Wim Sweldens

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Wim Sweldens

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}} He led development of the ''lightRadio'' cell tower technology at [[Alcatel-Lucent]]. Sweldens is the co-founder of [[Kiswe Mobile]]. He received the [[Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis]] in 1997 and was including in the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] [[Innovators Under 35|TR35]] list in 1999. He is an Honorary Professor at [[KU Leuven]].
}} He led development of the ''lightRadio'' cell tower technology at [[Alcatel-Lucent]]. Sweldens is the co-founder of [[Kiswe Mobile]]. He received the [[Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis]] in 1997 and was including in the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] [[Innovators Under 35|TR35]] list in 1999.{{Cite web |title=Innovator Under 35: Wim Sweldens, 32 - MIT Technology Review |url=http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=49}}{{Cite web |last=Moler |first=Cleve |date=27 June 1997 |title=Announcement of Fox Prize Winners |url=https://netlib.org/na-digest-html/97/v97n26.html}} He is an Honorary Professor at [[KU Leuven]].


== Education ==
== Education ==
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}}{{Cite journal |last=Sweldens |first=Wim |date=1996-04-01 |title=The Lifting Scheme: A Custom-Design Construction of Biorthogonal Wavelets |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1063520396900159 |journal=Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=186–200 |doi=10.1006/acha.1996.0015 |issn=1063-5203}}{{Cite journal |last=Kumar |first=Abhishek |last2=Singh |first2=Kamred |last3=Devadoss |first3=Visvam |last4=Kant |first4=Tapan |last5=Khader |first5=Abdul |last6=Tameem |first6=Abdullah |last7=Khathami |first7=Mohammed |last8=Khan |first8=Muhammad |last9=Hoque |first9=Mozaherul |last10=Malik |first10=Khalid |date=2021 |title=Robust Watermarking Scheme for NIfTI Medical Images |url=https://www.techscience.com/cmc/v71n2/45844 |journal=Computers, Materials & Continua |language=en |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=3107–3125 |doi=10.32604/cmc.2022.022817 |issn=1546-2218}}
}}{{Cite journal |last=Sweldens |first=Wim |date=1996-04-01 |title=The Lifting Scheme: A Custom-Design Construction of Biorthogonal Wavelets |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1063520396900159 |journal=Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=186–200 |doi=10.1006/acha.1996.0015 |issn=1063-5203}}{{Cite journal |last=Kumar |first=Abhishek |last2=Singh |first2=Kamred |last3=Devadoss |first3=Visvam |last4=Kant |first4=Tapan |last5=Khader |first5=Abdul |last6=Tameem |first6=Abdullah |last7=Khathami |first7=Mohammed |last8=Khan |first8=Muhammad |last9=Hoque |first9=Mozaherul |last10=Malik |first10=Khalid |date=2021 |title=Robust Watermarking Scheme for NIfTI Medical Images |url=https://www.techscience.com/cmc/v71n2/45844 |journal=Computers, Materials & Continua |language=en |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=3107–3125 |doi=10.32604/cmc.2022.022817 |issn=1546-2218}}


He worked at [[Bell Labs]] from 1995 to 2009 and later served as President of [[Alcatel-Lucent|Alcatel-Lucent’s]] Wireless Division from 2009 to 2012.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-15 |title=Towerless service |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/feb/15/towerless-service/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}} At Alcatel-Lucent, he led development of a cell tower technology called lightRadio, which reduced the size of transmission equipment.{{cite news
In 2013 Sweldens co-founded [[Kiswe Mobile]] with [[Jeong H. Kim|Jeong Kim]] and Jimmy Lynn. The Kiswe interactive streaming (also called reverse streaming) technology{{Cite web |date=June 9, 2020 |title=Reverse streaming: the fan experience of tomorrow - Wim Sweldens |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOxsOEn6h8Y}} has powered some of the biggest music and sports events in the world, notably with the [[K-pop]] band [[BTS]] with over one million live viewers.{{Cite web |date=June 9, 2020 |title=BTS' agency inks partnership with US streaming firm Kiswe |url=https://m.koreaherald.com/article/2332605}}{{Cite web |last=Bogedon-Hikino |first=Kara |date=20 April 2022 |title=Kiswe on how hybrid concerts led the live music industry to the new normal |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/kiswe-hybrid-concerts-bts-online-concert-livestream-streaming-venewlive-weverse-new-normal-interview-2022}}{{Cite web |title=BTS label Big Hit Entertainment inks broad partnership with streaming tech company Kiswe |date=9 June 2020 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/08/bts-loves-this-streaming-tech/}}
|author=Ben Rooney|title=Alcatel-Lucent Shrinks Cell Tower|work=The Wall Street Journal: Technology|date=February 7, 2011|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/02/07/alcatel-lucent-shrinks-cell-tower-to-a-cube/|accessdate=2012-01-25}} The equipment could be placed indoors and linked to [[optical fiber]], cables saving mobile network power usage.https://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2011-02-12-cell-phone-towers_N.htm{{cite news
|author=Nick Wood|title=Alcatel-Lucent signals 'end of base station'|work=Total Telecom|date=7 February 2011|url=http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=1&ID=462194|accessdate=2012-01-25}}{{cite news
|title=Tiny device could transform mobile communications, says its creator |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/07/mobile-communications |author=Charles Arthur|work=The Guardian|date=7 February 2011|accessdate=2012-01-25}}


Kiswe's multi view technology allows end users to live choose their favorite camera angle of an event. Users can also remote participate in an event through chat, cheering, and uploading selfie videos. Sweldens was one of the key people behind Kiswe's virtual [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] during the 2020 [[COVID-19 lockdowns]].{{Cite web |last=Knowles |first=Ed |date=25 May 2022 |title=Can virtual cycling ever match up to the great outdoors? |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/virtual-cycling-greg-van-avermaet}}{{Cite web |title=2020 Virtual Tour of Flanders |url=https://www.rideshimano.com/global/en/2020-VIRTUAL-TOUR-OF-FLANDERS/}}{{Cite journal |last=Vermont |first=W. |date=22 March 2022 |title=Virtual Tour of Flanders |journal=SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=17–22 |doi=10.5594/JMI.2022.3143607 |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732504|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324042423/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732504/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2022|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2020 |title=Tour of Flanders goes virtual |url=https://sports.nbcsports.com/2020/04/03/tour-of-flanders-goes-virtual/}}
In 2013 Sweldens co-founded [[Kiswe Mobile]] with [[Jeong H. Kim|Jeong Kim]] and Jimmy Lynn. Kiswe developed interactive [[livestreaming]] technology for live events, including multiview streams and audience interaction features.{{Cite web |date=June 9, 2020 |title=Reverse streaming: the fan experience of tomorrow - Wim Sweldens |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOxsOEn6h8Y}} The company worked with [[Big Hit Entertainment]] on [[BTS]] online events and produced the virtual [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] during the 2020 [[COVID-19 lockdowns]].{{Cite web |last=Knowles |first=Ed |date=25 May 2022 |title=Can virtual cycling ever match up to the great outdoors? |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/virtual-cycling-greg-van-avermaet}}{{Cite web |title=2020 Virtual Tour of Flanders |url=https://www.rideshimano.com/global/en/2020-VIRTUAL-TOUR-OF-FLANDERS/}}{{Cite journal |last=Vermont |first=W. |date=22 March 2022 |title=Virtual Tour of Flanders |journal=SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=17–22 |doi=10.5594/JMI.2022.3143607 |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732504|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324042423/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732504/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2022|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2020 |title=Tour of Flanders goes virtual |url=https://sports.nbcsports.com/2020/04/03/tour-of-flanders-goes-virtual/}}


Sweldens holds 28 US patents{{Cite web |title=United States Patent and Trademark Office |url=https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=sweldens&FIELD1=INNM&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT}} and has received prestigious awards, including the MIT TR35 in 1999{{Cite web |title=Innovator Under 35: Wim Sweldens, 32 - MIT Technology Review |url=http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=49}} and the [[Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis]].{{Cite web |last=Moler |first=Cleve |date=27 June 1997 |title=Announcement of Fox Prize Winners |url=https://netlib.org/na-digest-html/97/v97n26.html}} He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Leuven.{{Cite web |title=Wim Sweldens honorary professor |url=https://netlib.org/na-digest-html/97/v97n26.html}}
Sweldens holds 28 US patents{{Cite web |title=United States Patent and Trademark Office |url=https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=sweldens&FIELD1=INNM&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT}} He is a fellow of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]], member of the [[Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences]], and a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmys). He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Leuven.{{Cite web |title=Wim Sweldens honorary professor |url=https://netlib.org/na-digest-html/97/v97n26.html}}

He was entrepreneur in residence at [[Columbia University]] from 2013 to 2017.


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