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Affiliation: Professor, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Degree: Ph.D. in Engineering, March 2001 (The University of Tokyo) Research Interests: Robotics, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Computer Graphics Nationality: Japan Publication: Google scholar dblp researchmap KAKEN

Education

April 1986 - March 1989: Student of Takada Junior School
April 1989 - March 1992: Student of Takada High School
April 1992 - March 1996: Student of The University of Tokyo
April 1996 - March 1998: Graduate Student, Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo
April 1998 - March 2001: Ph.D. Student, Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Research Experience

April 1995 - March 1996
Student of The University of Tokyo, working on motion planning of multiple mobile robots.
Adviser: Professor Tamio ARAI (The University of Tokyo)

April 1996 - March 1998
Graduate Student of The University of Tokyo, working on motion planning of multiple mobile robots.
Adviser: Associate Professor Jun OTA (The University of Tokyo)

April 1998 - March 2001
Ph.D Student of The University of Tokyo, working on motion planning of multiple mobile robots.
Adviser: Professor Tamio ARAI (The University of Tokyo)

April 1998 - March 2001
Junior Research Associate of The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), working on mechanism of omni-directional mobile robot.
Adviser: Professor Hajime ASAMA (The University of Tokyo)

April 2001 - March 2008
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University, working on robot motion planning, computer vision, and computer graphics.
Collaborates with Professor Toru KANEKO and Professor Kenjiro T. MIURA (Shizuoka University)

November 2006 - December 2007
Visiting Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, working on biological motion tracking.
Adviser: Professor Joel W. BURDICK (California Institute of Technology)

April 2008 - October 2011
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University, working on robot motion planning, computer vision, and computer graphics.
Collaborates with Professor Toru KANEKO and Professor Kenjiro T. MIURA (Shizuoka University)

October 2011 - March 2022
Associate Professor, Department of Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo, working on robot motion planning, computer vision, and computer graphics.
Collaborates with Professor Hajime ASAMA (The University of Tokyo)

April 2022 -
Professor, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, working on real world robot informatics.
Collaborates with Associate Professor Qi AN (The University of Tokyo)

Professional Experience

April 1998 - March 2001
Junior Research Associate of The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)

April 2001 - March 2002
Cooperate Researcher, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)

April 2001 - March 2008
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University

April 2008 - October 2011
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University

October 2011 - March 2022
Associate Professor, Department of Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo

April 2022 -
Professor, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Awards

Hatakeyama Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, March 1996.
(Given to the best student of Dept. Precision Machinery Eng., Univ. Tokyo)

Ishi-Gakujyutu-Shorei Award, Sogo-Kenkyu-Shoreikai, March 2001.
(Awarded for outstanding Ph.D. thesis in Faculty of Engineering, Univ. Tokyo)

Best Presentation Award in Rescue Robotics Session, SI2002, December 2002.

Young Investigation Excellence Award, Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers of Japan, December 2004.

Certificate of Merit for Best Presentation, Robotics and Mechatronics Division, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 2005.

Best Paper Presentation Award, Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, September 2006.

Young Investigation Excellence Award, Robotics Society of Japan, September 2006.

Takayanagi-Kenkyu-Shorei Award, Hamamatsu-Denshi-Kogaku-Shoreikai, December 2007.

Kisoi Motohiro Award, International Rescue System, January 2009.

Kisoi Motohiro Award, International Rescue System, January 2009.

Best Paper Award, 15th Robotics Symposia, March 2010.

Best Paper Award, 4th Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM2010), December 2010.

Certificate of Merit for ROBOMEC Outstanding Research Activity, Robotics and Mechatronics Division, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, May 2011.

Funai Award, Funai Foundation for Information Technology, May 2011.

Membership of Academic Societies

Japan Society for Precision Engineering, JSPE (1996-)
Robotics Society of Japan, RSJ (1997-)
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (2000-)
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, IEICE (2002-)
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, JSME (2003-)
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, IEEJ (2004-)
Information Processing Society of Japan, IPSJ (2004-)
The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, ITE (2004-)
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, SICE (2005-)
Association for Computing Machinery, ACM (2009-)
Society for Serviceology (2012-)
The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, JSAE (2017-)
Japan Society of Civil Engineering, JSCE (2021-)

Academic Activities

8th Joint International Conference on Advanced Science and Technology (JICAST2004), Proceedings Co-Chair
2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2013) (2013/11/03～2013/11/07) Publication Co-chair
2015 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (ICAM2015) (2015/12/05～2015/12/08) Program Chair
1st International Symposium on Embodied-Brain Systems Science (EmboSS2016) (2016/05/08～2016/05/09) General Co-chair
2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2016) (2016/12/03～2016/12/07) Program Chair
etc.