Leonardo Chiariglione

Leonardo Chiariglione (IPA: [kjariʎˈʎoːne]) (born 30 January 1943 (age 82) in Almese, Turin province, Piedmont, Italy) is an Italian engineer who has led the development of international technical standards for digital media.

After receiving a classical high school education at the Liceo Salesiano Valsalice in Turin, he earned a master's degree in electronic engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin in 1967, then obtained a Ph.D. degree at the University of Tokyo in 1973, where he also learned to speak Japanese.

He has led a number of European collaborative projects: He also initiated other efforts to define internationally agreed technical specifications, such as DAVIC (the Digital Audio-Visual Council) in 1994 and FIPA (the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents) in 1996.

[1] He stepped down from this post in 2001, having expressed frustration about conflicts between the members of the group, which had failed to produce effective anti-piracy specifications.

In a blog post,[8] while thanking for this recognition award he also highlighted some big issues that he said needed to be addressed in the future.