A Site to honor Contributors to the SVTA and the streaming video industry
--- Jason Thibeault, Executive Director, Streaming Video Technology Alliance
Who Are The SVTA Fellows?
The Streaming Video Technology Alliance Fellows represent individuals who have made significant technical contributions to streaming video and/or the Streaming Video Technology Alliance.
Industry Fellows
These fellows are people who have made a significant, lasting impact on the streaming video industry. They may or may not be employees of an Alliance member company.
Technical Fellows
These fellows are Alliance members who have made a significant contribution to Alliance activities and objectives such as leading working groups, writing documents, and evangelizing the organization.
Selecting Fellows
Fellows are nominated by Alliance members and reviewed by the Fellows Nomination Committee, a sub-committee of the board. This committee then recommends fellows to the board. There are no limits to fellow awards but they are only awarded once per year.
What Do Fellows Get?
Becoming an SVTA Fellow is more than just receiving another award.
Fellows Are Awarded Full Membership
Whether Industry or Technical Fellows, each awardee is provided a Principal Membership in the SVTA, allowing them to contribute without being associated with a member company. In addition, fellows are provided a crystal award to commemorate their induction. We try to award these in person at the SVTA's SEGMENTS conference. Finally, newly awarded fellows are acknowledged in a press release and added to the fellows website. We are confident that SVTA Fellows can leverage their award and status on their LinkedIn pages, with management, and to show the general industry what they have accomplished.
Our Inaugural Fellows Award Night
During the SVTA's first SEGMENTS conference (May 16th, 2023 in New Orleans, LA), in-person fellows were presented with their awards. Although the SVTA had awarded its initial batch of fellows back in 2019, the organization was unable to field a the SEGMENTS conference (or any member meetings) because of Covid. Given that, the SVTA held off selecting and sending awards until it was able to hold a physical event to present fellows with their awards.
Fellow Spotlight
Meet one of our fellows, randomly chosen from amongst the recipients.
Ali C. Begen
Two things are infinite: the universe and problems in the streaming space; and I’m not sure about the streaming space. The SVTA has achieved so much already and will continue doing so. It is growing and its impact will be growing, too. I am delighted to be recognized as an SVTA Industry Fellow. I would say that years of research, development and teamwork have paid off. My gratitude, special thanks and congratulations go to all my colleagues, collaborators and students.
Ali C. Begen is currently a computer science professor at Ozyegin University and a technical consultant in Comcast’s Advanced Technology and Standards Group. Previously, he was a research and development engineer at Cisco. Begen received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Tech in 2006. To date, he received several academic and industry awards (including an Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering), and was granted 30+ US patents. In 2020 and 2021, he was listed among the world’s most influential scientists in the subfield of networking and telecommunications. More details are at https://ali.begen.net.
