AIST：KURATA Takeshi

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KURATA Takeshi Ph.D. (Eng.)

Deputy Director
Human Augmentation Research Center
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

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

Membership of academic societies

IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, inc.)
Society for Serviceology
VRSJ (The Virtual Reality Society of Japan)
IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)
IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan)
IPNTJ (The Institute of Positioning, Navigation and Timing of Japan)

Academic activities

Industry Sponsorship and Exhibition Chairs, ISMAR 2021
Industrial Liaison Chair, xDR Challenge in Manufacturing 2020 (IPIN 2020 Indoor Localization Competition Track5)
Program Co-Chair, Web3D 2020
Technical Program Committee Member, IPIN 2019-2022
Program Committee Chair, IPIN 2017
Program Committee, ISMAR 2016 Workshop: Standards for Mixed and Augmented Reality
Industrial Liaison Co-Chair, ISMAR2015
Committee Member, UbiComp/ISWC 2015 PDR Challenge (2015)
Program Committee, IEEE VR (2014-2015)
Program Committee, ICServ (2013-2014)
General Co-Chair, KJMR2013
Program Committee, CollabTech2012
General Co-Chair, KJMR2012
Organizing Committee, TrakMark2012
Program Committee (Formerly Area Co-Chair), ISMAR2011,
Guest Editors, Special Issue on "Models for Mixed and Augmented Reality",Springer
Virtual Reality (2011)
Program Committee, CollabTech2011
Program Committee, ACVMAR2010
Program Committee, ICAT2010
Program Committee, ISMAR2010
Award Committee Member, ISMAR2010
Organizer, ISMAR AR Super Models Workshop
Area Co-Chair, ISMAR2009
Local Arrangement Co-Chair, ICPR2012
Program Committee Member, ISMAR2008
Program Committee, KJMR08
Program Committee Member, CollabTech2008
Tutorial/Workshop Chair, Program Committee Member, ISMAR2007
Program Committee Member, ISMAR2006
Program Committee Member, CollabTech2006
Program Committee Member, ISMAR2005
Program Committee Member, ISMAR2004
Program Committee Member, ISMAR2002

Standardization activities

VRM Consortium Advisor (2024-)
ISO IEC/JTC 1/SC 24/WG 9 Convenor (2022-)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 HoD (Head of Delegation) of Japan (2020-)
Secretariat, PDR Benchmark Standardization Committee (2018-)
The first Chair, PDR Benchmark Standardization Committee (2014-2018)
Subcommittee Leader of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24/WG 9 in Japan (2013-)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 Member (National Body: Information Technology Standards Commission of Japan) (2012-)
TrakMark WG Member (2009-)