Toshitada Doi
Japanese electrical engineer
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::summary Japanese electrical engineer ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Toshitada Doi |
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| birth_place | Japan |
| alma_mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Tohoku University | |
| occupation | Engineer |
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Toshitada Doi is a Japanese electrical engineer, who played a significant role in the digital audio revolution. He received a degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1964, and a PhD from Tohoku University in 1972.
He joined Sony Japan in 1964 and started the first digital audio project within Sony. He was the driving force behind the PCM adaptor, and was a prominent member of the Sony/Philips taskforce responsible for the design of the Compact Disc.{{cite journal |title=Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Rise and Fall of the Record Industry in the Digital Age |year=2009 |url=https://archive.org/details/appetiteforselfd00knop_0 |url-access=registration |author=Steve Knopper |publisher=Free Press/Simon & Schuster |journal=Nature Electronics |volume=1 |date=2018 |title=How we made the compact disc |author=K.A. Schouhamer Immink |authorlink=Kees Schouhamer Immink |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324571504 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |quote=An international collaboration between Philips and the Sony Corporation lead to the creation of the compact disc. The author explains how it came about
He was the lead engineer of the DASH multi-track digital audio tape recorder. In the 1990s, he headed Sony's Digital Creatures Laboratory, where he was responsible for the Aibo, Sony's robotic dog. In 2003, Doi created the Qrio, a running humanoid robot.
Awards and honors
- Fellowship, Audio Engineering Society
- Eduard Rhein Prize, 1981{{cite web|url=http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/preistrager/chronologie/ |title=Award Winners Eduard Rhein Prize|accessdate=2009-08-16}}
- Silver Medal, Audio Engineering Society
References
References
- "The Compact Disc Turns 25 by Robert Harley".
- (1999). "Magnetic recording: the first 100 years by Eric D. Daniel, C. Denis Mee, Mark H. Clark".
- "Toshitada Doi, Machine learning luminary - and AIBO's first master".
- [http://www.aes.org/info/awards.cfm AES Awards winners]
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