Interests, family, personal history, ...


As of: April 1, 1999

Interests

I enjoy: tennis, bowling, basketball, table tennis, ...; watching F1 racing on TV
I don't enjoy: swimming
Musical activity: Sing a song while playing the guitar (also play some of classical pieces for the guitar). Rarely I play the guitar recently, though (Karaoke is an alternative!?).
I like: Dr. Pepper

Family

A wife and a daughter

Personal history

March 12, 1962Born in Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan.
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March, 1985Graduated from University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics
Thesis: Optical properties of built-up films made of polymer with conjugated bonds
Advisor: Prof. Takao Koda
March, 1987Graduated from Graduate School of University of Tokyo, Division of Engineering, Course of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics
Master's thesis: Response characteristics of a mathematical neuron model
Advisor: Prof. Jin-ichi Nagumo
March, 1990Graduated from Graduate School of Tohoku University, Division of Engineering, Course of Electronics Engineering (Ph.D)
Doctoral thesis: Influence of element properties and structures on the information processing abilities of artificial neural networks
Advisor: Prof. Yasuji Sawada (Research Institute of Electrical Communication)
April, 1990Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Japanese Junior Scientists (with Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, University of Tokyo)
April, 1991Tamagawa University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Information and Communication Engineering
April, 1999Ibaraki University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Media and Telecommunications Engineering

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