# Publications My research focuses on efficient video compression algorithms, codec design, and performance-aware implementations. For a complete list of publications: - [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hKpEZMUAAAAJ) - [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luc-Trudeau) ## Selected Publications ### Perceptual Quality Metrics **Trudeau, L. N.**, & Martini, M. G. [Estimating SSIM from MSE for DCT-Based Compressed Images via Modeling Local Error Statistics]([10.1109/QoMEX69967.2026.11618343](https://doi.org/10.1109/QoMEX69967.2026.11618343)). 18th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), 2026. ### AV1 & Chrome from Luma Research Grunnau, J., Kempf, J.-B., Storsjö, M., **Trudeau, L. N.**, et al.  *Benchmarking and Analysis of AV1 Software Decoding on Android Devices.* ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) — AV1 Workshop, 2022. Chen, Y., Mukherjee, D., Han, J., Liu, Z., **Trudeau, L. N.**, et al. [An Overview of Coding Tools in AV1: The First Video Codec from the Alliance for Open Media](chen_2020_av1_coding_tools_overview.pdf). APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing, 9, e6, 2020. Chen, Y., Mukherjee, D., Han, J., Grange, A., Xu, Y., Liu, Z., **Trudeau, L. N.**, et al. [An Overview of Core Coding Tools in the AV1 Video Codec](chen_2018_av1_core_coding_tools.pdf). 2018 Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), San Francisco, CA, USA, pp. 41–45, 2018.   **Trudeau, L. N.**, Egge, N. E., & Barr, D. [Predicting Chroma from Luma in AV1](trudeau_2018_predicting_chroma_from_luma_av1_dcc.pdf).   2018 Data Compression Conference (DCC), Snowbird, UT, USA, pp. 374–382, 2018. ### HEVC & Motion Estimation Research **Trudeau, L. N.**, Coulombe, S., & Desrosiers, C.  *Multi-level Rate-Constrained Successive Elimination Algorithm Tailored to Suboptimal Motion Estimation in HEVC.* Signal Processing: Image Communication, Volume 81, 115719, February 2020.   **Trudeau, L. N.**, Coulombe, S., & Desrosiers, C.  *Cost-Based Search Ordering for Rate-Constrained Motion Estimation Applied to HEVC.* IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 64(4), 922–932, December 2018. **Trudeau, L. N.**, Coulombe, S., & Desrosiers, C. *Sub-partition Reuse for Fast Optimal Motion Estimation in HEVC Successive Elimination Algorithms.* 2016 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2016. **Trudeau, L. N.**, Coulombe, S., & Desrosiers, C. *An Adaptive Search Ordering for Rate-Constrained Successive Elimination Algorithms.* 2015 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2015. **Trudeau, L. N.**, Coulombe, S., & Desrosiers, C. *Rate Distortion-Based Motion Estimation Search Ordering for Rate-Constrained Successive Elimination Algorithms.* 2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Paris, France, 2014.   ### H.264 & Error Resilience Research **Trudeau, L. N.**, Coulombe, S., & Pigeon, S. *Pixel Domain Referenceless Visual Degradation Detection and Error Concealment for Mobile Video.* IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2229–2232, 2011.