Kengo Hirachi (平地健吾 ''Hirachi Kengo'', born 30 November 1964) is a Japanese mathematician, specializing in

CR geometry In mathematics, a CR manifold, or Cauchy–Riemann manifold, is a differentiable manifold together with a geometric structure modeled on that of a real hypersurface in a complex vector space, or more generally modeled on an edge of a wedge. Formal ...

and mathematical analysis. Hirachi received from

Osaka University , abbreviated as , is a public research university located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's former Imperial Universities and a Designated National University listed as a "Top Type" university in the Top Global University Project. ...

his B.S. in 1987, his M.S. in 1989, and his Dr.Sci., advised by Gen Komatsu, in 1994 with dissertation ''The second variation of the Bergman kernel for ellipsoids''. He was a research assistant from 1989 to 1996 and a lecturer from 1996 to 2000 at Osaka University. He was an associate professor from 2000 to 2010 and a full professor from 2010 to the present at the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

. He was a visiting professor at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute from October 1995 to September 1996, at the Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematical Physics from March 2004 to April 2004, at Princeton University from October 2004 to July 2005, and at the Institute for Advanced Study from January 2009 to April 2009.Curriculum Vitae, Kengo Hirachi, 2004
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Awards and honors

*Takebe Senior Prize (1999) of the Mathematical Society of Japan * Geometry Prize (2003) of the Mathematical Society of Japan *Stefan Bergman Prize (2006) *Inoue Prize for Science (2012) *Invited lecture at ICM, Seoul 2014

References

External links

Kengo Hirachi -- Bibliography, U. of Tokyo websiteICM2014 VideoSeries IL8.3 : Kengo Hirachi on Aug14Thu - YouTube
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