●Professor of Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS), Kyoto University from April 2002 to March 2018

●Director of ACCMS from April 2006 to March 2010

●Vice Director in the Kyoto University President’s Office from October 2008 to September 2010

●Chief Information Officer at Kyoto University and Director-General at Institute for Information Management and Communication, Kyoto University from October 2010 to September 2016

●Executive Director, RIKEN from April 2018 to March 2022

●Director, RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters(R-IH) from April 2022

He received the D.Eng. degree in Information Science from Kyoto University in 1983. His Research interest includes a variety area of Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Multimedia Applications, particularly, model centered framework for the computer system to help visual communication among humans and information media structure for human communication.

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