Note: Affiliations and titles are as of the time the awards were received.
Name of Award Recipient | Name of Award / Reason for Award / Awarding Body | Date of Award |
|---|---|---|
Graduate School of Business and Commerce Professor Kotaro Tsuruga, et al. | Awarded the “5th Asahi Breweries Best Paper Award.” Reason for Award: In recognition of their co-authored paper being selected as the most important scholarly contribution among the peer-reviewed articles published in Behavioral Economics. Awarding Body: The Japan Association for Behavioral Economics | 2021/12/11 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Kenjiro Takemura; Professor Yasuhiro Kakinuma; et al. | Awarded the “Book Award” of the Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (JSAEM). Reason for Award: In recognition of the book “Introduction to Functional Fluids: Fundamentals and Applications” (Nippon Kogyo Shuppan). Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (JSAEM) | 2021/12/06 |
Faculty of Business and Commerce Professor Issei Kato, et al. | Awarded the “14th Sumida Aviation Encouragement Award.” Reason for Award: For the book “Perspectives on Aviation and Airport Policy: With a View to the Post–COVID-19 Era.” Awarding Body: The Japan Transport Research Association (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/12/15 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Tomoaki Ohtsuki; Project Assistant Professor Mondher Bouazizi | Awarded the “2021 Best Paper Award.” Reason for Award: In recognition of the paper “Multi-class Sentiment Analysis on Twitter: Classification Performance and Challenges” being highly evaluated for its outstanding quality and content. IEEE Xplore | 2021/12/15 |
Faculty of Medicine Professor Hideyuki Okano | Awarded the “Uehara Prize” (FY2021). Reason for Award: For the award-winning research theme, “Regenerative Medicine and Disease Research of the Central Nervous System Using Stem Cell Systems.” Awarding Body: The Uehara Memorial Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/12/20 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Yasuhiro Kakinuma, et al. | Awarded the “Paper Award” (FY2021). Reason for Award: For the paper “Evaluation of Thermal Displacement and Energy-Saving Performance of an Energy-Efficient Machine Tool Applying a Novel Structural Material.” Awarding Body: The FA Foundation (General Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/12/10 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Masahiro Yukawa | Awarded the “18th (FY2021 [Reiwa 3]) JSPS Prize” (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize). Reason for Award: In recognition of the high evaluation received for their research achievements, “Pioneering an Innovative Field of Adaptive Signal Processing Through Nonlinear Estimation Based on Model Selection.” Awarding Body: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Incorporated Administrative Agency) | 2021/12/16 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Miho Hatanaka | Awarded the “Notable Contributions to Science and Technology 2021 (Nice Step Researchers).” Reason for Award: In recognition of their notable contributions to science and technology, as demonstrated by their research on “the development and application of approximate computation methods that leverage chemical properties—aimed at deepening understanding of functional materials and enabling their efficient design.” Awarding Body: National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | 2021/12/14 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Associate Professor Kenichi Nagase, et al. | Awarded the “SCS32 Best Presentation Award.” Reason for Award: In recognition of delivering an outstanding presentation at the 32nd Society for Chromatographic Sciences Conference (SCS32). Awarding Body: The Society for Chromatographic Sciences | 2021/11/27 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Kohei Ito | Awarded the “Fellow” of the American Physical Society (APS). Reason for Award: For pioneering the field of silicon and diamond isotope engineering, and for contributing to the significant acceleration of research on silicon quantum computers and diamond quantum sensors. Awarding Body: The American Physical Society (APS) | 2021/10/13 |
Faculty of Economics Professor Michio Naoi, et al. | Awarded the “Paper Award” of the Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences. Reason for Award: In recognition of being evaluated for reporting research findings in the Journal of the Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences that contribute to the advancement of real estate studies. Awarding Body: The Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences (Public Interest Incorporated Association) | 2021/11/27 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Associate Professor Kazuaki Taguchi | Awarded the “FY2021 (Reiwa 3) Encouragement Award” of the Japanese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (JSSX) (General Incorporated Association). Reason for Award: For research on pharmacokinetic characterization and safety evaluation aimed at the clinical development of artificial blood. Awarding Body: The Japanese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (JSSX) (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/11/18 |
Keio Yochisha Elementary School Teacher Hiroaki Aiba | Awarded the “Society Award” of the Society for Educational Practice. Reason for Award: For their substantial contributions to the development and advancement of the Society. Awarding Body: The Society for Educational Practice | 2021/11/28 |
Faculty of Business and Commerce Professor Ruisong Duan | Awarded the “2nd Lin Tongchun Memorial / Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Academic Award.” Reason for Award: For the book “Chiang Kai-shek’s Wartime Diplomacy and Postwar Vision, 1941–1971” (Keio University Press, 2021). Awarding Body: The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Association (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/11/21 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Yoshihiro Taguchi | Awarded the “Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties Award (Paper Award).” Reason for Award: For the paper “Development of a Millimeter-Stroke, Low-Power, Thermally Actuated Kirigami MEMS Actuator.” Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties | 2021/10/26 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Kazunari Fujishiro, et al. | Awarded the “Best Paper Award” at NICOGRAPH 2021. Reason for Award: For the paper “LinDA: Semi-Automatic Generation of Background Architectural Line Drawings for Manga.” Awarding Body: The Society for Art and Science (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/11/08 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Researcher Minh Duong; Professor Shinnosuke Obi; Senior Lecturer Takuya Kawata | Awarded the “FEDSM 2021 Best Technical Presentation” award. Reason for Award: In recognition of delivering an outstanding research presentation at the ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting (FEDSM 2021). Awarding Body: The Fluids Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | 2021/11/05 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Shinnosuke Obi | Awarded the “Division Award” of the Fluids Engineering Division, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME). Reason for Award: In recognition of their long-standing engagement in education and research in the field of fluid engineering, and for having made outstanding contributions to the advancement of fluid engineering. Awarding Body: The Fluids Engineering Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/11/09 |
Faculty of Medicine Professor Akihiko Yoshimura | Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon (Autumn 2021). Reason for Decoration: In recognition of their outstanding achievements in immunology research. | 2021/11/02 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus Yuji Nagasaka | Awarded the “Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties Award (Distinguished Service Award).” Reason for Award: For their dedicated efforts to advance the Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties, and for having made significant contributions to research on thermophysical properties and to the dissemination of the field. Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties | 2021/10/26 |
Faculty of Medicine Professor Hiroyoshi Inoue | Awarded the “Distinguished Service Commendation” of the Radiation Safety Management Subcommittee. Reason for Award: For their long-standing contributions to improving radiation safety management techniques and providing broad-based guidance and instruction. Awarding Body: The Japan Radioisotope Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association) | 2021/10/28 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Kazunari Fujishiro | Inducted into the IEEE Visualization Academy. Reason for Award: For their achievements in leading the interdisciplinary field of visualization over an extended period of time. Awarding Body: IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) | 2021/10/24 |
Graduate School of Business Administration Professor Hirokazu Kawano | Awarded the “50th Japan Institute of Industrial Engineering (JIIE) Literature Award (Contribution Award).” Reason for Award: For the paper “Reconsidering the Significance of Continuous Improvement,” published in IE Review, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Issue No. 315). Awarding Body: The Japan Institute of Industrial Engineering (JIIE) | 2021/10/20 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus Toshiaki Makabe | Awarded the “Will Allis Prize 2022.” Reason for Award: “For the ground-breaking development of novel computational methods, and for leading seminal experimental investigations of low-temperature plasmas and their applications.” Awarding Body: The American Physical Society (APS) | 2021/10/16 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Tomoaki Ohtsuki,Graduate School of Science and Technology — Project Assistant Professor M. Bouazizi, et al. | Awarded the “Best Paper Award” at the 26th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2021). Reason for Award: In recognition of the outstanding quality of the conference paper, “A Novel Approach for Inter-User Distance Estimation in 5G mmWave Networks Using Deep Learning,” presented at the 26th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2021). Awarding Body: The 26th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2021) | 2021/10/13 |
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Professor Masaru Tomita | Awarded the “5th Bioindustry Award.” Reason for Award: For the achievements represented by “Pioneering research in systems biology and regional revitalization through its industrialization.” Awarding Body: The Japan Bioindustry Association (General Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/10/13 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Associate Professor Kenichi Nagase | Awarded the “5th Bioindustry Encouragement Award.” Reason for Award: For developing functional interfaces that respond to temperature changes and pioneering a new methodology for separation and purification. Awarding Body: The Japan Bioindustry Association (General Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/10/13 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Ryogo Kubo; Professor Hiroyuki Tsuda; et al. | Awarded the “Electronics Society Invited Paper Award.” Reason for Award: For the paper “Toward the Realization of Large-Capacity and Highly Diverse Optical Networks Through 1,000-Channel-Class Wavelength Routing Technology Using the T/O Bands.” Awarding Body: The Electronics Society of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) | 2021/09/14 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Masafumi Hagiwara, et al. | Awarded the “Paper Award” of the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT). Reason for Award: For the paper “Defense Against Adversarial Examples Using Quality Recovery for Image Classification.” Awarding Body: The Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT) | 2021/09/14 |
Graduate School of Media and Governance Project Lecturer Ken Yuzawa | Awarded the “34th Hamada Prize” of the Japan Society for Actinomycetes. Reason for Award: In recognition of the high evaluation received for research on the production of non-natural polyketides through functional modification of polyketide synthases derived from actinomycetes. Awarding Body: The Japan Society for Actinomycetes | 2021/09/18 |
Keio University Professor Yasuhiro Koike | Awarded the “Fellow of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ)” (Public Interest Incorporated Association). Reason for Award: For contributions to the fundamentals of photonic polymers and to the creation of their functionalities. Awarding Body: The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ) (Public Interest Incorporated Association) | 2021/09/07 |
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Professor Toshiyuki Masui | Awarded the “Fundamental Research Award” of the Japan Society for Software Science and Technology (JSSST) (FY2020). Reason for Award: For long-standing research and development of fundamental technologies for user interface systems, as well as for contributions to the Society. Awarding Body: The Japan Society for Software Science and Technology (JSSST) | 2021/09/03 |
Faculty of Medicine Project Lecturer Ari Shinojima | Awarded the “2021 Thomas J. and Margaret D. Tredici Award.” Reason for Award: For the most outstanding contributions to space aviation ophthalmology and vision science. Awarding Body: The Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) | 2021/09/02 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Associate Professor Kenichi Nagase | Awarded the “Publicity Award” of the Public Relations Committee of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ). Reason for Award: In recognition of their research presentation being regarded as contributing to the advancement of scholarship, technology, and industry related to polymers. Awarding Body: The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ) (Public Interest Incorporated Association) | 2021/08/18 |
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Associate Professor Hideyuki Kawashima, et al. | Awarded the “xSIG 2021 Outstanding Research Award.” Reason for Award: For the paper “Analysis of High-Contention States in Transaction Processing.” Awarding Body: The xSIG Program Committee | 2021/07/19 |
Graduate School of Business Administration Professor Hirokazu Kawano | Awarded the “IEOM (Industrial Engineering and Operations Management) Contribution Award.” Reason for Award: In recognition of the fact that their research and educational achievements and contributions to date in the fields of industrial engineering and management science have been highly evaluated internationally as leading the field. Awarding Body: The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and Operations Management Society (IEOM Society) | 2021/07/11 |
Name of Award Recipient | Name of Award / Reason for Award / Awarding Body | Date of Award |
|---|---|---|
Faculty of Pharmacy Associate Professor Kazuaki Taguchi | Awarded the “13th Encouragement Award (Clinical Category)” of the Japan Society of Drug Delivery System (Japan DDS Society). Reason for Award: For research on a bioactive-gas drug delivery system (DDS) using liposome-based artificial red blood cells. Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System (Japan DDS Society) | 2021/06/30 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Jiwang Yan, et al. | Awarded the “Machine Tool Technology Promotion Foundation Award (Paper Award).” Reason for Award: For the research paper titled “Three-Dimensional Shaping of Polycrystalline Diamond by Die-Sinking Electrical Discharge Machining Using a Carbon Diffusion Reaction.” Awarding Body: The Machine Tool Technology Promotion Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/06/07 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Jiwang Yan, et al. | Awarded the “Machine Tool Technology Promotion Foundation Award (Paper Award).” Reason for Award: For the research paper “Measurement and Compensation of Tool Contour Error Using White Light Interferometry for Ultra-Precision Diamond Turning of Freeform Surfaces.” Awarding Body: The Machine Tool Technology Promotion Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/06/07 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Senior Lecturer Maki Kimura | Awarded the “Outstanding Presentation Award” at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine. Reason for Award: For the presentation titled “Effects of Continued and Discontinued Voluntary Running Exercise on the Expression of Aging-Related Genes in Mouse Adipose Tissue.” Awarding Body: The Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine | 2021/06/26 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Senior Lecturer Naoshi Matsuhisa | Awarded the “34th Ando Hiroshi Memorial Academic Encouragement Award.” Reason for Award: In recognition of the fact that their research on the development of stretchable electronic materials and their healthcare applications was regarded as an important advancement in the field of electronics. Awarding Body: The Ando Research Institute (General Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/06/26 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Kenichi Hayashi, et al. | Awarded the “Young Outstanding Presentation Award” of the Japan Society of Biometric Medicine. Reason for Award: For the presentation titled “A New Integrated Discriminant Improvement Index via Odds.” Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Biometric Medicine (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/05/14 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Project Lecturer Daisuke Yasuda | Awarded the “2021 Academic Encouragement Award” of the Japan Society for Oxidative Stress Research. Reason for Award: For the research project “Development of an Agent to Enhance Sensitivity to Anticancer Drugs by Targeting the p62–Keap1–Nrf2 Pathway.” Awarding Body: The Japan Society for Oxidative Stress Research (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/05/20 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Kazunari Fujishiro | Awarded the “IPSJ Fellow” (FY2020) of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ). Reason for Award: For pioneering research in the field of visualization, and for contributions to education and outreach/promotion in the same field. Awarding Body: The Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/06/08 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Yasutomo Ota | Awarded the “45th Incentive Award” of the Laser Society of Japan. Reason for Award: For hybrid integrated silicon photonics using a transfer-printing method. Awarding Body: The Laser Society of Japan (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/05/31 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Yasutomo Ota, et al. | Awarded the “45th Laser Society of Japan Achievement Award — Paper Award (Review/Expository Article Category).” Reason for Award: For the paper/review article “Topological Photonics: A Concerto Played by Topology and Light.” Awarding Body: The Laser Society of Japan (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/05/31 |
Faculty of Business and Commerce Senior Lecturer Shumpei Iwao | Awarded the “37th Takamiya Prize (Book Category)” of the Academic Association for Organizational Science. Reason for Award: For the book “‘Kaizen’ That Generates Innovation: Continuous Improvement Activities in Automobile Plants and Organization Design Across the Entire Company.” Awarding Body: The Academic Association for Organizational Science (NPO) | 2021/06/05 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Osamu Kurita | Awarded the “Paper Award” of the City Planning Institute of Japan (FY2020). Reason for Award: For the paper (series of studies) “A Series of Studies on Mathematical Model Analysis of Urban Space.” Awarding Body: The City Planning Institute of Japan (Public Interest Incorporated Association) | 2021/06/04 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Fumihiko Kannanari | Awarded the “IEICE Excellent Education Award” (FY2020) of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE). Reason for Award: For pioneering interdisciplinary graduate education that integrates the humanities and sciences to cultivate a new type of STEM PhD talent. Awarding Body: The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/06/03 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Miwa Nakanishi, et al. | Awarded the “Research Encouragement Award” of the Japan Ergonomics Society. Reason for Award: For the paper “Research on Switching Between Safety-I and Safety-II Modes Aimed at Optimizing Outcomes: A Simulation Experiment Assuming Firefighting Activities in the Event of a Fire.” Awarding Body: The Japan Ergonomics Society (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/05/23 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Daisuke Takahashi | Awarded the “Carbohydrate Research Award.” Reason for Award: For the development of a novel, simple boron-mediated method for stereoselective glycosylation and its application to carbohydrate synthesis. Awarding Body: The Editorial Board and Publisher of Carbohydrate Research | 2021/04/26 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Hiroshi Kondo | Awarded the “Society Award” of the Vacuum and Surface Science Society of Japan (FY2021). Reason for Award: For having produced numerous outstanding achievements in research on elucidating surface molecular processes through in situ core-level spectroscopy, and for having made significant contributions to the advancement of the relevant academic field. Awarding Body: The Vacuum and Surface Science Society of Japan (Public Interest Incorporated Association) | 2021/05/22 |
Faculty of Business and Commerce Senior Lecturer Yoshihiko Nakano | Awarded the “28th (FY2021) Society Encouragement Award.” Reason for Award: For the paper “A Poet Fascinated by Details: The Self and Landscape in Victor Hugo,” published in Études de langue et littérature françaises, No. 51 (The University of Tokyo French Language and Literature Society, 2018). Awarding Body: The Society of Franco-Japanese Studies (French Language and Literature) (SFJ) | 2021/05/23 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Yasutomo Ota | Awarded the “ISCS Young Scientist Award.” Reason for Award: For the fabrication of optical nanostructures using compound semiconductors and their application to cavity quantum electrodynamics (cavity QED). Awarding Body: The International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS) | 2021/05/10 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Senior Lecturer Naoshi Matsuhisa | Awarded the “Funai Research Incentive Award. Reason for Award: In recognition of the research results and achievements related to stretchable electronic materials, devices, and systems for next-generation wearable devices. Awarding Body: The Funai Foundation for Information Technology (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/05/08 |
Faculty of Business and Commerce Senior Lecturer Shumpei Iwao | Awarded the “Society Award (Theoretical Book Category)” of the Japan Society for Production Management. Reason for Award: In recognition of the book “‘Kaizen’ That Generates Innovation” (Yuhikaku) being evaluated as an achievement that contributes to research, education, and practice in production management. Awarding Body: The Japan Society for Production Management (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/03/13 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Senior Lecturer Naoshi Matsuhisa, et al. | Awarded the “36th Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award: Telecom System Technology Award (Encouragement Award).” Reason for Award: In recognition of the determination that their research on wireless stretchable sensors and related body-area sensor networks demonstrates a high degree of novelty, completeness, and future potential. Awarding Body: The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/03/26 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Jiwang Yan, et al. | Awarded the “Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Award (Paper).” Reason for Award: For the paper “Ultra-Precision Cutting of a Roll Mold with a Two-Component Wavy Microstructure.” Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/04/22 |
Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care Associate Professor Aaron Batty | Awarded the “Language Testing Reviewer of the Year Award.” Reason for Award: For providing outstanding peer reviews. Awarding Body: The Editors of the journal Language Testing | 2021/04/09 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Ryo Sudo, et al. | Awarded the “Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Award (Paper)” (FY2020). Reason for Award: For the paper “Establishment of an in vitro Vascular Anastomosis Model in a Microfluidic Device.” Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/04/22 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Yasuhiro Kakinuma, et al. | Awarded the “Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Award (Paper)” (FY2020). Reason for Award: For the paper “Evaluation of Thermal Displacement and Energy-Saving Performance of an Energy-Efficient Machine Tool Applying a Novel Structural Material.” Awarding Body: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (General Incorporated Association) | 2021/04/22 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Professor Makoto Arita | Awarded the “FY2021 (Reiwa 3) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award (Science and Technology): Science and Technology Prize.” Reason for Award: For research on elucidating the diversity of lipids in living organisms and its biological significance. Awarding Body: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | 2021/04/06 |
Faculty of Policy Management Associate Professor Kunifumi Saito | Awarded the “KDDI Foundation Encouragement Award.” Reason for Award: For research on the legal protection of information privacy. Awarding Body: The KDDI Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/04/06 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Seiichiro Katsura | Awarded the “SAMCON 2021 Outstanding Paper Award.” Reason for Award: For the paper “In-Tool Motion Sensing for Reproduction of Violin Performance.” Awarding Body: IEEJ International Workshop on Sensing, Actuation, and Motion Control, and Optimization (SAMCON 2021) | 2021/03/11 |
Graduate School of Media and Governance Project Lecturer Nobuaki Kono | Awarded the “15th Young Scientist Award” of the Japanese Society for Genome Microbiology. Reason for Award: For conducting multifaceted research that combines bioinformatics and experimental methods toward whole-genome design of bacteria. Awarding Body: The Japanese Society for Genome Microbiology | 2021/03/05 |
Faculty of Pharmacy Professor Takeshi Sugai | Awarded the “45th Chemistry Education Award.” Reason for Award: For “Biological Organic Chemistry and Experiments That Engage Students from High School Through University.” Awarding Body: The Chemical Society of Japan (Public Interest Incorporated Association) | 2021/03/20 |
Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Ryo Sudo | Awarded the “Nakaya Prize (Encouragement Award)” (FY2020). Reason for Award: For the development of microfluidic devices as tools for observing and visualizing three-dimensional tissues, and for verifying their usefulness and effectiveness. Awarding Body: The Nakatani Foundation for Advancement of Measuring Technologies in Biomedical Engineering (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/02/26 |
Information Security Incident Response Team Assistant Professor Kenro Kondo, et al. | Awarded the “3rd Japan Open Innovation Award — Special Award of the Selection Committee.” Reason for Award: For the initiative to enable rapid detection of and response to cyberattacks through industry–academia collaboration. Awarding Body: The Cabinet Office, Government of Japan | 2021/02/25 |
Faculty of Medicine Project Lecturer Eisuke Shimizu | Awarded the “Excellence Award” and the “Second Career Award.” Reason for Award: In recognition of the presentation delivered after participating in the “Japan Healthcare Business Contest 2021,” hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Awarding Body: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | 2021/01/28 |
Graduate School of System Design and Management Project Lecturer Akira Odaka; Professor Naohiko Kohtake; Researcher Yasushi Onda; et al. | Awarded the “Best Paper Award.” Reason for Award: In recognition of the excellence of their research results analyzing the relationship between government responses to COVID-19 and economic activity using Earth observation data. Awarding Body: IEEE International Symposium on Instrumentation, Control, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics (ICA-SYMP 2021) | 2021/01/21 |
Graduate School of Media and Governance Professor Rajib Shaw | Awarded the “Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2021.” Reason for Award: For contributions in the field of education. Awarding Body: The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India | 2021/01/09 |
Faculty of Medicine Professor Akihiko Yoshimura | Awarded the “Uehara Prize” (FY2020). Reason for Award: For “the discovery of molecular mechanisms that regulate cytokine responses and the elucidation of their roles in disease.” Specifically, by identifying the CIS/SOCS family as inhibitory factors of the JAK/STAT pathway—central to inflammatory responses—and also discovering the SPRED family as inhibitory factors of the Ras/ERK pathway, thereby contributing to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of immune tolerance and of human diseases. Awarding Body: The Uehara Memorial Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) | 2021/03/11 |