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KURATA Takeshi Ph.D. (Eng.)
Professor (Cooperative Graduate School Program)
Applied Service Engineering Laboratory
Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems
University of Tsukuba
Visiting Professor
The Institute of Innovation for Future Society,
Nagoya University

Email: t.kurata*aist.go.jp(Please replace "at" with *)

Biography

Professional Experience

2024-
VRM Consortium Advisor
2022-
ISO IEC/JTC 1/SC 24/WG 9 Convenor
2021-
Visiting Professor, the Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University
2020-
Deputy Director, Human Augmentation Research Center, AIST
2020-
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 HoD (Head of Delegation) of Japan
2019-
Part-time Lecturer, Open College, Tokyo University of Science
2018-2020
Group Leader, Human Behavior Sensing and Modeling Technology Group, IoT Promotion Department, IoT R&D Center, Sumitomo Electronics, Industries, Ltd.
2018
Chief Senior Researcher, Human Informatics Research Institute, AIST
2015-2017
Group Leader, Service Sensing, Assimilation, and Modeling (SEAM) Research Group, Human Informatics Research Institute, AIST
2013-
Subcommittee Leader of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24/WG 9 in Japan
2013-
Professor (Cooperative Graduate School Program), Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba
2012-
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 Member (National Body: Information Technology Standards Commission of Japan)
2011-2015
Team Leader, Human-Behavior Sensing and Visualization Research
2011-2014
Doctoral co-supervisor, Joseph Fourier University, UJF-Grenoble 1, France
2010-2011
Team Leader, Service Process Optimization Research Team , Center for Service Research, AIST
2009--2013
Associate Professor (Cooperative Graduate School Program), Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba
2009-2010
Director, Service Research Management Office, Center for Service Research, AIST
2008-2014
Part-time Lecturer, Kogakuin University
2008-2010
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Service Research, AIST
2007-2008
Senior Research Scientist, Information Technology Research Institute, AIST
2007
Planning Officer, Research and Innovation Promotion Office, AIST
2004-2007
Research Scientist, Information Technology Research Institute, AIST
2003-2005
Visiting Scholar, HIT Lab, University of Washington (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad)
2002
Lecture, College of Engineering Systems, University of Tsukuba
2001-2004
Research Scientist, Intelligent Systems Institute, AIST
1996-2001
Research Scientist, Machine Understanding Division,Electrotechnical Laboratory

Education

2007
Ph.D. (Eng.) from Doctoral Program in Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
1996
M.E. from Doctoral Program in Engineering, University of Tsukuba
1993
B.E. from College of Information Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Research Interests

  • Service engineering: Kaizen, QoW (Quality of Work)
  • Indoor positioning: xDR (PDR/VDR), Integrated positioning
  • IoH (Internet of Humans)
  • MAR (Mixed and Augmented Reality)
  • Navigation and mapping technologies for supporting visually impaired people

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