Michael F. Korpi is professor and director of the Film & Digital Media Division at Baylor University, and a member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers. He has produced and directed documentaries on a range of topics from automobile racing to world hunger. Dr. Korpi also conducts research dealing with new communication technologies such as high definition television, nonlinear editing systems, digital cinema, video games, and media networking. For example, he produced test materials for the HDTV standardization process (including the first side-by-side tests of Super 16mm vs. 35mm film transferred to HDTV), and for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device certification. Dr. Korpi attended Liberty University and the University of Iowa. He has been at Baylor University since 1982.