[Statement] The progress in the fields of electronics, information and communication has changed the ways of lives and the methods of businesses. It still continues bringing many changes in the industry and the marketplace. If we estimate the progress in quantitive manner, it will probably overwhelm those in other fields. It is now widely understood that technology is closely related to society and people expect more in the results provided by the progress in technology. This institute should hold diversity in itself as various members from various fields and support the evolution of its contribution to the embers and the society. I would be happy to support the activities of this institute through the services of accounting affairs.
[Biography] Kohtaro Asai received the B.E. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1981. The same year he joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, where he was engaged in research and development of video coding and transmission, information systems and imaging systems. He has served as senior chief engineer in communication systems group since 2016. He has been serving as the chair of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 since 2006. He received young investigator award, achievement award from IEICE, paper award, authors award from ITE, for his work in the field of video coding. He received award from Ministry of Industry and Trade for his contribution to international standardization. He is a fellow of IEICE. |