Ahmed was the Indian-American engineer who revolutionized the digital image industry with the development of the discrete cosine transform algorithm in 1974. His innovation led to significant advancements in the music business, social media platforms, video coding techniques, and more. Despite initial rejection from grant funding organizations, Ahmed persevered through financial difficulties and long hours in the lab to bring his revolutionary compression technique to life. The DCT algorithm has become a staple in image and video compression, serving as the basis for popular standards such as JPEG and MPEG. Ahmed’s impactful and transformative work continues to influence the digital landscape today.
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