Job

Apr. 2016 -	Professor, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Feb. 2003 - Mar. 2016	Associate Professor, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Apr. 2001 - Jan. 2003	Associate Professor, Grad. School of Life Science and Systems Eng., Kyushu Institute of Technology
Oct. 1998 - Mar. 2001	Researcher, PRESTO, JST
Apr. 1996 - Mar. 2001	Special Postdoctral Researcher, RIKEN
Jan. 1996 - Mar. 1996	Postdoctral researcher (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Visiting Positions

Jul. 2017 -	Visiting Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
May 2016 -	Visiting Senior Scientist, Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo
Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2016	Visiting Assoc. Prof., Dept. of CISS, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Apr. 2008 - Oct. 2008	Visiting Researcher, Department of EEE, The University of Melbourne
Oct. 2007 - Apr. 2008	Visiting Researcher, RSISE, The Australian National University
Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006	Part-time Researcher, BSI, RIKEN
Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2004	Visiting Researcher, Gatsby Unit, University College London
Oct. 1998 - Mar. 2003	Part-time Researcher, BSI, RIKEN

Education History

Mar. 1996	Doctor of Eng., Dept. of MEIP,  Grad. School of Eng., The University of Tokyo
Mar. 1993	Master of Eng., Dept. of MEIP, Grad. School of Eng., The University of Tokyo
Mar. 1991	Bachelor of Eng., Dept. of MEIP, Grad. School of Eng., The University of Tokyo

Awards

2021	2021 Group Award of Royal Astronomical Society Winner: The Event Horizon Telescope team
2020	2020 Einstein Medal Winner: The international collaboration of the Event Horizon Telescope
2020	2020 Bruno Rossi Prize Winner: Sheperd Doeleman and the Event Horizon Telescope Team
2019	Physics World 2019 Breakthrough of the Year Winner: The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration
2019	2019 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards for Physical Sciences Winner: Sheperd Doeleman and the Event Horizon Telescope Team
2019	2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Winner: The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration
2019	Natiomal Science Foundation Diamond Achievement Award Winner: The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration

 

Editorial Board

2009 -	Associate Editor, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics
2012 - 2014	Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
2008 - 2013	Associate Editor, Neural Networks

 

Editor of Special Issues

2014	Guest Associate Editor, Special Section on Information Theory and Its Applications, IEICE
2013	Guest Editor, Differential Geometry in Signal Processing, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 4, Aug. 2013
2007	Editor of AISM Featured Section, Special Issue on Information Geometry, AISM 59:1-2, 2007