Kees A. Schouhamer Immink
Professor at Nanyang Technological University
Biography
Nanyang Technological University
Dr. Kees Schouhamer Immink is president and founder of Turing Machines Inc., a Dutch-based research and consulting firm that contributes to science and technology. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to the design and development of a wealth of digital video, audio, and data recorders such as the Compact Disc, Compact Disc Video, DAT, DCC, DVD, and the BluRay disc system.
He received a personal Emmy Award and the highest honors of the three major US electronics societies: the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Edison Medal), the Audio Engineering Society (Gold Medal), and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (Progress Medal). He was inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. Queen Beatrix knighted him in 2000. In 2014, the University of Johannesburg conferred him an honorary doctorate. He received the 2014 Eduard Rhein Prize for Technology.
He is, since 1995, an adjunct professor at the Institute for Experimental Mathematics, University of Essen, Essen, Germany, and affiliated with the NanYang Technological University, Singapore, as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. Specialismen
Immink has served in officer and board positions for a number of learned societies, government and academic organizations -such as the AES, IEEE, SMPTE, and several universities. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, AES, SMPTE, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW), a member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE), an honorary member of the Netherlands Electronics and Radio Society (NERG), and former president of the Audio Engineering Society.
Education
- Honorary doctorate University of Johannesburg (2014)
- PhD Eindhoven University of Technology (1985 — 1985)
- MEng (Ir) Eindhoven University of Technology (1970 — 1974)
- Bachelor of Applied Science (BSc.) Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (1963 — 1967)
Companies
- Member Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (2012)
- Foreign member The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2007)
- Foreign Member National Academy of Engineering (2007)
- President Turing Machines Inc (1998)
- Member KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (1996)
- visiting profssor Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (2019 — 2020)
- Adjunct professor Institute for Experimental Mathematics, Essen, Germany (1995 — 2014)
- Visiting professor Nanyang Technological University (2008 — 2011)
- Distinguished Visiting Professor National University of Singapore (1998 — 2008)
Videos
Mathematics Seminar: Innovation in Constrained Codes | Kees Schouhamer Immink
Professor Kees Schouhamer Immink: 2015 Faraday Medal Winner
Interview with K. Brandenburg, K. Immink p.2
Kees Immink - IEEE Day Message
AES Oral History 016: Kees A.S. Immink
Interview with K. Brandenburg, K. Immink p.1
Kornelis A. Schouhamer Immink - Coding method for CD, DVD and Blu-Ray
Kees Immink at GYSS 2020 - Evolution of Mass Data Storage Systems
Kornelis A. Schouhamer Immink - Coding method for CD, DVD and Blu-Ray
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