Yuka Kato
Japanese version is here: 加藤 由花 Yuka Kato is a professor of mathematical sciences at Tokyo Woman's Christian University. She received her BSc degree in geophysics from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1989, and her M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Information Systems from the University of Electro-Communications, Japan in 1999 and 2002. She was with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and engaged in research on traffic control in ATM networks and interactive multimedia systems from 1989 to 1998. She was a research associate at the University of Electro-Communications from 2002 to 2006, an associate professor at Advanced Intsisute of Industrial Tehchnology from 2006 to 2009, and a full professor at the same university from 2009 to 2014. Since 2014, she has been with TWCU. Her research interests include information networks, network robots and mathematical models for robotics. She is a member of Committee on Informatics, Science Council of Japan, and members of ACM, IEEE, Information Processing Society of Japan and the Robotics Society of Japan.
Affiliation
Academic & Professional Experience
2014 - Professor, Division of Mathematical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University
2022 - 2024 Visiting Professor, National Institute of Information
2009 - 2014 Professor, Graduate School of Industrial Technology, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
2006 - 2009 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Industrial Technology, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
2002 - 2006 Research Associate, Graduate School of Information Systems, The University of Electro-Communications
1989 - 1998 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Coorporation
Education
2002 Ph.D. in Engineering (Graduate School of Information Systems, The University of Electro-Communications)
1999 Master of Engineering (Graduate School of Information Systems, The University of Electro-Communications)
1989 Bachelor of Science (Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Association Memberships
Professional Actitivies (International Conferences)
PerFoT 2019 (Co-located with IEEE PerCom 2019) TPC Member PerFoT 2018 (Co-located with IEEE PerCom 2018) TPC Member IFoT 2016 (Co-located with EAI MobiQuitous 2016) TPC Member MUSICAL 2016 (Co-located with EAI MobiQuitous 2016) Program Chair ITIS 2012 (in conjunction with AINA 2012) TPC Member EUCASS 2011 (Co-located with IEEE SAINT 2011) TPC Member ITIS 2011 (in conjunction with NBiS 2011) TPC Member ITIS 2010 (in conjunction with NBiS 2010) TPC Member ITIS 2009 (in conjunction with NBiS 2009) TPC Member Committee Memberships
2023 - Member of Award Committee of Venture Technology Award, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2022 - IPSJ Director, IPSJ (- 2024)
2022 - Expert Member of Review Committee of the Robot Award, METI, Japan
2022 - Member of the Selection Committee for the Subsidy for Research Facilities of Private Universities, MEXT, Japan (- 2024)
2018 - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IPSJ Magazine, IPSJ (- 2023)
2017 - Member of Committee on Informatics, Science Council of Japan (- 2029)
2017 - Councillor, Tokyo Woman's Christian University (- 2025)
2014 - Expert Adviser of Intellectual Property Low, the Supreme Court (- 2026)
2012 - Senior Reviewer of IPSJ Journal, IPSJ
2010 - Expert Member of SIG on RSSR, the Robotics Society of Japan
2004 - Reviewer of the IEICE Transactions, IEICE
2023 - 2024 Member of Editorial Committee of IPSJ Journal on Special Issue of MBL/ITS, IPSJ
2022 - 2026 Expert Member of SIG on ITS, IPSJ
2022 - 2023 Editor in-Chief of IPSJ Journal on Special Issue of Network Services and Distributed Processing, IPSJ
2016 - 2022 Research Area Advisor of PRESTO in Strategic Basic Research Programs, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2007 - 2022 Member of Editorial Committee of IPSJ Journal on Special Issue of Network Services and Distributed Processing, IPSJ
2017 - 2021 Expert Member of Committee of Info-WorkPlace, IPSJ
2019 - 2020 Expert Member of Subcommittee on Establishment of Universities, MEXT, Japan
2019 - 2020 Reviewer of the Scientific Research Grant Committee, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2019 - 2020 Member of Award Committee of Going-Global Innovations Competition, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2015 - 2019 Expert Member of SIG on DPS, IPSJ
2017 - 2018 Member of Editorial Committee of IPSJ Magazine, IPSJ
2013 - 2017 IPSJ Director, IPSJ
2016 - 2016 Expert Member of Technical Review Committee, Bureau of General Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2015 - 2016 Reviewer of the Scientific Research Grant Committee, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2015 - 2015 Expert Member of Techinical Review Committee of Tax Service Systems, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2015 - 2015 Expert Member of Technical Review Committee of Cyber Security Systems, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2014 - 2014 Expert Member of Technical Review Committee, Bureau of General Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2014 - 2015 Member of Steering Committee of InfoTalk, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
2013 - 2013 Expert Member of Tehcnical Committee of ICT at Tokyo Sea Life Park, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2009 - 2013 Secretary of SIG on DPS, IPSJ
2012 - 2012 Expert Member of Technical Review Committee, Bureau of General Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2010 - 2012 Professional Engineer Examiner, the Institute of Professional Engineers, Japan
2008 - 2012 Expert Member of Technical Committe of Sig on ICM, IEICE
2004 - 2012 Reviewer of IPSJ Journal, IPSJ
2011 - 2011 Expert Member of Selection Committee of Domain-name Registrar on Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2010 - 2011 Member of Young Researcher's Award Committee of SIG-ICM, IEICE
2010 - 2011 Member of General-purpose Educational Contents Development Committee, IPA
2010 - 2011 Member of Design Task Force for General-purpose Educational Contents Development Committee, IPA
2010 - 2011 Member of Young Researcher's Award Committee of Communication Society, IEICE
2009 - 2011 Associate Editor of the Journal of IEICE, IEICE
2007 - 2011 Member of Editorial Committee of IPSJ Journal, IPSJ
2007 - 2011 Member of IPSJ Outstanding Paper Award Committee, IPSJ
2009 - 2010 Expert Member of Technical Review Committee of Broadband Newtork in Ogasawara, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2009 - 2010 Expert Member of Technical Review Committee, Board of Education, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2008 - 2009 Expert Member of Review Committee of Information Systems, Bureau of Waterworks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2008 - 2009 Expert Member of Technical Review Committee of ICT Center, Board of Education, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2007 - 2008 Expert Member of Review Committee of Information Systems, Bureau of Waterworks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2007 - 2008 Expert Member of IT System Planning Committe on Schools, Board of Education, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2006 - 2008 Expert Member of Technical Committe of SIG on TM, IEICE
2004 - 2008 Expert Member of SIG on DPS, IPSJ
2006 - 2007 Member of Editorial Committee of IPSJ Journal on Special Issue of DICOMO, IPSJ
Awards
2022 Contribution Award for DICOMO, IPSJ DICOMO 2022
2021 Distinguished Presentation Award, SICE SI 2021
2020 RT-middleware Contest Encouragement Award, Japan Robot Association
2019 Distinguished Speaker Award, IPSJ DPSWS 2019
2019 Special Paper Award, IPSJ DPSWS 2019
2017 Best Paper Award, IPSJ DPSWS 2017
2015 RT-middleware Contest Encouragement Award, Japan Robot Association
2013 Distinguished Paper Award, JeLA
2013 RSNP Contest Distinguished Award, RSJ RSSR Society
2012 RT-middleware Contest RSi Award, Robot Service Initiative
2012 The Best Professor of the Year, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
2012 RSNP Contest Encouragement Award, Robot Service Initiative
2011 RT-middleware Contest RSi Award, Robot Service Initiative
2011 Distinguished Paper Award, IPSJ DPSWS 2011
2011 The Best Professor of the Year, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
2008 Distinguished Paper Award, JeLA
2006 IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award, IPSJ
2006 Contribution Award for Communication Society, IEICE
2003 Distinguished Paper Award, IPSJ DICOMO 2003
Teaching Experience
2020 - Computer Simulation BI, BII, at TWCU
2020 - Junior Seminar, at TWCU
2017 - Operating Systems, at TWCU
2014 - Special Topics in Informatics I, II, at TWCU
2014 - Advanced Course in Matehmatical Informatics AI, AII, at TWCU
2014 - Advanced Course in Matehmatical Informatics BI, BII, at TWCU
2014 - Computer Networks I, at TWCU
2014 - Information Processing Skills (Unix Literacy), at TWCU
2014 - Information Processing Skills (Literacy) I, at TWCU
2014 - Seminar in Information and Sciences, at TWCU
2014 - 2019 Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation BI, BII, at TWCU
2017 - 2018 Computer Networks II, at TWCU
2008 - 2014 Network Systems 1, 2, AIIT
2008 - 2010 Information System Architecture III, AIIT
2007 - 2014 Exercises in Information systems, AIIT
2006 - 2014 Computer Networks 2, AIIT
2006 - 2008 Internet Servers I, AIIT
2006 - 2008 Information Systems I, AIIT
2006 - 2008 Excercises in Information System Architecture, AIIT
2006 - 2008 Excercises in Computer Networks, AIIT
2005 - 2005 Performance Evaluation, the University of Aizu
2005 - 2005 Excercises in Performance Evaluation, the Univesity of Aizu
Research Grants & Projects
2023.04 - 2027.03 Mobility Platform based on Cyber-Physical Cooperation for Autonomous Mobile Robots with Flexible Intelligence (Principal Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2023.04 - 2026.03 A Study on Integrated System Management Platform for Cloud and IoT (Co-Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2023.04 - 2026.03 Research on Autopoetic Service Platform Supporting Smart Society, Cooperative Research Projects, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
2020.04 - 2024.03 A Study of Mobility Platform based on Cyber-Physical Cooperation for Human-Robot Coexisting Environments (Principal Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2020.04 - 2023.03 A Study of Physicality of a Service Robot Using the Accumulation and Analysis of Folk Performing Arts Skills (Co-Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2020.04 - 2023.03 Next-generation Multi-modal Data Processing and Distributing Platform for Human Augmentation, Cooperative Research Projects, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
2020.04 - 2021.03 Mobility Platform Technology based on Cloud-Edge Collaboration for Human-Robot Coexisting Environments, Research Grant, the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation
2020.04 - 2021.03 Edge-based IoT and AI Platform with Secure and Trust Data/Model Distribution Mechanism, Cooperative Research Projects, NII
2017.04 - 2020.03 Advanced of the Network Robot Service Framework for Non-professionals (Co-Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2017.04 - 2020.03 Framework Establishing Human-Machine Trust for Secure IoT Services (Co-Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS
2017.04 - 2020.03 Next-generation Data Processing and Distributing Platform for IoT Services in Human-Machine Cooperation, Cooperative Research Projects, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
2017.04 - 2018.03 IoT Edge Computing Platform for Secure and Real-time Data Deistibution, Cooperative Research Projects, NII
2016.04 - 2017.03 A Secure and Scalable Information Processing Platform for Real-time Utilization of IoT Information Flow, Cooperative Research Projects, NII
2015.04 - 2018.03 A Study of a Pedestrian Model for Mobile Robots in Human-Robot Coexisting Environments (Principal Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2015.04 - 2017.03 A Study of Software Functions for Service Robots Coexisted with Humans, Cooperative Research Project, Shibaura Institute of Technology
2015.04 - 2016.03 A Study of Robot Service Development Platform for Integration of Cloud and Robot Services, Cooperative Research Project, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
2014.04 - 2017.03 Network Robot Service Framework for Non-professionals (Co-Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2014.04 - 2017.03 A Study of Next-generation Information Processing Framework Forcusing on Information Flow, Cooperative Research Projects, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
2014.04 - 2015.03 Simulation Platform for Robot Services Using SIGVerse, Cooperative Research Projects, NII
2013.04 - 2014.03 A Study of Integration Technologies Between Real-world Devices and the Internet, Contributions, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
2013.04 - 2014.03 A Study of ICT and Information Architecture for Customer Attracting Facilities, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2012.04 - 2013.03 A Study on Global Education Systems, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2011.04 - 2014.03 A Study of Service Platforms for Cyber-Physical Society, Cooperative Research Projects, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
2010.04 - 2013.03 A Study of Internet Service Platforms for Robots and Sensors, Cooperative Research Project, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
2010.04 - 2011.03 "A Study of an Educational Program Facilitated by Students Using ICT, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2010.04 - 2011.03 A Study of ICT Infrastructure for PBL Education, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2009.04 - 2010.03 A Study of Network Service Platforms Using Robot Information, Cooperative Research Project, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
2009.04 - 2010.03 A Study of Effective Educational Methods Using ICT, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2009.04 - 2010.03 A Study of Educational Materials and Programs for Advanced Network Infrastructure, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2008.04 - 2014.03 A Study of the Network Service Platform for Real-world Data, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2008.04 - 2009.03 A Study of Information System Architecture and its Education, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2007.04 - 2008.03 A Study of an Educational System on the Course of Information System Architecture, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2007.04 - 2008.03 A Study of PBL Education for Information System Architects, Research Grant of Tokyo Metropolitan University
2005.04 - 2007.03 A Study of High-quality Internet Broadcasting Using Video Contents (Principal Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS
2003.04 - 2005.03 A Study of QoS Management Framework for Next-generation Internet (Principal Investigator), Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), JSPS
2003.04 - 2005.03 Broadcasting Anywhere and Anytime: A Proposal of Video Delivery Systems in Best-effort Networks, Research Grant of the University of Electro-Communications
2001.06 Grants for Researchers Attending International Conferences, the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation
1999.11 Grants for Researchers Attending International Conferences, the NEC C&C Foundation