Kees Schouhamer Immink | |
|---|---|
 Kees Schouhamer Immink in 2004 with his Emmy Award | |
| Born | Kornelis Antonie Schouhamer Immink 18 December 1946 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Known for | Compact disc, DVD, Blu-ray |
| Awards | Edison Medal (1999) AES Gold Medal (1999) Emmy Award (2003) SMPTE Progress Medal (2004) Faraday Medal (2015) IEEE Medal of Honor (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electronics, Information Theory |
| Institutions | Turing Machines Inc Philips Research Laboratories Institute for Experimental Mathematics National University of Singapore |
Kornelis Antonie "Kees" Schouhamer Immink (born 18 December 1946[1]) is a Dutch engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who pioneered and advanced the era of digital audio, video, and data recording, including popular digital media such as compact disc (CD), DVD and Blu-ray disc.[2] He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who holds more than 1100 U.S. and international patents.[3] A large portion of the commonly used audio and video playback and recording devices use technologies based on his work.[4] His contributions to coding systems assisted the digital video and audio revolution, by enabling reliable data storage at information densities previously unattainable.[4]
Immink received several tributes that summarize the impact of his contributions to the digital audio and video revolution. Among the accolades received are the IEEE Medal of Honor "for pioneering contributions to video, audio, and data recording technology, including compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray", the Edison Medal[4] and an individual Technology Emmy award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).[5][6] Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands bestowed him a knighthood in 2000. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2007 for pioneering and advancing the era of digital audio, video, and data recording. Royal Holland Society of Arts and Sciences introduced the Kees Schouhamer Immink Prize in 2019 as a means to encourage research on information science and tele-communications.[7]
Currently, Immink holds the position of president of Turing Machines Inc, which was founded in 1998. During his career, Immink, in addition to his practical contributions, has contributed to information theory.[8][9] He has written over 120 articles and four books, including Codes for Mass Data Storage Media.[10][11] He has been an adjunct professor at the Institute for Experimental Mathematics, University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany, since 1994, as well as affiliated with the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) as a visiting professor.
- ^ Perry, Tekla S. (20 April 2017). "Kees Immink: The Man Who Put Compact Discs on Track". IEEE Spectrum.
- ^ National Academy of Engineering Archived 2008-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Immink's home page". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "Kees A. S. Immink". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Winners 2003 Emmy Award. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CEA Digital audio pioneers Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "KHMW Kees Schouhamer Immink Prize". Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Immink’s literature
- ^ IEEE Information Theory Society Golden Jubilee Awards for Technological Innovation Archived 2007-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kees A. Schouhamer Immink (November 2004). Codes for Mass Data Storage Systems (Second fully revised ed.). Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Shannon Foundation Publishers. ISBN 978-90-74249-27-0. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ Codes for Mass Data Storage Systems (Chinese).[permanent dead link]