| Nationality: |
Japan |
| Date of Birth: |
August 5, 1933 |
| Academic Degrees: |
| 1956 |
B.S. Department of Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 1964 |
Ph.D. in Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| Professional Career: |
| 1956-66 |
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
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| 1966-78 |
Associate Professor, Dept. of Precision Machinery Engineering The University of Tokyo |
| 1967-68 |
Senior Visiting Staff, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, U.K. |
| 1977-78 |
Guest Professor of Technical University of Norway in Trondheim |
| 1978 |
Professor of the Department of Precision Machinery Engineering |
| 1989-91 |
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 1993-Present |
President of The University of Tokyo present |
| Title: |
Former President, The University of Tokyo |
| Major Publications and Scientific Papers: |
- Flexible Manufacturing Complex Provided with Laser-A National R & D, Proc. of the Intl. Symposium on Factory in Future (Amsterdam), 1979.
- General Design Theory and A CAD Systems, in T. Sata and E. Warman (eds.): Man-machine Communication in CAD/CAM, Proc. of the IFIP WG5.2-5.3 Working Conference (Tokyo), North-Holland, Amsterdam, 35-53, 1980.
- Designer's designing Models, International Conference on Engineering Design, Proc. of ICED 83 (Kobenhavn), 337-344, 1983.
- Automation of Thinking in design, in E. Warman (eds.): Computer Applications in Production and Engineering, Proc. of CAPE, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 405-417, 1983.
- Necessity and Potential of Maintenance Technology-Automation of Maintenance, Proc. of the 7th Congress of Europe. Fed. Nat. Maintenance Societies, 1984.
- Introduction to General Design Theory; Intelligent Manufacturing Systems,International Summer Seminar (Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia), 1985.
- General Design Theory as a Formal Theory of Design, in H. Yoshikawa and D. Gossard (eds.): Intelligent CAD, I, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 51-61, 1989.
- Design Philosophy: The State of the Art, Proc. of the 39th CIRP General Assembly (Trondheim, Norway), Annals of the CIRP, Vol.38, No.2, 579-586, 1989.
- Manufacturing and the 21st Century-Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and the Renaissance of the Manufacturing Industry, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, North-Holland, Vol.49, No.2, 195-213, 1995.
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| Major Awards and Honors Received: |
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Silver Core Medal, International Federation of Information Processing (1991)
- 53rd Noteworthy Inventions, Science and Technology Agency (1994)
- Education Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (1995)
- Hasunuma Award, Society for Precision Engineering (1995)
- Honorary Degree of Doctor, University of Strathclyde, U.K. Honorary Doctor, Twente University of Technology, Netherlands (1996)
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| Membership in Academic Institutions and Societies: |
- 1957- Member, Japan Society for Precision Engineering
- 1965- Member, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 1968-88 Corresponding member, International Institution for Production Engineering Research (CIRP)
- 1980- Member, Society of Information Processing
- 1983- Member, Japan Society of Robotics
- 1985- Member, Artificial Intelligence Society
- 1986- Member, IFIP WG 5.2 (CAD)
- 1988-90 Vice-President, Society for Precision Engineering
- 1988- Full member, CIRP
- 1989-91 Director, CIRP
- 1990- Editorial board, "Robotics and Automation Systems" Editorial board, "Design Engineering"
- 1992-94 President, Society for Precision Engineering
- 1992-93 Vice-President, CIRP 1993-95 President, CIRP
- 1985- Member, Japanese Industrial Standards Committee, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- 1987- Councilor, Science and Technology Agency
- 1989- Member, Council of Industrial Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- 1991- Member, Science Council, Ministry of Education
- 1993- Member, University Council, Ministry of Education
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