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Self Introduction

Personal Data

My CV is here

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University Degree: Ph.D. in Engineering, March 2001 (The University of Tokyo) Research Interests: Robotics, Computer Vision, Compute Graphics Birth Year and Place: 1973, Suzuka, Mie, Japan Nationality: Japan

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 Univetsity 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 Univetsity 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 Univetsity 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 -
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)

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 - Now
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University

April 2005 - September 2006
Lecturer (Robotics), Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology

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.

Best Presentation Award, 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.

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, Robotics and Automation Society (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-)

Academic Activities

Member of Program Committee
8th Joint International Conference on Advanced Science and Technology (JICAST2004), Proceedings Co-Chair
2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2006)
2006 Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM2006)
2007 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2007)
2008 Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM2008)
etc.

Paper Review
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
Advanced Robotics
Robotics & Autonomous Systems
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM) (2006)
IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (2007)
etc.