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この所信表明をしたためている今，私は，COVID-19が再流行しはじめた米国のIEEE主催の国際会議に来ています．Virtual（リモート）とIn-personのハイブリッド開催ですが，今年数十回目を数える歴史的な会議ですら盛り上がりにかけており，人類の未来にとって大きな喪失感を感じます．ICT分野において我が国を代表する電子情報通信学会も約2年にわたり同様の悩みを抱えています．私自身，2019年から2年間，学術強化担当の副会長を拝命しましたが，COVID-19の渦中で，会員の皆様とともに学会の価値を再考しながら，これからの本会の進むべき方向性を議論し，いくつかの試行的な取り組みをして参りました．ICTパイオニアシリーズに代表されるWebinarもそのひとつですが，あらためて100年余の歴史を持つ本会のポテンシャルの高さを認識しました．危機をチャンスと捉え，今こそ学会DXを積極的に進め，学術推進，産学官連携，学会連携，若手人材育成，生涯教育支援等のハブとして，本会のプレゼンスを高めていきたいと思います．
1986年九州大学大学院工学研究科・博士課程修了．同年日本電信電話株式会社入社．厚木電気通信研究所，LSI研究所，システムエレクトロニクス研究所，通信エネルギー研究所，マイクロシステムインテグレーション研究所を経て，2007年より，大阪大学大学院基礎工学研究科教授．主に，電波（マイクロ波）と光技術との融合領域/境界領域として知られる，マイクロ波フォトニクス，テラヘルツフォトニクスと呼ばれる技術分野の研究に従事．本会業績賞ならびに功績賞，科学技術長官賞，前島賞，文部科学大臣賞など受賞．本会フェロー，IEEEフェロー．電子情報通信学会の役員歴は，調査理事（2015〜2016年度），副会長（2019〜2020年度）．
Now that I have made this statement, I am at the IEEE-sponsored international conference in the United States where COVID-19 has begun to re-emerge. Both Virtual (remote) and In-person are possible, but I do not get excited with the conference, which has decades of history, and I feel a great sense of loss for the future of humankind. The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), which represents Japan in the ICT field, has had the same problems for about two years. I was appointed as the Vice President in charge of academic strengthening for two years from 2019, and in the midst of COVID-19, I reconsidered the value of the IEICE with the members to find the future direction of the IEICE. We have discussed and made some trial efforts. Webinar, represented by the ICT Pioneer series, is one of them, and we once again recognized the highest potential of our association, the IEICE, which has a history of more than 100 years. Taking the crisis as an opportunity, I would like to actively promote the academic society DX and enhance the presence of the IEICE as a hub for academic promotion, industry-academia-government collaboration, academic society collaboration, young human resources development, and lifelong education support.
Tadao Nagatsuma received Ph.D. degrees from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, in 1986. From 1986 to 2007, he was with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. Since 2007, he has been a Professor at Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University. His research interests include millimeter-wave and terahertz photonics and their application to sensors and wireless communications. He received numerous awards including the Minister’s Award of the Science and Technology Agency, the Achievement Award, Distinguished Achievement and Contributions Award of the IEICE, the Maejima Award, and the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He is a Fellow of the IEICE and the IEEE. He was the Past IEICE Director in charge of international coordination and publicity, and the Past IEICE Vice President in charge of enhancing technological activities.
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