Curriculum Vitae (Ryohei Nakatsu)
Name: Ryohei Nakatsu
Date of Birth: 19th October 1946
Nationality: Japanese
Affiliation:
Adjunct Professor, Design School, Kyoto University
Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan
CEO, NT & Associates
304 Shijokarasuma Crossmark, 522-1 Hakurakuten-cho
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8422 Japan
Former Director & Professor
Interactive & Digital Media Institute
National University of Singapore
Level 2, I-Cube Building, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 119613
Mobile phone: +81 90 9099 1820
E-mail: nakatsu.ryohei@gmail.com, ryohei.nakatsu@design.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Home Address:
304 Shijokarasuma Crossmark, 522-1 Hakurakuten-cho
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8422 Japan
Education:
B.S., Kyoto University, Kyoto/Japan (1969)
M.S., Kyoto University, Kyoto/Japan (1971)
Ph. D., Kyoto University, Kyoto/Japan (1982)
Career History:
Researcher, NTT (Nippon Telephone & Telegraph), Musashino/Japan (1971-1978)
Senior Researcher, NTT, Musashino/Japan (1978-1987)
Group Leader, NTT Human Interface Research Labs., Yokosuka/Japan (1987-1990)
Executive Manager, NTT Basic Research Labs., Musashino/Japan (1990-1991)
Director, Information Science Lab., NTT Basic Research Labs., Musashino/Japan (1991-1994)
President, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Labs., Kyoto/Japan (1994-2002)
CEO, Nirvana Technology Inc., Kyoto/Japan (2001-2008)
Professor, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda/Japan (2002-2008)
Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2008-2013)
Director, Interactive & Digital Media Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2008-2011)
Research Director, Interactive & Digital Media Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2012-2013)
CEO, NT & Associates, Japan (2011-present)
Director, Cultural Bits, Singapore (2012-2015)
Visiting Research Professor, Interactive & Digital Media Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2014)
CEO, Hexogon Japan, Tokyo/Japan (2014-2018)
Adjunct Professor, Design School, Kyoto University (2015-present)
Visiting Professor, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (2019-2020)
Career-Related Activities:
Visiting Lecturer, Mie University, Mie/Japan (1987-1990)
Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo/Japan (1992-1993)
Visiting Lecturer, Nagaoka Institute of Science and Technology, Nagoya/Japan (1992-1993)
Visiting Lecturer, Seikei University, Musashino/Japan (1993-2001)
Visiting Lecturer, Musashino Art University, Musashino/Japan (1993-1997)
Visiting Lecturer, Sophia University, Tokyo/Japan (1996-1998)
Visiting Lecturer, Dohshisha University, Kyoto/Japan (1996-2002, 2005-2008)
Visiting Lecturer, Nagoya University, Nagoya/Japan (1998-1999)
Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo, Tokyo/Japan (1998-2004)
Visiting Professor, Kobe University, Kobe/Japan (1999-2002)
- F. Schouten School Peer Review Committee Member, Eindhoven/Netherlands (2001-2004)
Visiting Scholar, MIT CAVS (Center for Advanced Visual Studies), Boston/USA (2001-2004)
Visiting Researcher, MIT AI Laboratory, Boston/USA (2001-2004)
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven/Netherlands (2002-2004)
Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto/Japan (2006-2007)
Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2007-2008)
Visiting Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda/Japan (2008-2010)
Visiting Lecturer, Saga Art University, Kyoto/Japan (2008-2010)
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven/Netherlands (2013-2016)
Visiting Professor, National Taipei University, Taipei/Taiwan (2015)
Visiting Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design (2016-present)
Visiting Lecturer, Saga Art University, Kyoto/Japan (2016)
Visiting Researcher, Kwansei Gakuin University, Institute for Advanced Social Research (2017-2018)
Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore/Singapore (2018).
Awards:
Young Engineer Award, The Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers of Japan (1977)
NTT President Award, ANSER (Automatic Answering Service for Electrical Request) (1983)
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems’96 (1996)
L’Oreal Prize, Art and Science Foundation (1997)
TELECOM System Technology Prize, The Telecommunication Advancement Foundation (1999 and 2000)
Best Paper Award, The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (1999)
Best Paper Award, The Virtual Reality Society of Japan (1999, 2000, and 2001)
Best Paper Award, Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence (2000)
The Prize of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2001)
Contribution Medal, IEEE Kansai Section (2011).
Service Award, IEEE VR (2012).
Contribution Award, IFIP TC14 (2012).
Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, ICEC2017 (2017)
Fellowships:
Fellow, IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) (2001)
Fellow, IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) (2001)
Fellow, VRST (Virtual Reality Society of Japan) (2012)
Honorary Member, International Federation on Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee on Entertainment Computing (2012)
Life Fellow, IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) (2014)
Honorary Member, Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence (2014)
Civic and Political Activities:
Director, Musashino International Association, Musashino/Japan (1990-1994)
Professional Society Memberships and Activities:
Senior Member, IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) (1992-2001)
Member, Technical Committee of Multimedia Signal Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Society (1997-2002)
Member, Technical Committee, IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (1997-2002)
Vice Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Tokyo Section (1999-2000)
Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Kansai Section (2000-2002)
Director, Japan Society for Archaeological Information, Nara/Japan (1995-2007)
Director, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Tokyo/Japan (1997-1998)
Vice President, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Tokyo/Japan (2001-2003)
Director, The Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan, Tokyo/Japan (1998-1999)
Councilor, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan, Tokyo/Japan (1998-1999)
Director, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Tokyo/Japan (1998-2003)
Vice President, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Tokyo/Japan (1999-2003)
Director, Japanese Society of Art and Science (2000-2004)
Editorial Board Member, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing (2000-2006)
Guest Editor of Special Issue, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing (2001-2003)
Chair, International Federation on Information Processing (IFIP), Specialist Group on Entertainment Computing (SG16) (2002-2006)
Chair, International Federation on Information Processing (IFIP), Technical Committee on Entertainment Computing (TC14) (2006-2012)
Vice President, Game Amusement Society of Japan (2007-present)
Vice President, Japanese Society of Art and Science (2007-2010)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal on Entertainment Computing, Elsevier (2009-present)
Gust Editor, Journal on Computers & Graphics, Elsevier (2011-2012)
Guest Editor, Journal on Entertainment Computing, Elsevier (2011).
WG14.3 Chair, International Federation on Information Processing (IFIP), Technical Committee on Entertainment Computing (TC14) (2012-present)
Honorary Member, International Federation on Information Processing (IFIP), Technical Committee on Entertainment Computing (TC14) (2012-present)
Editor-in-Chief, Handbook on Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies, Springer (2013-present)
Conference/Workshop-Related Activities
Organizer, ACM SIGGRAPH Course, Los Angeles/US (1996)
Organizer, ACM SIGGRAPH Course, Los Angeles/US (1997)
Organizer, ACM Workshop on “Technologies for Interactive Movies,” Bristol/England (1998)
Registration Chair, 20th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, Kyoto/Japan (1998)
Organizer, ACM Workshop on “Face/Gesture Recognition,” Bristol/England (1998)
Program Committee Co-chair, International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (2000)
Program Committee Co-chair, International Conference on Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence’98, Tokyo/Japan (1998)
General Chair, International Workshop on Very Large Bitrate Video Coding, Kyoto/Japan (1999)
Organizer, ACM SIGGRAPH Panel, New Orleans/US (2000)
Workshop Co-chair, IEEE International Conference on Virtual Reality 2001, Yokohama/Japan (2001)
Program Committee Co-chair, International Conference on Virtual Reality and its Application in Industry (VRAI2002) (2002)
General Chair, International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2002), Kyoto/Japan (2002)
Program Committee Chair, International Workshop on Entertainment Computing (IWEC2002), Makuhari/Japan (2002)
Program Co-chair, Ninth IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT2003), (2003)
International steering committee member, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC) (2002-present)
General Co-chair, ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST2003) (2003)
Conference Committee Member, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2003) (2003)
General Co-chair, International Conference on Advance in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE2004) (2004)
Industrial Chair, International Conference on Advance in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE2005), (2005)
General Chair, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2005), Sanda/Japan (2005)
General Co-chair, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2006), Cambridge/UK (2006)
General Conference Chair, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2007), Shanghai/China (2007)
General Conference Chair, International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (DIMEA2007), Perth/Australia (2007)
Program Co-chair, International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (DIMEA2008), Athens/Greek (2008)
Conference Co-chair, The 3rd International Conference on E-Learning and Games (Edutainment2008), Nanjing/China (2008)
Symposium Co-chair, 1st IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS2008), Milan/Italy (2008)
Workshop Organizer, Pervasive 2009, Nara/Japan (2009)
General Chair, International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR2009), Incheon/Korea (2009)
Workshop Chair, ACM Creativity and Cognition 2009, Berkeley/USA (2009).
Honorary General Chair, International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2009), Athens/Greece (2009).
Program Co-Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality 2010 (VR2010), Boston/US.
Workshop Co-Chair, Interactive Multimedia Installations and Digital Art (IMIDA2010), Satellite Workshop at IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, Singapore/Singapore (2010).
General Co-Chair, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2010), Seoul/Korea (2010).
Program Co-Chair, Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS 2010), Brisbane/Australia (2010).
General Co-Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality 2011, Singapore (2011)
Local Organizing Committee Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality 2011, Singapore (2011)
Liaison Chair, International Symposium on VR Innovation (ISVRI2011), Singapore (2011).
Conference Advisory Committee, ICEC2011, Vancouver/Canada (2011).
Program Committee, International Conference on Culture and Computing, Kyoto/Japan (2011).
Program Committee, Special Track at International Conference on Culture and Computing, Kyoto/Japan (2011).
Program Committee, Fourth International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU) 2012 (2012).
General Co-Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality 2012, Irvine/US (2012).
Conference Advisory Committee, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2012), Bremen/Germany (2012).
Co-Chair, International Conference on Interactive Digital Media (ICIDM2012), Langkawi/Malaysia (2012).
Workshop Chair, International Conference on Culture and Computing, Hangzhou/China (2012).
Conference Advisory Committee, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2013), Sao Paulo/Brazil (2013).
Workshop Organizer, International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2013), Sao Paulo/Brazil (2013).
Program Committee, Fifth International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU2013), Barcelona/Spain (2013).
Program Committee, The 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI 2013), Tianjin/China (2013).
Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization (ICVRV2013), Xi’an/China (2013).
Program Committee, International Conference on Culture and Computing, Kyoto/Japan (2013).
Program Committee, Immersive Media Experiences 2013, Barcelona/Spain (2013).
Program Committee, 2nd International Conference on Interactive and Digital Media (ICIDM2013), Kuching/Malaysia (2013).
Technical Program Committee, The 3rd International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet 2013), China (2013).
Program Committee, Sixth International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU2014), Barcelona/Spain (2014).
Program Committee, Immersive Media Experiences 2014, Orlando/USA (2014).
Program Committee, 3rd International Conference on Interactive and Digital Media (ICIDM2014), Sabah/Malaysia (2014).
Program Committee, International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research (KEER 2014), Linkoping/Sweden (2014).
Program Committee, 1st International Conference on Digital Cultures (DI 2014), Nantes/France (2014).
Reviewer, Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, ACM (2014).
Reviewer, Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (Measurement), Elsevier (2014).
Program Committee, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2014), Sidney/Australia (2014).
Reviewer, Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, ACM (2015).
Reviewer, Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (Measurement), Elsevier (2015).
Program Committee, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2015), Trondheim/Norway (2015).
Program Committee, Immersive Media Experiences 2015, Brisbane/UK (2015).
Program Committee, Seventh International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU2015), Lisbon, Portugal (2015).
Program Committee, Immersive Media Experiences 2015, Brisbane/Australia (2015).
Program Committee, International Conference on Culture and Computing, Kyoto/Japan (2015).
Exhibition Co-Chair, International Conference on Culture and Computing, Kyoto/Japan (2015).
Reviewer, Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, ACM (2016).
Reviewer, Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (Measurement), Elsevier (2016).
Reviewer, Journal on Multimedia Tools and Applications (2016-present).
Program Committee, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2016), Wein/Austria (2016).
Program Committee, 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU2016), Rome/Italy (2016).
Steering Committee Member, IFIP Program Committee, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2016), Wein/Austria (2016).
Reviewer, Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, ACM (2017).
Program Committee, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2017), Tsukuba/Japan (2017).
Program Committee, 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU2017), Porto/Portugal (2017).
Steering Committee Member, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2017), Tsukuba/Japan (2017).
Program Committee, International Conference on Culture and Computing (CandC2017), Kyoto/Japan (2017).
Program Committee, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2018), Poznan/Poland (2018).
Steering Committee Member, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2018), Poznan/Poland (2017).
Program Committee, ACM Multimedia (ACM MM2018), Seoul/Korea (2018).
Reviewer, ACM International Workshop on Multimedia Alternate Realities (AltMM 2018), Seoul/Korea (2018).
Program Committee, ACM Multimedia (ACM MM2020), Nice/France (2019).
Program Committee, ACM Multimedia (ACM MM2020), Seattle/USA (2020).
Publicity Co-chair, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2020), X’ian/China (2020).
Program Committee, IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2020), X’ian/China (2020).