Dr.-Ing. Louay Bassbouss

Working Areas

• Internet Delivered Media
• 5G/6G Media  
• Media Conformance and Validation
• Metaverse Technologies
• Cloud XR Streaming
• Standardization (HbbTV, CTA, W3C, MSF)
• Teaching (Advanced Media Technologies)

Curriculum Vitae

Dr.-Ing. Louay Bassbouss is a researcher and Senior Project Manager R&D in the Future Applications and Media (FAME) business unit at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS). Louay studied Computer Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and completed its dissertation titled "Concepts and models for creating distributed multimedia applications and content in a multiscreen environment" at the same university. His main research activities focus on future web applications, multimedia technologies and standards, media streaming over 5G/6G, and technologies that enable Metaverse experiences across different devices and XR platforms. Louay actively participates in various standardization groups in W3C, HbbTV, CTA, and MSF. He co-chairs the W3C Second Screen Working and Community Groups and contribute to various testing activities in HbbTV and CTA WAVE. Louay also lectures at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) in the field of open distributed systems and advanced media technologies.