Background
Tinker, Michael was born on February 22, 1945 in New York City. Son of Ralph and Josephine Tinker.
Tinker, Michael was born on February 22, 1945 in New York City. Son of Ralph and Josephine Tinker.
Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1966. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1975.
Assistant professor, Texas Agricultural and Industrial, Kingsville, 1970-1978; technical writer, senior programmer, Data General, Durham, North Carolina, 1978-1983; engineer, Exxon, Princeton, New Jersey, 1983-1985; member technical staff, Radio Corporation of America Research laboratories, Princeton, 1985-1988; manager algorithms, Intel, Princeton, 1988-1993; head video compression research, Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, since 1993. United States delegate Moving Pictures Experts Group of International Studies Organisation, Geneva,1990-1992.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Association Computing Machinery, SMPTE (vice chair digital cinema compression subcommittee 1999-2001).
Married Agnes Lee Zitelli, April 30, 1966. Children: Megan Hope, Elizabeth Larson.