Profile

Affiliation

  • Professor, Security and Networks Course, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
  • Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

Current teaching classes

  • Wireless communication system (Internet technology), spring semester of 1st grade bachelor course
  • Security network science experiment, spring semester of 1st grade bachelor course
  • Programming Language, fall semester of 1st grade bachelor course
  • Programming Practice 1, fall semester of 1st grade bachelor course
  • Advanced Topics in Communication Science, spring semester of master course

Publications

Educational background

  • Docter course in Division of Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Enginnering, Osaka University, Japan (completion), Apr. 1994 – Mar. 1996
  • Master course in Division of Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Enginnering, Osaka University, Japan (completion), Apr. 1992 – Mar. 1994
  • Department of communication engineering, Faculty of enginnering, Osaka University, Japan (withdrawal), Apr. 1989 – Mar. 1992

Academic degree

Docter of Enginnering, Osaka University, Mar. 1996

Employment record

Apr. 1996 – Mar. 1997 Visiting scholar, Communication Science Institute, University of Southern California
Apr. 1997 – Mar. 2017 NTT
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2015 Visiting associate professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
Apr. 2015 – Mar. 2016 Visiting professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2021 Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Fukuoka University
Apr. 2021 – present　Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering

Professional affiliations

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)
  • Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineeris (IEICE)

Awards

Paper awards

  1. ICOIN 2020 Best Paper Award, Jan. 2020
  2. IEICE Paper Award, Jun. 2019
  3. WTC 2014 Best Paper Award, Jun. 2014
  4. IFIP/IEEE IM 2013 Best Paper Award, May 2013

Technical committee research awards

  1. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Internet Architecture, June 2022
  2. Best Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Internet Architecture, June 2022
  3. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems, Mar. 2020
  4. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems, Mar. 2015
  5. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Internet Architecture, Jun. 2014
  6. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Information Networks, Mar. 2014
  7. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Information Networks, Mar. 2012
  8. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Communication Quality, Jul. 2010
  9. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems, Mar. 2009
  10. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Information Networks, Mar. 2007
  11. Research Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems, Mar. 2006

Distinguished service awards

  1. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2024
  2. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2021 (two awards)
  3. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management, Mar. 2018
  4. Outstanding Reviewer Award, IEEE Communications Society, Jan. 2017
  5. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management, Mar. 2016
  6. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management, Mar. 2015
  7. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2013
  8. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management, Mar. 2013
  9. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2012
  10. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2011
  11. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2010
  12. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2006
  13. Distinguished Service Award, IEICE Communication Society, Sep. 2005

Corporate awards

  1. Directer Award, NTT Network Technology Laboratory, Mar. 2016
  2. Directer Award, NTT Network Technology Laboratory, Feb. 2015
  3. Directer Award, NTT Information Network Laboratory Group, Dec. 2013
  4. Directer Award, NTT Information Network Laboratory Group, Dec. 2009
  5. Directer Award, NTT Service Integration Laboratory, Mar. 2009

Research grants

Principal Investigator

  1. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), “Efficient Cache Delivery Platform on Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks”, Apr. 2025 – Mar. 2029
  2. Research Grant 2025 by Takahashi Foundation for Industry and Economy, “Selection Method of Cache Servers on Anycast CDN,” Apr. 2025 – Mar. 2026
  3. International Collaborative Research Promotion Program of Ritsumeikan University, Start-up type, “Impartial Online Ticketing System Using Time Stamps,” Apr. 2025 – Mar. 2026
  4. Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Research Funding, “Video Content Reccomentation Considering Caches”, Apr. 2024 – Mar. 2026
  5. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), “Aggregation Techniques of Forwarding Tables in ICNs”, Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2025
  6. Fukuoka University Endorsed Research Project, “Managing IoT Data Using ICN and Blockchain”, Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2021
  7. NII Open Call Joint Research, “Designing Content Placement of CDN for Improving Aggregation Effect of ICN FIBs”, Apr. 2019 – Mar. 2020
  8. KDDI Foundation Research Funding, “Promotion System of Informatio-Centric Networking”, Apr. 2019 – Mar. 2023
  9. Fukuoka University Research Funding in Specific Areas, “Information Sharing System in Disasters”, Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2020
  10. Telecom Advanced Technology Research Support Center (SCAT) Research Funding, “Cache Control of Web Data Based on Co-Occurrence”, Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2020
  11. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), “Content-Availability Control in Information-Centric Networking”, Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2023

Member

  1. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), “Highly reliable IoT system infrastructure utilizing synchronization verification for distributed IoT environment supporting DX”, Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2026
  2. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), “Design of a Disaster Information Sharing System Using Information-Centric Wireless Networks”, Apr 2021 – Mar. 2025

Academic activities

In progress

  1. Workshop Co-Chair, IEEE INFOCOM 2026, Jun. 2025 – present
  2. Advisor, IEICE Technical Committee on Information-Centric Networking, Jun. 2025 – present
  3. TPC Co-Chair, IEICE ICETC 2025, Jan. 2025 – present
  4. Guest Associate Editor, IEICE NOLTA, Special Section on Emerging Technologies of Complex Communication Sciences and Multimedia Functions, Dec. 2024 – present
  5. Vice Chair, Editorial Board, IEICE Communications Society, Jun. 2024 – present
  6. Vice Chair, IEICE Technical Committee on Complex Communication Sciences, Jun. 2024 – present
  7. Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2025 Communication QoS, Reliability & Modeling Symposium, Jan. 2024 – present
  8. IEEE COM-19 Tokyo Joint Chapter, Vice Chair, Jan. 2024 – present
  9. Member, IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems, Jun. 2023 – present
  10. Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE HealthCom 2024, Sep. 2022 – present
  11. Member, IEICE Technical Committee on Communication Quality, Jun. 2020 – present
  12. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), Mar. 2020 – present

Completed

  1. General Chair, IEEE/IFIP AnNet 2024 Oct. 2023 – May 2024
  2. Chair, IEICE Technical Committee on Information-Centric Networking, Jun. 2023 – May 2025
  3. Workshop Co-Chair, IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2024, Mar. 2023 – May 2024
  4. Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE ICC 2024 Communication QoS, Reliability & Modeling Symposium, Dec. 2022 – Jun. 2024
  5. Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE HealthCom 2024 Sep. 2022 – Nov. 2024
  6. Local Organization Chair, IEEE MetaCom 2023, Sep. 2022 – Jun. 2023
  7. Symposium Co-Chair, ICNC 2023 Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation Symposium, Jun. 2022 – Feb. 2023
  8. Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE Global Internet (GI) 2022, Apr. 2022 – Nov. 2022
  9. Vice-Chair, IEEE ComSoc APB, Mar. 2022 – Mar. 2024
  10. Online Chair, APNOMS 2022, Jan. 2022 – Sep. 2022
  11. IEEE COM-19 Tokyo Joint Chapter, Treasure, Nov. 2021 – Dec. 2023
  12. Local Co-Chair, ACM ICN 2022, Oct. 2021 – Sep. 2022
  13. Guest Associate Editor, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Special Section on Towards Management for Future Communications and Services in Conjunction with Main Topics of APNOMS2021, Sep. 2021 – Apr. 2022
  14. Guest Editor, IEICE Communications Express (ComEX) Special Cluster in Emerging Communication Technologies in Conjunction with Main Topics of ICETC2021, Sep. 2021 – Mar. 2022
  15. Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) Special Issue on Smart Management of Future Softwarized Networks, Apr. 2021 – Feb. 2022
  16. General Chair, ASON 2021, Apr. 2021 – Nov. 2021
  17. Guest Editor, IEICE Communications Express (ComEX) Special Cluster in Conjunction with IEICE General Conference 2021, Apr. 2021 – Jul. 2021
  18. Student Travel Grant Co-Chair, CNSM 2021, Dec. 2020 – Nov. 2021
  19. Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2021, Nov. 2020 – Jun. 2021
  20. Publication Co-Chair, IEEE NetSoft 2021, Aug. 2020 – Jul. 2021
  21. Guest Editor, IEICE Communications Express (ComEX) Special Cluster in Conjunction with IEICE General Conference 2020, Apr. 2020 – Jul. 2020
  22. Workshop Co-Chair, MSN 2020, Mar. 2020 – Dec. 2020
  23. Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) Special Issue on Advanced Management of Softwarized Networks, Feb. 2020 – Feb. 2021
  24. Tutorial Co-Chair, APNOMS 2020, Jan. 2020 – Sep. 2020
  25. Student Travel Grant Co-Chair, CNSM 2020, Jan. 2020 – Nov. 2020
  26. Editor, IEICE Communications Express (ComEX), Jun. 2019 – May. 2021
  27. General Affairs Secretary, Steering Council of Technical Committees of IEICE Communications Society, Jun. 2019 – May. 2021
  28. Guest Associate Editor, IEICE Communications Express (ComEX) Special Cluster in Conjunction with IEICE General Conference 2019, Apr. 2019 – Jul. 2019
  29. Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) Special Issue on Latest Developments for the Management of Softwarized Networks, Jan. 2019 – Nov. 2019
  30. Panel Co-Chair, APNOMS 2019, Dec. 2018 – Sep. 2019
  31. Student Travel Grant Co-Chair, CNSM 2019, Oct. 2018 – Oct. 2019
  32. Member, IEICE Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management, Jun. 2018 – May 2024
  33. Guest Associate Editor, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Special Section on Enhancing Information Centric Networking Technologies Towards Real-world Infrastructure, Mar. 2018 – Feb. 2019
  34. Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE ICC 2019 Mobile and Wireless Networks Symposium, Nov. 2017 – May 2019
  35. TPC Co-Chair, IFIP/IEEE AnNet 2018, Jul. 2017 – Apr. 2018
  36. Workshop Co-Chair, ManSDN/NFV 2017, Dec. 2016 – Nov. 2017
  37. Workshop Arrangement Chair, CNSM 2017, Dec. 2016 – Nov. 2017
  38. Guest Associate Editor, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Special Section on Information Centric Networking: Paradigms, Technologies and Applications, Sep. 2015 – Sep. 2016
  39. Demo Co-Chair, IEEE NetSoft 2016, Jun. 2015 – Jun. 2016
  40. Member, IEICE Technical Committee on Information-Centric Networking, Dec. 2014 – May 2023
  41. APP Track Co-Chair, IEEE PIMRC 2015, Nov. 2014 – Sep. 2015
  42. TPC Co-Chair, APNOMS 2015, Nov. 2014 – Aug. 2015
  43. Guest Associate Editor, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Special Section on Network Systems for Virtualized Environment, Sep. 2014 – Sep. 2015
  44. Poster Co-Chair, APNOMS 2014, Nov. 2013 – Sep. 2014
  45. Guest Associate Editor, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Special Section on Network and System Technologies for Sustainable Society, Apr. 2012 – Aug. 2013
  46. Associate Editor, IEICE Communications Express (ComEX), Dec. 2011 – May 2019
  47. Special Session Co-Chair, APNOMS 2012, Dec. 2011 – Sep. 2012
  48. Publication Co-Chair, WTC 2012, Jun 2010 – Mar. 2012
  49. Secretary, IEICE Technical Committee on Communication Quality, May 2010 – May 2012
  50. Member, IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems, May 2010 – May 2016
  51. Organizing Committee Member, APSITT 2010, Jan 2009 – Jun. 2010
  52. Associate Editor, IEICE Transactions on Communications in Japanese, May 2007 – May 2011
  53. Organizing Committee Member, APSITT 2008, Oct 2006 – Apr. 2008
  54. Assistant Secretary, IEICE Technical Committee on Information Networks, May 2005- May 2006
  55. Organizing Committee Member, APSITT 2005, May 2004 – Nov. 2005