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ITU-T Y.1731
The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of the three sectors (divisions or units) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is responsible for coordinating standards for telecommunications and Information Communication Technology such as X.509 for cybersecurity, Y.3172 and Y.3173 for machine learning, and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC for video compression, between its Member States, Private Sector Members, and Academia Members. The first meeting of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA), the sector's governing conference, took place on 1 March of that year. ITU-T has a permanent secretariat called the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), which is based at the ITU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The current director of the TSB is Chaesub Lee (of South Korea), whose first 4-year term commenced on 1 January 2015, and whose second 4-year term commenced on 1 January 2019. Chaesub Lee succeeded Malcolm Johnson (Director), Malc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaesub Lee
Chaesub Lee PhD (Korean: 이재섭) is the Director of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, the permanent secretariat of the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and as such, an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Early career In 1986 Lee started working at Korea Telecom, where he worked for 17 years. Following this, Lee worked at Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) for eight years. ITU involvement Lee was the Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group Next-Generation Networks (FG-NGN), as well as the Vice-Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group IPTV. Lee served as Vice-Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 13 "Future Networks and Cloud" (SG13) from 2001 until 2008, after which he became Chairman of that group in 2009. Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Lee was elected at the 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan (Republic of Korea), with the term beginning on January 1, 2015. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |