EDUCATION: B.S., M.S., Ph.D.: The University of Tokyo.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Artificial intelligence, new computing paradigms, and analysis of algorithms

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Editor:

Guest Editor, Special Issue "Beyond Silicon: New Computing Paradigms," Communications of the ACM, Sept. 2007.

H. Okuno and T. Munakata (Eds.), Translated issue of "Beyond Silicon: New Computing Paradigms," Communications of the ACM, 50, 9, 2007; the Japanese version: 7, 3. pp. 1-44.

Guest Editor, Special Section "Knowledge Discovery," Communications of the ACM, Nov. 1999.

(Also appeared in CACM, the Japanese Version, Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 2000)

Guest Editor, Special Issue "New Horizons for Commercial and Industrial AI,"

Communications of the ACM, Nov. 1995.

Guest Editor, Special Issue "Commercial and Industrial AI," Communications of the ACM, March 1994.

Associate Editor, IEEE Expert (Now IEEE Intelligent Systems) (1987 - 1991).

Member: ACM, AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence).

Advisory board/program committee member and referee for journals and conferences.

Invited speaker/panelist for national/international conferences and seminars.

Award: College Legacy Award in Research, April 2007