Waterloo spin-off company wins second Emmy Award

A spin-off company with deep roots at Waterloo Engineering has won a second Emmy Award for its work to improve the quality and reduce the costs of video.

SSIMWAVE, based in Waterloo, was founded in 2013 by Zhou Wang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Abdul Rehman and Kai Zeng, who both earned their doctorates at Waterloo Engineering the same year.

Zhou Wang is a professor of electrical and computer engineering.

Wang, the chief science officer of the company, also won an Emmy in 2015 for his groundbreaking work on technology to measure the quality of video provided by television and streaming companies as it is seen by viewers.

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