Consultant to NTT
Research Center for Advanced Science and Techomology (RCAST)
PROFESSOR The University of tokyo
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153, JAPAN
TEL: +81 (3) 3481 4501 FAX: +81 (3) 3481 4503
EMAIL: yasuda@mpeg.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
He received the B.E., M.E. and D.E. from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1967, 1969, and 1972 respectively.
Since joining the Electrical Communication Laboratories of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (NTT) Japan, in 1972, he has been involved in works on Video Coding, Facsimile Network, Image Processing, Telepresence, B-ISDN Network and Services, Internet and Computer Communication Applications.
After served four years (1988-1992) as the Executive Manager of Visual Media Lab. of NTT Human Interface Labs., and served three years (1992-1995) as the Executive Manager of System Services Department of NTT Business Communications Systems Headquarters, he has become Vice President, Director of NTT Information and Communication Systems Laboratories. at Yokosuka since July 1995.
He has served as a guest editor of IEEE Journal on SAC several times, such as Vol.11, No.1.
Also he is serving as HDTV Workshop Executive Committee Member sponsored by COMSOC, and has served as The Exhibition Chair of 1996 Multimedia Systems Conference sponsored by Computer Society.
Further, he has been serving as the Chairman of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 (Audio, Picture, Multimedia and Hypermedia Coding International Standardization) since 1991.
He has become the President of DAVIC (Digital Audio Video Council) in September 1996.
He received the 1973 Paper Award of EICEJ, 1987 Takayanagi Award, 1990 M. Kobayashi Award, 1995 the Achievement Award of EICEJ, 1996 the Achievement Award of Television Institute and also 1995-1996 The EMMY from The National Academy of Television Arts and Science. He is a senior member of IEEE, a member of EICEJ, Television Institute and Information Processing Institute.
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 and "The Text for Internet" in 1996.
