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Last updated on May 14, 2018

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Name

Akihisa OHYA

Date of Birth

March 16, 1965

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1987 Bachelor of Engineering, Keio University
Major : Electrical Engineering

1989 Master of Engineering, Keio University
Major : Electrical Engineering
Thesis Title : "Characteristics of Ultrasonic Speckle -Quantitative Analysis of Speckle Region-"

1992 Doctor of Engineering, Keio University
Major : Electrical Engineering
Thesis Title : "A Research on Characteristics of Ultrasonic Speckle and It's Application"

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) [Robotics and Automation Society]
Member, The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
Member, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
Member, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (JSME)
Member, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
Member, The Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ)
Member, The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine (JSUM)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Apr. 1992 - Jan. 1994
Research Associate
Institute of Information Sciences and Electronics
University of Tsukuba

Jan. 1994 - Dec. 2000
Assistant Professor
Institute of Information Sciences and Electronics
University of Tsukuba

Dec. 2000 - Mar. 2004
Associate Professor
Institute of Information Sciences and Electronics
University of Tsukuba

Apr. 2004 - Sep. 2011
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering
University of Tsukuba

Oct. 2011 - Apr. 2012
Associate Professor
Department of Information Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems
University of Tsukuba

May 2012 - Present
Professor
Department of Information Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems
University of Tsukuba

April 2016 - Mar. 2018
Dean
College of Information Science
School of Informatics
University of Tsukuba

April 2018 - Present
Chair
Department of Computer Science
Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering
University of Tsukuba

April 2018 - Present
Chair
Department of Information Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems
University of Tsukuba

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Dec. 1995 - Jan. 1997
Visiting Scholar
Robot Vision Laboratory
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University

Jul. 2000 - Dec. 2000
Visiting Researcher
Electrotechnical Laboratory

Oct. 2000 - Sep. 2003
Researcher
Interaction and Intelligence
PRESTO
Japan Science and Technology Corporation

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

College of Information Science, University of Tsukuba (1992 - Present)
Taught undergraduate subjects which covered the following material:
Introduction to System Control,
Artificial Intelligence, Dynamics,
Information Science Laboratory,
Introduction to Information Science.

Master's Program in Science and Engineering, University of Tsukuba (2000 - 2006)
Taught postgraduate subjects in the course of Information Sciences and Electronics.
Intelligent Sensory Information Processing

Doctoral Program in Engineering, University of Tsukuba (1998 - 2004)
Taught postgraduate subjects in the course of Information Sciences and Electronics.

Doctoral Program in Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba (2000 - Present)
Taught postgraduate subjects in the course of Computer Science.
Intelligent Sensory Information Processing

RESEARCH SUBJECTS

Intelligent Robot

• Robot working in Humans' Daily Life Environment
  
• Real-world Sensory Information Processing
  
• Network Robotics
  
• Cooperative Multiple Mobile Robots