Francisco Morán received the Ingeniero de Telecomunicación degree (six years engineering curriculum) in 1992 and the Doctor Ingeniero de Telecomunicación degree (PhD in Communications) in 2001, both from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain. Since 1992 he is a researcher at UPM’s Grupo de Tratamiento de Imágenes (Image Processing Group), and since 1997 a member of UPM’s faculty. His research interests include hierarchical modeling and coding, and adaptive transmission and visualization of 3D objects. He has been actively involved in research projects funded by the European Union, and participates since 1996 in the standardization activities from ISO’s Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), where he is the Head of the Spanish Delegation since 2006, and has served as (co-)editor of eight standards, amendments and corrigenda related to MPEG-4 (formally, ISO/IEC 14496). 

Francisco Morán 
Grupo de Tratamiento de Imágenes
Dpto. Señales, Sistemas y Radiocomunicaciones
E.T.S. Ingenieros de Telecomunicación

E-28040 Madrid -- Spain