Hiroshi Inose
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Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo Hiroshi Inose |
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Hiroshi Inose
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| Born | January 5, 1927 Nezu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | October 11, 2000 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | University of Tokyo , B.E. 1948 and D.E. 1955 |
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| Discipline | Electrical Engineering |
| Projects | Time-Slot Interchange System |
Hiroshi Inose (猪瀬 博 Inose Hiroshi?, January 5, 1927 – October 11, 2000) was an electrical engineer, known as the inventor of the Time-Slot Interchange system (TSI), which is basic to modern digital telephone switches. Inose was highly involved within his career. He held positions such as director general, chairman, associate professor, and president specific committees pertaining to engineering and technology. He was awarded with many honorific titles. In 1976 he received the Marconi Prize, in 1993 the Harold Pender Award, and in 1994 the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
Hiroshi Inose was born in Nezu, Tokyo in Japan on January 5, 1927. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo in 1948 and his doctorate degree there in 1955, respectively. Inose married his wife Mariko in 1960.
From 1956 to 1958, Inose was an associate at the University of Pennsylvania and employed as a consultant at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey where he invented the TSI system. This system was the basis of the digital telephone switches.
Aside from his invention, he became an associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1958 and in 1961 was promoted to full professor. Inose also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering as well as Director for the Computer Center and the Center for Bibliographic Information. He "...spent sabbatical terms at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor."
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