Education
Professor Hiroshi Yasuda received his Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Doctor.E. degrees from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1967, 1969, and 1972 respectively.
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Hiroshi Yasuda
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In the sphere of international standardization, together with Doctor Leonardo Chiariglione he founded the Moving Picture Experts Group which standardized MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, better known as MP3. Thereafter, he joined the Electrical Communication Laboratories of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in 1972 where he has been involved in works on Video Coding, Facsimile Network, Image Processing, Telepresence, B-Integrated Services Digital Network Network and Services, Internet and Computer Communication Applications. He worked four years (1988–1992) as the Executive Manager of Visual Media Laboratory of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Human Interface laboratories, and served three years (1992–1995) as the Executive Manager of System Services Department of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Business Communications Systems Headquarters and became Vice President, Director of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Information and Communication Systems Laboratories at Yokosuka since July 1995.
After serving twenty-five years for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (1972–1997) he left Nippon Telegraph and Telephone to work at The University of Tokyo.
From 2003 until 2005 he was acting director of The Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) and is now a Professor at Tokyo Denki University. Professor Doctor Hiroshi Yasuda also served as the International Organization for Standardization"s chairperson of International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1/South Carolina 29 (JPEG/MPEG Standardization) from 1991 - 1999.
He has served as a guest editor of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Journal on SAC several times, such as Volume(s).11, Number.1. and has served as The Exhibition Chair of 1996 Multimedia Systems Conference sponsored by Computer Society. He also served as the president of DAVIC (Digital Audio Video Council) from 1996 -1998.
He wrote International Standardization of Multimedia Coding in 1991, MPEG/International Standardization of Multimedia Coding in 1994, The Base for the Digital Image Coding in 1995, The Text for Internet in 1996, The Text for MPEG” in 2002 and The Text for Content Distribution in 2003.
Achievements
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He has received numerous awards, including the Takayanagi Award in 1987, the Achievement Award of EICEJ in 1995, The EMMY from The National Academy of Television Arts and Science in 1995, the Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2000, the Takayanagi Award in 2005 and The Medal with Purple Ribbon from The Emperor of Japan in 2009.
Membership
He is a member of the Information Technology Strategic Headquarters (Japan). He is a Life Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow of EICEJ and IPSJ, and a member of Television Institute.
