Hiroshi Yasuda

Who is Hiroshi Yasuda?

Prof. Dr. of Engineering Hiroshi Yasuda is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo and works as a Consultant for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.

In the sphere of international standardization, together with Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione he founded the Moving Picture Experts Group which standardized MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, better known as MP3.

Prof. Hiroshi Yasuda received his B.E., M.E. and Dr.E. degrees from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1967, 1969, and 1972 respectively. Thereafter, he joined the Electrical Communication Laboratories of NTT in 1972 where he has been involved in works on Video Coding, Facsimile Network, Image Processing, Telepresence, B-ISDN Network and Services, Internet and Computer Communication Applications. He worked four years as the Executive Manager of Visual Media Lab. of NTT Human Interface Labs., and served three years as the Executive Manager of System Services Department of NTT Business Communications Systems Headquarters and became Vice President, Director of NTT Information and Communication Systems Laboratories at Yokosuka since July 1995. After serving twenty-five years for NTT he left NTT to work at The University of Tokyo. From 2003 until 2005 he was acting director of The Center for Collaborative Research and is now a Professor at Tokyo Denki University. He is a member of the IT Strategic Headquarters.