Faculty and Researchers
Electronic Engineering
An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Electronic Engineering.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2024 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2025 academic year.
ATSUMI Hisao
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Energy Engineering Laboratory
Energy Materials, Energy Conversion, Energy Education
Looking ahead to future energy applications, this laboratory is researching 1) nuclear fusion energy to produce electricity using the same principle that powers the sun, 2) hydrogen storage materials used in hydrogen fuel cells, and 3) thermoelectric conversion to produce electricity directly from heat.
ARITOMO Yoshihiro
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Nuclear Reaction Energy
Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Reaction Theory, Synthesis of Super-Heavy Elements
Under the theme of utilizing energy from nuclear reactions, we have taken up the challenge of elucidating the dynamics of nuclear reactions. We are engaged in wide-ranging research on nuclear fusion and fission, transmutation, reprocessing, and synthesis of super-heavy elements.
IGUCHI Nobukazu
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Network Laboratory
Information NetworkNetwork operations management support system, Educational system and learning support system,
We develop network management and educational systems to support training of network engineers and network security engineers. We also conduct IoT System.
OTSUKA Teppei
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Advanced Energy Environment Application Laboratory
Materials science for energy, Science and technology for hydrogen isotopes, Transport phenomena of elements in materials, Irradiation effects on materials
The research interests are safety confinement, storage and handling of hydrogen isotopes and radioactive elements in materials. Experiments and simulation on transport phenomena of elements in materials and interactions of radiation and materials are conducted.
OHBOSHI Naoki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics
We apply information technology to medical care safely and without imposing a burden on doctors or patients. To this end, we conduct research on ubiquitous computing, advanced image and video processing, and user-friendly interface technologies.
KIMURA Yuichi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Engineering in Medical Image and Information Processing Laboratory
Engineering in Medical Image and Information Processing
Itaru Sano
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Environmental Information Science Laboratory
Aerosols, Remote sensing
Understanding of aerosol properties is impotant role in the climate research. The aim of this work is to estimate aerosol properties by remote sensing from space and ground.
SUTO Hidetsugu
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- System Design Laboratory
Media Informatics
TAGAWA Kiyoharu
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Mathematical Information Engineering Laboratory
Mathematical Information Engineering, Optimization Methods, Statistics
TAKEUCHI Yoshinori
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Integrated System Design Laboratory
Integrated System Design, Embedded Systems
VLSI is a key technology to design integrated systems. In designing integrated systems, we should optimize many metrics such as low power, low energy, high robustness and high performance. This laboratory conducts research concerning integrated system design methodology and design itself.
TANIGUCHI Yoshiaki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Intelligent Communication Network Laboratory
Information networks
We study methods to efficiently operate sensor network systems consisting of a large number of communication devices that sense people and things, and we are actively conducting research on their application.
NAKANISHI Hideyuki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Virtual Interaction Group
Virtual Reality, Human Interface
Working on improving the reality of videoconferencing, metaverses, and humanoids for transmitting social presence in online environments.
NAKANO Hitoshi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laser Engineering Laboratory
Laser Engineering
We are actively conducting research related to laser and electrical energy control, for example, development of new lasers, new functional materials by laser treatment, laser peening, and development of fast high-voltage switch using power semiconductors.
NOGAMI Masanobu
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory
Separation Chemistry, Radiation Chemistry
We are working to develop new separation technologies and new functional materials using radiation in order to make effective use of radioactive substances not only in atomic energy applications, but also with the aim of expanding into other areas such as healthcare.
HABE Hitoshi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Computer Vision Laboratory
Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition
We study techniques to process images captured by a camera and understand the things in the image and what is happening. We are working on analyzing human behavior from security cameras and the movement of animals in the wild, and we are tackling the development of fundamental technologies for computer vision.
HANDA Hisashi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Computational Intelligence Research Group
Evolutionary Computation
Humans and biological life forms appropriately sift through information while achieving intelligent behavior. In this laboratory, we are researching efficient, high-performance learning and evolutionary algorithms inspired by nature and living organisms.
HIGUCHI Masahiro
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Distributed Processing Software Laboratory
Formal Methods for Software Engineering
To ensure software reliability, verification and testing in the development stage are extremely important. We are pursuing research on boosting the efficiency of verification and testing, focusing on distributed processing software running on networks.
MATSUTANI Takaomi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Material Processing Laboratory
Material Science, Material Process Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering
We develop new materials to create new electronic components and also develop technologies to fabricate them easily. We also develop new analytical techniques using these new materials, such as atmospheric analysis and observation of catalyst reactions.
MATSUDA Tokiyoshi
- Position
- Professor
Sensor, MEMS, Oxide semiconductor
MATSUDA Toshiro
- Position
- Professor
MOHRI Masami
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Information Security Laboratory
Information and Communication Engineering
MORIMOTO Takeshi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Remote Sensing Engineering Laboratory
Atmospheric Electricity, Remote Sensing, Electromagnetic compatibility
We make practical application of remote sensing technologies that measure the nature of objects from a distance using specific properties such as electromagnetic emissions. We also develop equipment and perform observations and analyses on various subjects, such as phenomena that cause disasters to happen, the Earth’s environment, etc.
YAMADA Takahiro
- Position
- Professor
YAMANISI Hirokuni
- Position
- Professor
Environmental ionizing radiation, Evaluation of radiation dose, Radiation protection
YUMOTO Masaki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Information Systems Engineering Laboratory
Information Systems Engineering, Intelligent Information Processing
We are doing research using techniques that fuse information and knowledge processing technologies with system technologies such as simulation and optimization techniques. Our goal is to enable computers to replace humans for intellectual tasks such as identifying problems and formulating solutions to them.
YOSHIDA Minoru
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Fiber Optics Laboratory
Optical Fibers, Fiber Lasers, Laser Engineering
This lab does research on the fundamentals and potential applications of light, revolving not only around optical communications, but also the development of new lasers that use optical fibers. We also promote development of new optical technologies and enjoy discovering previously unknown phenomena involving light.
WAKABAYASHI Genichiro
- Position
- Professor
ABE Koji
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory for Media Informatics and Cognitive Science
Media Informatics, Pattern Recognition, Medical Image Processing, Computer Vision
Our goal is to build an intelligent computer that behaves like a human. We are engaged in research involving image and audio media on a variety of software systems that take into account human subjectivity, experience, and sensitivity.
OHNISHI Kohei
- Position
- Associate Professor
Nano devices, Superconducting devices, nano-fabrication process
OCHI Youji
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Intelligent Educational Information System Laboratory
Educational Information Technology
This lab focuses on the research field known as e-learning, and conducts R&D on sensing technologies and systems to recognize behavior and actions in education and learning. We make full use of application technologies such as artificial intelligence, multi-media technology, and computer vision.
KASHIWAO Tomoaki
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Soft Computing and Optical Design Laboratory
LED Packaging, Soft Computing, Control Theory
My research interests include LED packaging optimal design based on ray-tracing simulation and machine learning, and big-data analysis of a railway telemeter system.
KATO Toru
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Theory of Concurrent Computation Laboratory
Semantics for Concurrent Logic Programming Languages, Equivalence Relations for Process Algebras
We are investigating the development and safety of “software servants” (mobile agent systems). These application programs move autonomously on the Net to perform work such as gathering information and arranging schedules.
SHINOZAKI Takashi
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Computational Neuroscience Laboratory
Computational Neuroscience
Kengo Sugahara
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory
Electromagnetic analysis Accelerator physics Artificial intelligence
SUGIYAMA Osamu
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Intelligent Behavior Informatics Laboratory
medical Informatics
TAKEMURA Yuichiro
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Plasma Engineering Laboratory
Plasma Engineering
Plasma is variously employed in, for example, plasma TVs and welding, and it has become an absolutely essential industrial technology. We are making practical application of this plasma and conducting research to find uses for it in a variety of other fields.
TADA Masahiro
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Traffic Informatics Laboratory
Traffic Informatics, Human Sensing, Wearable Computing
To achieve a safe and secure traffic environment, we conduct research on using ICT in systems that can understand the individual personality characteristics of each vehicle driver or bicycle rider, and provide safety support tailored to each person.
TANAKA Senku
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Organic Electronics Laboratory
Organic Electronics, Organic Solar Cells, Perovskite solar cell
Our goal is to produce an advanced electronic device using organic semiconductors. We focus on the development of organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells.
TSUNODA Masateru
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Software Engineering Laboratory
Software Engineering
Software engineering is a science whose goal is to efficiently create high-quality software. This laboratory is working on research related to software engineering, primarily through data analysis.
NAKAYAMA Keizo
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Optical Information and Optical Materials Laboratory
Liquid Crystals, Optics, Optical Security, Welfare Technology
We are advancing research to make practical application of the liquid crystal materials widely used in displays for optical security device and assist device in color discrimination for color vision defect.
HAMASUNA Yukihiro
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Fundamentals of Intelligent Informatics Laboratory
Clustering Machine Learning Data Science
This laboratory is promoting greater sophistication in data analysis techniques, in particular, clustering, and is actively working on the development of new data analysis methods that will constitute useful tools for data mining, as well as their application.
FUJII Mami
- Position
- Associate Professor
HOHARA Shinya
- Position
- Associate Professor
Radiation Measurement
MAEDA Yoshinobu
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Optoelectronics Laboratory
Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Engineering
We are currently doing research on optical triodes needed in the field of optoelectronics to perform various types of signal processing using optical signals. In the future, our goal is to develop optical computers.
Mizutani Kimihiro
- Position
- Associate Professor
Large scale information processing platform Large scale information processing method Virtual Network Infrastructure/Server Management
MIZOBUCHI Shoji
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Natural Language Processing Laboratory
Natural Language Processing
This laboratory uses text data on the Web to gain important information from them. Based on this, we conduct research into technologies to search for needed information and make practical use of it.
MINAMI Masataka
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Electrical Energy Conversion Laboratory
MORIYA Sen
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Dependable Computing Laboratory
Distributed Algorithms, Fault-tolerant Algorithms, Coding Theory
To enable computers to operate efficiently on network systems, we take a theoretical perspective to researching procedures to be used in communicating information. These technologies are regarded as crucial to modern society.
MORIYAMA Masamitsu
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Electronic Commerce Laboratory
Service Computing
We research Web-based services used in e-commerce and B2B transactions. Our goal is to optimize work flow and business systems based on the concept of business process modeling.
YAMAMOTO Sho
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Learning Engineering Laboratory
Learning Engineering
YOSHIDA Shuhei
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Photonics Laboratory
Optical Engineering, Holography, Information Storage Engineering
We are addressing research and development on measurement, display, visualization, and information storage technologies based on holography.
OTANI Masayuki
- Position
- Lecturer
TSUTSUMI Yasuhiro
- Position
- Lecturer
Optical fiber sensing, optical communication
We engage in research related to optical measurement technology and optical communication technology, such as optical fiber sensing, which uses optical fibers as sensors and also as communication paths for sensor signals, and optical fiber communication.
Miho Tsuyama
- Position
- Lecturer
- Laboratory
- Photo Process Engineering Laboratory
Laser Engineering, Laser Applications, Acoustic Engineering
We are involved in R&D on laser equipment, laser application research, as well as laser-related peripheral technologies.
FUKUTA Youji
- Position
- Lecturer