Date of Birth
November 12, 1953
Education:
1976 B.S. degree in physics from Tokyo University
1978 M.E. degree in biophysical engineering from Osaka University
1981 Ph. D. degree in biophysical engineering from Osaka University
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| 1981 | Faculty member of Osaka University |
| 1987 | Lecturer of Biophysical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka |
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1986 -1987
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Jointly appointed as a senior science advisor of Ministry of Education,
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| Culture and Science of Japan | |
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1988
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Senior researcher of Cognitive Processes Department, ATR Auditory and |
| Visual Perception Research Laboratories | |
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1989
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Supervisor of Cognitive Processes Department, ATR Auditory and Visual |
| Perception Research Laboratories | |
| 1992 | Head of Department 3, ATR Human Information Processing Research |
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| 2003 | Director, ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories |
| 2004 | ATR Fellow, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International |
| 1992 -1995 | Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Laboratory for Parallel |
| Distributed Processing, Institute for Electronic Sciences of Hokkaido University | |
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1993
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Jointly appointed as a Professore a Contratto di Robotica of University
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Genova
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1994-
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Kanazawa Institute of
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Technology
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1996-2001
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Jointly appointed as a Project Director of Kawato Dynamic Brain Project,
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| ERATO, JST | |
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2000-2019
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Nara Institute of Science and
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2002-
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Osaka University,
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| Invited Professor since 2016 | |
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2004-2009
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Jointly appointed as a Research Supervisor of Computational Brain Project,
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| ICORP, JST | |
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2004-2016
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of National Institute for
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Physiological Sciences
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2005-
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Jointly appointed as a specially appointed professor of Toyama Prefectural
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University, Designated Professor since 2006
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2007-2008
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Kyoto Prefectural University of
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Medicine
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2008-2014
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Jointly appointed as a Member of Education and Research Council,
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National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) |
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2008-2016
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Jointly appointed as a Research supervisor of PRESTO, JST
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| 2008-2013 |
Jointly appointed as a Research Leader of BMI/Group A, SRPBS, Japanese
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MEXT
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2008-2017
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of National Institute of Informatics
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2009-2013
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Creative Informatics,
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Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tokyo University
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2009-2018
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Center for Novel Science
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Initiatives, NINS; Field reader of Brain research Area (2015–2018)
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2010-
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Informatics,
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Kyoto University
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2011-
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Precision and Intelligence
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Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Institute of Science Tokyo); Designated Professor of Institute of Integrated Research since 2016
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2011-
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Brain Science Institute,
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Tamagawa University
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2013-2018
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Jointly appointed as a Research Leader of BMI Technology/Field 3,
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SRPBS, Japanese MEXT
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| 2014-2019 |
Jointly appointed as an indicates manager for Portable BMI, ImPACT,
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Japanese Cabinet Office
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2016-2024
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Jointly appointed as a Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Brain
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Science, Doshisha University
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2016-
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Jointly appointed as a Designated Advisor, RIKEN Center for Advanced
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Intelligence Project (AIP), Special Advisor since 2018
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2018-2024
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Jointly appointed as a R&D Principal Investigator of Brain/MINDS
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Beyond 3-1, AMED
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Awards
1986 Toyama award of The Toyama Foundation
1988 Grant-in-aid award of Brain Science Foundation
1991 Excellent paper award and Yonezawa Founder’s Medal Memorial Special Award of
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
1992 Sawaragi memorial paper award of Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
1992 Outstanding Research Award of the International Neural Network Society
1993 Persons of scientific and technological research merits of commendation by
the Ministry of state for Science and Technology
1993 Paper award of Japanese Neural Networks Society
1993 Research award of Japanese Neural Networks Society
1993 Osaka Science Prize
1994 Paper award of Japanese Neural Networks Society
1994 Research award of Japanese Neural Networks Society
1996 10th Tsukahara Naka-akira Memorial Award
1997 Paper award of Japanese Neural Networks Society
1997 The Okawa Publications Prize
1998 Tomoda paper award of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
2001 Tokizane Toshihiko memorial award
2001 Visual Science Festa Superior award
2004 IEICE Fellow (The Intstitute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)
2005 58th Chunichi Cultural Award
2005 Shida Rinzaburo Award
2006 The Asahi Prize
2007 Paper award of Japanese Neural Networks Society
2007 APNNA Outstanding Achievement Award
2008 INNS Gabor Award
2008 Funai Achievement Award 2008
2009 Info-Communications Promotion Month Ministerial Commendations at 2009
2009 The OKAWA Prize
2012 2nd Tateisi Prize, Grand Award
2012 College of Fellows (International Neural Network Society)
2013 Awarded Japan’s Purple Ribbon Medal
2017. Member, Science Council of Japan (- 2023)
2017 Academic award of Japanese Neural Networks Society
2017 C&C Prize
2022 Japan Academy Prize → Dr. Kenji Doya, OIST contributed article “Chemistry today, 7(616), 74”
2022 The 37th Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award (Telecom Interdisciplinary Research Award, Incentive Award)
2023 Folia Awards