

    Valenciennes, France

    Tenured Associate Professor
    Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF) / INSA Hauts-de-France
    Faculty responsibilities covering teaching, supervision, and funded-project R&D on low-latency video delivery (Linear Video Coding, LVC) and AI-based latency compensation.
    • Teaching: 512h (Bachelor & Master levels).
    • Projects: ORIO (2019.09–2022.08); ANR ZL-LVC (2021.03–2024.09).
  • 2019.09 - 2020.08

    Lille, France

    Assistant Professor
    Centrale Lille Institute
    • Teaching in signal processing and communications (220h).
    • Created a new IoT lecture with LoRa-based hands-on labworks; contributions to robust video delivery research.
  • 2019.05 - 2019.06

    Paris, France

    Visiting Researcher (CNRS/GDR-ISIS funded)
    Télécom Paris (LTCI)
    • Perceptual quality-oriented study of SoftCast-based linear video transmission (with G. Valenzise, M. Cagnazzo, M. Kieffer).
  • 2018.09 - 2019.07

    Valenciennes, France

    Lecturer
    Univ. Valenciennes
    • Teaching in telecommunications and signal/image processing (60h).
  • 2016.11 - 2018.07

    Lille, France

    Lecturer
    ISEN YncrÉa
    • Teaching in signal and video processing (88h) alongside doctoral research.

Skills

Immersive Media & Avatars: MPEG-I ARF, animation stream compression, blendshapes, landmarks, interoperability
3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS): compression evaluation, common test conditions (CTCs), OM-PSNR/OM-SSIM/OM-LPIPS, subjective protocols
Video Coding & Transmission: ultra-low latency delivery, error resilience, joint source–channel coding, SoftCast/LVC concepts
Standardization & Research Leadership: ISO/IEC MPEG, JVET, exploration experiments, benchmarking, reproducible evaluation

Publications

Tutorials and Invited Talks

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    MMSP Technical Committee Best Service Award
    IEEE MMSP Technical Committee

    Best Service Award for technical committee contributions.

  • 2022
    French–Finnish Maupertuis mobility program laureate
    Maupertuis program

    Mobility grant supporting international research collaboration.

  • 2022
    French–Swedish TOR mobility program laureate
    TOR program

    Mobility grant supporting international research collaboration.

  • 2022
    Erasmus+ staff teaching mobility program laureate
    Erasmus+

    Teaching mobility grant.

  • 2019
    CNRS/GDR-ISIS Research mobility grant
    CNRS / GDR-ISIS

    Research mobility grant.

Editorial and Professional Services

Technical committees
  • Elected Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS), Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP) Technical Committee (since 2025).
  • Elected Member, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS), Multimedia Systems and Applications (MSA) Technical Committee (since 2025).
  • Elected Member, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS), Visual Signal Processing and Communications (VSPC) Technical Committee (since 2026).
Editorial boards
  • Associate Editor, EURASIP Signal Processing: Image Communication.
  • Associate Editor, Springer Journal on Image and Video Processing.
Review activities
  • Area Chair, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) (2025, 2026).
  • Area Chair, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (2025, 2026).
  • Area Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) (2026).
  • TPC Member, IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF) (2022–2024).
  • TPC Member, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) (2022–2024).
  • Reviewer, IEEE ICASSP, ICME, ICIP, ISCAS, VCIP, FNWF, WCNC, etc. (2020–2026).
Conference organization
  • Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) (2026).
  • Special Session Organizer, “Avatars in Motion: Capture, Representation, Coding, and Quality Assessment for Immersive Communication,” IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) (2026).
  • Publication and Special Session Co-Chair, IEEE Multimedia Signal Processing Workshop (MMSP) (2025).

Languages

English : Fluent
Chinese : Working proficiency
French : Fluent

Interests

Multimedia Communication: video coding, low-latency streaming, error resilience, standardization
Digital Humans / Metaverse: avatars, animation coding, representation formats, quality assessment

Projects

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program — Animation Stream Compression and Quality Assessment for Large-Scale Digital Human Communications: Theory and Standardization

    PI. Research on efficient and scalable animation-stream representation and compression, quality assessment, and standardization support for large-scale digital human communications.

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Research Fund for International Scientists (RFIS) — Research on Key Technologies and Standardization for Quality Evaluation of 3D Gaussian Splat Coding

    PI. Research on reliable quality evaluation methodologies for compressed 3D Gaussian Splatting, including objective assessment, evaluation protocols, and international standardization support.

  • Xi’an International Cooperation Base on Key Technologies and Applications of Visual Media Communications

    PI/Lead. Leadership of an international collaboration platform fostering joint research planning, exchanges, co-supervision, and co-authored outputs.

    • 15+ participants across multiple Chinese cities and partners in France, Italy, and Sweden, including IEEE Senior Members and IEEE Fellows.
  • Xidian University Fundamental Research Funds — International Science and Technology Cooperation Program, Key Project — Research on Key Technologies for Next-Generation Multimedia International Standards

    PI. Leading international research with Paris-Saclay University/CentraleSupélec and Télécom Paris on interoperable avatar representation, animation-stream compression, and 3D Gaussian Splatting compression and evaluation.

  • Shaanxi Provincial Foreign Expert Service Program — Foreign Young Talent Scheme — Key Technologies for Compression and Quality Assessment of Digital Human Animation Streams

    Foreign PI. Research on scalable coding of animation streams, together with animation-domain objective metrics and multidimensional subjective assessment.

  • National Foreign Expert Individual Program — 3D Media Representation and Compression for the Metaverse

    Foreign PI. R&D on 3D media representation/compression with active standardization participation.

  • Shaanxi Provincial Foreign Expert Program — Key Technologies for Dynamic Mesh Coding for MPEG

    Foreign PI. Technical investigation and engineering practice on V-DMC and MPEG-relevant 3D media.

  • ANR Project — Zero-Latency Linear Video Coding (ZL-LVC)

    Latency compensation and end-to-end trade-off analysis for LVC pipelines.

  • ORIO European Project — Observation of the peRformance of urban Infrastructure and mObility (ORIO)

    Technical investigation on LVC pipelines for machine-to-machine communications.