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Distinguished Lecturer

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2021 Distinguished Lecturer’s List


2023-2024 FY
No Society Name/Affiliation Specialized fields Remarks Webinar
1 Engineering Science(A)
Tomohiko Uyematsu（The Open University of Japan）
Tomohiko Uyematsu（The Open University of Japan）
  • 1. Information Theory
  • 2. Universal Source Coding
  • 3. Error Correcting Codes
 Biography and Past Lectures September 2024
2 Engineering Science(A)
Hitoshi Okada（National Institute of Informatics）
Hitoshi Okada（National Institute of Informatics）
  • 1. Electronic Commerce and Social Implication
  • 2. Blockchain Technology and its Application
  • 3. Law and Technology of Digital Currency
 Biography and Past Lectures
3 Engineering Science(A)
Hiroki Koga（University of Tsukuba）
Hiroki Koga（University of Tsukuba）
  • 1. Information Theory
  • 2. Information Security
 Biography and Past Lectures
4 Engineering Science(A)
Hiroshi Nakagawa（RIKEN）
Hiroshi Nakagawa（RIKEN）
  • 1. Ethics, Law and Social Issues of Artificial Intelligence
  • 2. Post-mortem Privacy and Personal Data Protection
  • 3. AI Agent and Trust
 Biography and Past Lectures November 2023
5 Engineering Science(A)
Jun Muramatsu（NTT, Inc.）
Jun Muramatsu（Waseda University）
  • 1. Information Theory
  • 2. Shannon Theory
 Biography and Past Lectures
6 Engineering Science(A)
Tadashi Wadayama（Nagoya Institute of Technology）
Tadashi Wadayama（Nagoya Institute of Technology）
  • 1. Coding Theory
  • 2. Communication engineering
  • 3. Signal Processing
 Biography and Past Lectures April 2024
6 Engineering Science(A)
Suguru Kameda（Hiroshima University）
Suguru Kameda（Hiroshima University)
  • 1. Mobile Communication
  • 2. Spread Spectrum Communication
  • 3. Satellite Communicationg
 Biography and Past Lectures
7 Communications(B)
Takehiro Morioka（AIST）
Takehiro Morioka（AIST）
  • 1. Electromagnetic compatibility
  • 2. Electromagnetic field measurement
  • 3. Measurement standards
 Biography and Past Lectures May 2024
8 Communications(B)
Yu-ichi Hayashi（NAIST）
Yu-ichi Hayashi（NAIST）
  • 1. Electromagnetic compatibility
  • 2. Electronic information security
  • 3. Intentional electromagnetic interference
 Biography and Past Lectures April 2023
9 Communications(B)
Go Hasegawa（Tohoku University）
Go Hasegawa（Tohoku University）
  • 1．Information network architecture
  • 2．Internet congestion control
  • 3．Mobile networking technologies
 Biography December 2022
10 Communications(B)
Kazuhisa Yamagishi（NTT, Inc.）
Kazuhisa Yamagishi（NTT Network Technology Laboratories,NTT, Inc.）
  • 1. Quality assessment
 Biography
11 Communications(B)
Naoki Shinohara（Kyoto University）
Naoki Shinohara（Kyoto University）
  • 1. Microwave Power Transfer and Wireless Power Transfer
  • 2. Solar Power Satellite and Space Based Solar
  • 3. Microwave Heating
 Biography and Past Lectures May 2022
12 Communications(B)
Ken-ichi Sato（Nagoya University）
Ken-ichi Sato（Nagoya University）
  • 1. Photonic network
  • 2. hotonic transport system (OXC/ROADM)
  • 3. Intra- and Inter- data center network
  • 4. Optical switching systems
 Biography and Past Lectures April 2022
13 Communications(B)
Jiro Hirokawa（Institute of Science Tokyo）
Jiro Hirokawa（Institute of Science Tokyo）
  • 1. Millimeter-wave and Terahertz band Planar
  • 2. Antenna System for Orthogonal Multi Duplexing
  • 3. Waveguide Beam-switching Circuit
 Biography and Past Lectures August 2023
14 Communications(B)
Makoto Taromaru（Fukuoka University）
Makoto Taromaru（Fukuoka University）
  • 1. Radio communication systems, Mobile communication systems
  • 2. Adaptive smart antenna systems
  • 3. Tx/Rx architecture and radio signal processing for software defined radios
 Biography August 2022
15 Communications(B)
Susumu Matsui（Yamato University）
Susumu Matsui（Yamato University）
  • 1. Ad hoc network
  • 2. IoT network
 Biography
16 Communications(B)
Masaharu Oohashi（Osaka Prefecture University）
Masaharu Oohashi（Osaka Prefecture University）
  • 1. Transmission characteristics and measurement methods of optical fiber
  • 2. Optical fiber sensor
  • 3. International standardization of optical fibe
 Biography
17 Communications(B)
Qiang Chen（Tohoku University）
Qiang Chen（Tohoku University）
  • 1. Antenna
  • 2. Array Antenna
  • 3. Electromagnetic Wave Imaging
 Biography
18 Communications(B)
Tatsuya Yamazaki（Niigata University）
Tatsuya Yamazaki（Niigata University）
  • 1. Communication quality
  • 2. Multimedia
  • 3. Image processing
 Biography December 2023
19 Communications(B)
Daisuke Anzai（Osaka Metropolitan University）
Daisuke Anzai（Osaka Metropolitan University）
  • 1．Wireless body area communications
  • 2. Implant communications
  • 3. Biomedical EMC
 Biography and Past Lectures
20 Communications(B)
Hiroshi Murata（Mie University）
Hiroshi Murata（Mie University）
  • 1．Radio-over-Fiber for 5G/Beyond-5G Mobile
  • 2. High-Speed Optical Modulation and Electro-Optic Sensor
  • 3. Radio-over-Pipewall for Underground Pipeline Inspection
 Biography and Past Lectures
21 Communications(B)
Hiroyoshi Yamada (Niigata University)
Hiroyoshi Yamada (Niigata University)
  • 1．Radar
  • 2. Array signal processing
  • 3. Microwave Remote Sensing
 Biography and Past Lectures
22 Communications(B)
Tetsuya Yokotani (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
Tetsuya Yokotani (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
  • 1．Traffic Control
  • 2. Performance evaluation
  • 3. Optical access networks
  • 4．Home networks
  • 5. Reliable communication
  • 6. promotion of international standardization
 Biography and Past Lectures
23 Electronics(C)

Kiichi Hamamoto（Kyushu University）
Kiichi Hamamoto（Kyushu University）
  • 1. Optoelectronics
  • 2. Optical device
  • 3. Optical communication
 Biography and Past Lectures
24 Electronics(C)
Hiroshi Takahashi（Sophia University）
Hiroshi Takahashi（Sophia University）
  • 1. Optical communication system
  • 2. Optical waveguide theory (optical waveguide, optical fiber)
  • 3. Optical integrated circuits (optical switches, wavelength multiplexer / demultiplexers, coherent demodulation circuits, modulators, etc.)
 Biography and Past Lectures September 2023
25 Electronics(C)
Koji Yamada（NAIST）
Koji Yamada（NAIST）
  • 1. Photonic integrated circuits
  • 2. Group IV photonic devices (Si, Ge, silicon nitride…)
  • 3. ilicon photonics fabrication systems
 Biography and Past Lectures
26 Electronics(C)
Tetsuya Kawanishi（Waseda University）
Tetsuya Kawanishi（Waseda University）
  • 1. Optical and wireless converged system
  • 2. Application of millimeter waves and terahertz waves
 Biography May 2023
27 Electronics(C)
Tadao Nagatsuma（Osaka University）
Tadao Nagatsuma（Osaka University）
  • 1. Millimeter wave and terahertz wave photonics
 Biography
28 Electronics(C)
Susumu Noda（Kyoto University）
Susumu Noda（Kyoto University）
  • 1. Quantum Optoelectronics
  • 2. Photonic crystals, photonic nanostructures
 Biography June 2024 (Live)
29 Electronics(C)

Minoru Fujishima（Hiroshima University）
Minoru Fujishima（Hiroshima University）
  • 1. 300GHz-Band CMOS Transceiver
  • 2. Future of Ultrahigh-Speed Wireless Communications Beyond 100Gb/s
 Biography and Past Lectures March 2022
30 Electronics(C)
Akihiko Hirata（Chiba Institute of Technology）
Akihiko Hirata（Chiba Institute of Technology）
  • 1. Ultra-broadband millimeter-wave wireless systems
  • 2. Millimeter-wave antenna
  • 3. Terahertz applications
 Biography January 2023
31 Electronics(C)
Akira Hirose（University of Tokyo）
Akira Hirose（University of Tokyo）
  • 1. Advanced Neural Adaptive Processing in Interferometric and Polarimetric Radar Imaging
  • 2. Earth Observation Big Data Intelligence
  • 3. Physical Reservoir Computing Devices: Truly Neural Hardware in the AI and Sensor-Network Era
 Biography and Past Lectures April 2022
32 Electronics(C)
Hirohito Yamada（Tohoku University）
Hirohito Yamada（Tohoku University）
  • 1. Optical devices
  • 2. Optical integrated circuits
  • 3. Semiconductor lasers
  • 4. Autonomous decentralized cooperative controlled DC Microgrid
  • 5. Distributed micro-datacenter netwowk
 Biography and Past Lectures
33 Electronics(C)
Akimasa Hirata（Nagoya Institute of Technology）
Akimasa Hirata（Nagoya Institute of Technology）
  • 1. Bioelectromagnetics
  • 2. Computational Electromagnetics
  • 3. Standardization for Electromagnetic Safety
 Biography and Past Lectures September 2022
34 Electronics(C)
Taiichi Otsuji (ENSEMBLE3 Ltd.)
Taiichi Otsuji (ENSEMBLE3 Ltd.)
  • 1. Terahertz electronic devices
  • 2. Plasmonics
  • 3. 2D materials
 Biography and Past Lectures
35 Electronics(C)
Motoyuki Sato(Tohoku University)
Motoyuki Sato(Tohoku University)
  • 1. GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar)
  • 2. GB-SAR (Ground-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar)
  • 3. Humanitarian demining by GPR
 Biography and Past Lectures
36 Information&Systems(D)
Akinori Ito（Tohoku University）
Akinori Ito（Tohoku University）
  • 1. Audio signal processing
  • 2. Spoken language processing
  • 3. Music information processing
 Biography and Past Lectures
37 Information&Systems(D)
Isao Echizen（NII）
Isao Echizen（NII）
  • 1. Multimedia
  • 2. Information security
  • 3. Privacy protection
  • 1. Biometric authentication
 Biography and Past Lectures October 2022
38 Information&Systems(D)
Ryoichi Kawada（KDDI Research Institute）
Ryoichi Kawada（KDDI Research Institute）
  • 1. Video processing for telecom operation
 Biography
39 Information&Systems(D)
Atsushi Koike（Seikei University）
Atsushi Koike（Seikei University）
  • 1. Picture Coding, Image Processing
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40 Information&Systems(D)
Takako Akakura（Tokyo University of Science ）
Takako Akakura（Tokyo University of Science ）
  • 1. e-Learning System
  • 2. e-Testing System
 Biography *Limited to relatively close places such as Taiwan / China with direct flights from Japan. Business trips to Europe, South Hemisphere including South America cannot be accepted. July 2024
41 Information&Systems(D)
Katsushi Ikeuchi（Microsoft Research）
Katsushi Ikeuchi（Microsoft Research）
  • 1. Computer vision
  • 2. Robotics
  • 3. e-Heritage
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42 Information&Systems(D)
Koichi Kise（Osaka Prefecture University）
Koichi Kise（Osaka Prefecture University）
  • 1. Object recognition
  • 2. Document image analysis
  • 3. Information retrieval
 Biography February 2024
43 Information&Systems(D)
Hiroshi Ishikawa（Waseda University）
Hiroshi Ishikawa（Waseda University）
  • 1. Computer vision
  • 2. Graph cuts
 Biography
44 Information&Systems(D)
Shin'ichi Satoh（NII）
Shinichi Satoh（NII）
  • 1. Video indexing and understanding
  • 2. Information retrieval
 Biography and Past Lectures
45 Information&Systems(D)
Hiroshi Fujita（Gifu University）
Hiroshi Fujita（Gifu University）
  • 1. AI application in medical imaging
  • 2. Medical image processing / analysis / evaluation
 Biography and Past Lectures October 2023
46 Information&Systems(D)
Yoshinobu Sato（NAIST）
Yoshinobu Sato（NAIST）
  • 1. Medical image processing
  • 2. Computer surgery
  • 3. Computational anatomy
 Biography and Past Lectures
47 Information&Systems(D)
Akinobu Shimizu（Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology）
Akinobu Shimizu（Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology）
  • 1. Medical image analysis
  • 2. Diagnosis support
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48 Information&Systems(D)
Seiichi Uchida（Kyushu University）
Seiichi Uchida（Kyushu University）
  • 1. image-informatics
  • 2. pattern recognition
  • 3. machine learning applications
 Biography
49 NOLTA(N)
Yoshihiko Horio（Teikyo University）
Yoshihiko Horio（Teikyo University）
  • 1. Brainmorphic computing hardware
  • 2. Nonlinear complex analog integrated circuits
  • 3.Edge AI hardware
 Biography November 2022
50 NOLTA(N)
Tetsushi Ueta（Tokushima University）
Tetsushi Ueta（Tokushima University）
  • 1. Bifurcation theory
  • 2. Nonlinear circuit
  • 3. Numerical computation
 Biography and Past Lectures March 2023
51 NOLTA(N)
Tohru Ikeguchi（Tokyo University of Science）
Tohru Ikeguchi（Tokyo University of Science）
  • 1. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  • 2. Complex Network Theory
  • 3. Computational Neuroscience
 Biography July 2023
52 NOLTA(N)
Toshimichi Saito（Hosei University）
Toshimichi Saito（Hosei University）
  • 1. Artificial Neural Networks
  • 2. Artificial Neural Networksy
  • 3. Artificial Neural Networks
 Biography August 2024