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本会は100年以上にわたり電子情報通信分野の発展に寄与してきましたが，研究領域の多様化や情報流通の変化により，従来型学会の存在意義が薄れつつあるとの危機感を抱いております．生成AIや自動運転など新技術が急速に進展する現在，単に人とのつながりを提供するだけでは学会としての役割を十分に果たせません．いま問われているのは，学術が持つ本来の意義を継承しつつ発展させ，同時に産業界・研究者・社会など多様なステークホルダーが求める価値にも的確に応える学会の姿です．こうした新たな学会像をどのようにつくり上げるべきか，会員の皆さまと共に考え，未来に向けて再構築していきたいと考えております．
1989年京都大学工学部卒業．1993年同大学院博士課程退学．現在奈良先端科学技術大学院大学・教授．博士（工学）．マルコフ解析や極値統計等の応用確率論によるシステム性能モデリングの研究に従事．本会編集理事，通信ソサイエティ会長，編集会議・編集長，英文論文誌B編集委員長等を歴任．本会フェロー，日本オペレーションズ・リサーチ学会フェロー．
IEICE has contributed to the advancement of the information and communication field for more than a century. However, as research domains diversify and information dissemination methods rapidly evolve, we increasingly feel a sense of crisis that the traditional role and significance of academic societies may be fading. In an era where new technologies such as generative AI, autonomous driving, and advanced medical systems are progressing at unprecedented speed, simply providing opportunities for interpersonal connection is no longer sufficient for an academic society to fulfill its mission. What is now required is a framework that both preserves and further develops the intrinsic academic value of our field, while also meeting the expectations of diverse stakeholders―including industry, researchers, and society at large. Together with all of you, I hope to explore and shape what such a renewed academic society should look like as we move forward into the future.
Shoji Kasahara received the B.E., M.E., and D.E. degrees from Kyoto University in 1989, 1991 and 1996, respectively. He is currently a Professor of Nara Institute of Science and Technology. His research interests include applied-probability based performance modeling of computer and communication systems. For IEICE activities, he served as the Director of Journal and Transactions, the President of Communications Society (CS), the Chair of CS Editorial Board, and the Editor-in-Chief of IEICE Transactions on Communications. He is a Fellow of IEICE and the Operations Research Society of Japan.
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