13.06.1938

Born in Tokyo, Japan.

1957-1961

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo.

1961-1963

Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo.

1963-1965

Engineer at Toshiba Co., Kawasaki, Japan.

1965-1967

Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University.

1967-1970

Research Staff Member, IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.

1969-1970

Visiting Assistant Professor of System Science, UCLA.

1971-1973

Manager, Systems Measurement & Modeling, IBM Research Center.

1974-1980

Senior Manager, Systems Analysis and Algorithms, IBM Research Center.

1974

Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii.

1975

Visiting Professor, Stanford University.

1979-1980

Visiting Professor, T.H. Darmstadt.

1980

International Professor of Computer Science, University of Brussels.

1981-1982

Department Manager, VLSI Design, IBM Research Center.

1982-1986

Director, IBM Japan Science Institute (now IBM Tokyo Laboratory).

1986-2008

Sherman Fairchild University Professor, Princeton University.

1986-1991

Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Princeton University.

1991-1992

NEC Chair for Computer & Communication, University of Tokyo.

1998-1999

2008-present

2008-present

2011-present

BC ASI Visiting Fellow, University of Victoria, Canada.

Sherman Fairchild University Professor Emeritus, Princeton University

Senior Distinguished Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

President, Friends of Todai, Inc., New York.

Recognitions and
Awards

1970

IBM Invention Achievement Award.

1973

IBM Invention Achievement Award.

1974

IBM Outstanding Contribution Award.

1976

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

1979

Senior US Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

1980

Silver Core Award, International Federation of Information Processing.

1984

IBM Japan Outstanding Contribution Award.

1992

Elected to the Engineering Academy of Japan.

2005

2005

2012

Fellow of the Institute of Electronic, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) of Japan.

Eduard Rhein Technology Award

NEC C&C Prize