History of Directors
Albert Hoagland
Albert Hoagland
cmrr director: 1983-1984
cmrr director: 1983-1984
Albert S. Hoagland attended the University of California at Berkeley where he received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1954. While a graduate student, he became a consultant to IBM with key magnetic head design and recording responsibilities for the Random Access Method of Accounting and Control (RAMAC) disk drive, the first hard disk data storage device.
Albert S. Hoagland attended the University of California at Berkeley where he received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1954. While a graduate student, he became a consultant to IBM with key magnetic head design and recording responsibilities for the Random Access Method of Accounting and Control (RAMAC) disk drive, the first hard disk data storage device.
Dr. Hoagland was instrumental in establishing the Magnetic Disk Heritage Center (MDHC), a California non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the story and historical legacy of magnetic disk storage technology, serving as it’s director. Dr. Hoagland is author of the book "Digital Magnetic Recording,” the first text published in this field (1963), as well as numerous technical publications in the fields of magnetic recording and data storage.
Dr. Hoagland was instrumental in establishing the Magnetic Disk Heritage Center (MDHC), a California non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the story and historical legacy of magnetic disk storage technology, serving as it’s director. Dr. Hoagland is author of the book "Digital Magnetic Recording,” the first text published in this field (1963), as well as numerous technical publications in the fields of magnetic recording and data storage.
John C. Mallinson
John C. Mallinson
cmrr director: 1984-1990
cmrr director: 1984-1990
John C. Mallinson received all his degrees from the University of Oxford.
John C. Mallinson received all his degrees from the University of Oxford.
In 1984, he was invited to be the first permanent Director of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego, Ca., where he was responsible for the selection and appointment of the professorial staff.
In 1984, he was invited to be the first permanent Director of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego, Ca., where he was responsible for the selection and appointment of the professorial staff.
He is the author of 4 textbooks, “The Foundations of Magnetic Recording (1987 and 1994), “Magneto-Resistive Heads, Fundamentals and Applications (1996) and “Spin Valves and Magneto-Resistive Heads”(2002). They were printed in English by Academic Press and in Japanese by Maruzen Publishing. He has published over 80 peer reviewed papers, 4 review articles and 6 contributed book chapters.
He is the author of 4 textbooks, “The Foundations of Magnetic Recording (1987 and 1994), “Magneto-Resistive Heads, Fundamentals and Applications (1996) and “Spin Valves and Magneto-Resistive Heads”(2002). They were printed in English by Academic Press and in Japanese by Maruzen Publishing. He has published over 80 peer reviewed papers, 4 review articles and 6 contributed book chapters.
sheldon schultz, Physics Professor
sheldon schultz, Physics Professor
CMRR Director: 1990-2000
CMRR Director: 1990-2000
Professor Sheldon Schultz was a graduate of Columbia University who joined UC San Diego's Physics department as a professor in 1960. Schultz was the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship from 1964-1966. Years of success as a professor earned him a position as the Director of CMRR from 1990 to 2000. In 2003, The Sheldon Schultz Prize of Excellence in Graduate Student Research was established under his name. . Professor Schultz's great research work also earned him a spot in Science magazine as No. 8 in "Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2003". From the year 2000 and on Professor Schultz held a position as a research professor of physics here at UC San Diego.
Professor Sheldon Schultz was a graduate of Columbia University who joined UC San Diego's Physics department as a professor in 1960. Schultz was the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship from 1964-1966. Years of success as a professor earned him a position as the Director of CMRR from 1990 to 2000. In 2003, The Sheldon Schultz Prize of Excellence in Graduate Student Research was established under his name. . Professor Schultz's great research work also earned him a spot in Science magazine as No. 8 in "Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2003". From the year 2000 and on Professor Schultz held a position as a research professor of physics here at UC San Diego.
Paul H Siegel
Paul H Siegel
cmrr director: 2000-2011
cmrr director: 2000-2011
Paul H. Siegel received the S.B. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, in 1975 and 1979, respectively.
Paul H. Siegel received the S.B. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, in 1975 and 1979, respectively.
He held a Chaim Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Courant Institute, New York University. He was with the IBM Research Division in San Jose, CA, from 1980 to 1995. He joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego in July 1995, where he is currently Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering. He is affiliated with the Center for Memory and Recording Research where he holds an endowed chair and served as Director from 2000 to 2011. His primary research interests lie in the areas of information theory and communications, particularly coding and modulation techniques, with applications to digital data storage and transmission.
He held a Chaim Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Courant Institute, New York University. He was with the IBM Research Division in San Jose, CA, from 1980 to 1995. He joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego in July 1995, where he is currently Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering. He is affiliated with the Center for Memory and Recording Research where he holds an endowed chair and served as Director from 2000 to 2011. His primary research interests lie in the areas of information theory and communications, particularly coding and modulation techniques, with applications to digital data storage and transmission.
Prof. Siegel received the Jacobs School of Engineering Teacher of the Year Award from the Triton Engineering Student Council in 2008, as well as the Best Graduate Teacher Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2009 and 2016.
Prof. Siegel received the Jacobs School of Engineering Teacher of the Year Award from the Triton Engineering Student Council in 2008, as well as the Best Graduate Teacher Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2009 and 2016.
Prof. Siegel holds twenty patents in the area of coding and detection, and was named a Master Inventor at IBM Research in 1994. He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Prof. Siegel holds twenty patents in the area of coding and detection, and was named a Master Inventor at IBM Research in 1994. He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Eric E. Fullerton
Eric E. Fullerton
cmrr director: 2011-present
cmrr director: 2011-present
Prof. Eric Fullerton is an Endowed Chair Professor at UC San Diego's Center for Memory and Recording Research (CMRR) and a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and nanoengineering at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering. Before joining UCSD in January 2007, Dr. Fullerton was a senior manager and research scientist in the Fundamentals of Nano-Structured Materials Group at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (formerly IBM Almaden Research Center). He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and a past winner of the Exceptional Achievement Award at Argonne National Laboratory, the IBM Outstanding Achievement Award, and the IBM Fourth Plateau Invention Achievement Award. Dr. Fullerton earned his Ph.D. at UCSD in 1991.
Prof. Eric Fullerton is an Endowed Chair Professor at UC San Diego's Center for Memory and Recording Research (CMRR) and a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and nanoengineering at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering. Before joining UCSD in January 2007, Dr. Fullerton was a senior manager and research scientist in the Fundamentals of Nano-Structured Materials Group at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (formerly IBM Almaden Research Center). He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and a past winner of the Exceptional Achievement Award at Argonne National Laboratory, the IBM Outstanding Achievement Award, and the IBM Fourth Plateau Invention Achievement Award. Dr. Fullerton earned his Ph.D. at UCSD in 1991.
Dr. Fullerton's expertise is in thin-film magnetic and nano-materials. He is an internationally acclaimed scholar in areas such as thin film and superlattice growth, magnetic recording and nano-technologies, and x-ray and neutron scattering. At IBM/Hitachi, Dr. Fullerton made fundamental advances in the development of high density magnetic recording media based on anti-ferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic films. Early in his career, he developed a technique for mapping the structure of thin-film multi-layers from x-ray diffraction data that became the standard in the field.
Dr. Fullerton's expertise is in thin-film magnetic and nano-materials. He is an internationally acclaimed scholar in areas such as thin film and superlattice growth, magnetic recording and nano-technologies, and x-ray and neutron scattering. At IBM/Hitachi, Dr. Fullerton made fundamental advances in the development of high density magnetic recording media based on anti-ferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic films. Early in his career, he developed a technique for mapping the structure of thin-film multi-layers from x-ray diffraction data that became the standard in the field.