Over 25 years of experience in R&D, former business unit CTO of a Fortune 500 company. Early technology
provider for Loft Dynamics AG.
Winner of 22 Awards, including the 3Com Inventor of the Year Award, the 2001 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award and the Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching.
Author of Rate-Distortion Based Video Compression and publisher of 78 peer-revied articles/books with over 9500 citations and 74 issued/submitted patents.
Prof. Dr. Guido M. Schuster, a renowned figure in the field of artificial intelligence and digital technologies, is the Dean of the School of Applied Future Technologies (AZT) of the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (FHGR).
His notable academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Northwestern University, USA, where he developed a video compression scheme leading to a US patent. He also holds a Master’s degree from the same university, where he worked on adaptive control, resulting in another US patent. Earlier, he graduated from Neu Technikum Buchs, Switzerland, with top honors, earning a Gold Medal from the Schweiz-Lichtenstein Society.
In the industry, Schuster’s achievements are equally impressive. As the business unit CTO, he played a pivotal role at 3Com, co-founding their Internet Communications Business and developing the first commercially available SIP Internet telephony system. At Motorola, he developed a low bit rate video coder for MPEG-4, outperforming at the time all existing video coders in the rate-distortion sense. His engineering role at Landis & Gyr involved research in adaptive and optimal control.
Schuster is a prolific author, with publications in books, peer-reviewed journals, and conference proceedings, notably in the fields of video compression, signal and image processing, and artificial intelligence. He holds/has filed 74 patents in diverse areas like adaptive control, networking technology, and machine learning/AI, with his work cross-licensed to major companies like Facebook, Apple, and Siemens.
His accolades include numerous awards for his academic, teaching, and technological innovations, such as the 2001 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award, various Technology Transfer Innovation Awards, and recognition as a Digital Shaper by LEADER Magazine for his contributions to digital innovation in Eastern Switzerland.
In summary, Prof. Dr. Guido M. Schuster is a distinguished expert in AI and digital technologies, with a strong track record in academia, industry, and research. His contributions have significantly impacted various technological domains, making him a key figure in the field.