is a Japanese

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...

. Currently he is a professor 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 ...

Biography

Education

* 1978: Graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo * 1983: Received the degree of

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

from the Department of Computer Science, University of Tokyo

Work

* 1983: Lecturer at the University of Tokyo * 1984: Associate professor

Awards and honours

* 2009:

SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award The ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award is a lifetime research achievement award given by the ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data, at its yearly flagship conference (also called SIGMOD). According to its homepage, it is given "f ...

Sigmod Awards Masaru Kitsuregawa
* 2013:

Medal with Purple Ribbon are medals awarded by the Government of Japan. They are awarded to individuals who have done meritorious deeds and also to those who have achieved excellence in their field of work. The Medals of Honor were established on December 7, 1881, and we ...

* 2015:

C&C Prize The NEC C&C Prize ( ja, C&C賞) is an award given by the NEC Corporation "in recognition of outstanding contributions to research and development and/or pioneering work in the fields of semiconductors, computers, telecommunications and their integr ...

* 2020:

IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award The IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award is a Technical Field Award established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2011. The IEEE Technical Field Awards are awarded for contributions or leadership in specific fields of interest of t ...

References

External links

* http://www.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Kilab/Members/memo/kitsure_j.html Living people 1955 births Japanese computer scientists Academic staff of the University of Tokyo University of Tokyo alumni Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Fellow Members of the IEEE Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon {{compu-scientist-stub