Organizing Committee


Organizing Committee Members

Board Members

Position Name Affiliation Remarks
Division Head Yasuhisa Hirata Tohoku University
Division Vice-Head Miwa Ueki Fujitsu Ltd. Chairperson of Committee on Long Range Planning
Chairperson of Committee on Awards
Division Secretary Satoshi Makita Fukuoka Institute of Technology Secretary of Committee on Long Range Planning
Division Secretary Yonghoon Ji JAIST
Division Vice-Secretary Kanae Kochigami Kyoto University Vice-Secretary of Committee on Long Range Planning
Secretary of Committee on Awards
Division Vice-Secretary Yuka Iwanaga TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Chairperson of Committee on Information Management
Division Assistant Secretary Masaru Takeuchi Nagoya University Vice-Secretary of Committee on Awards
Division Assistant Secretary Takahiro Ikeda Gifu University Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Information Management
Special Adviser Noriaki Ando National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Chairperson of Committee on Nominations
Adviser Qi An The University of Tokyo

Members

Position Name Affiliation Remarks
SI 2025 General Chair Yoichi Kurita Hiroshima University
SI 2025 Program Chair Keisuke Shima Yokohama National University
SI 2026 General Chair Lee Jooho Ritsumeikan University
SI 2026 Program Chair Kazuhiro Shimonomura Ritsumeikan University
SII 2025 General Chair Gordon Cheng Technical University of Munich
SII 2025 Program Chair Tetsuya Ogata Waseda University
SII 2026 General Chair Gustavo Garcia Ritsumeikan University
SII 2026 Program Chair Karinne Ramirez-Amaro Chalmers University of Technology
Chairperson of Committee on Long Range Planning Miwa Ueki Fujitsu Ltd. Division Vice-Head
Chairperson of Committee on Awards
Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Long Range Planning Yasuhisa Hasegawa Nagoya University Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Awards
Secretary of Committee on Long Range Planning Satoshi Makita Fukuoka Institute of Technology Division Secretary
Vice-Secretary of Committee on Long Range Planning Kanae Kochigami Kyoto University Division Vice-Secretary
Secretary of Committee on Awards
Chairperson of Committee on Finance Hiromi Mochiyama University of Tsukuba
Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Finance Takuya Gokyuu Tokyu Construction Co., Ltd.
Chairperson of Committee on Awards Miwa Ueki Fujitsu Ltd. Division Vice-Head
Chairperson of Committee on Long Range Planning
Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Awards Yasuhisa Hasegawa Nagoya University Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Long Range Planning
Secretary of Committee on Awards Kanae Kochigami Kyoto University Division Vice-Secretary
Vice-Secretary of Committee on Long Range Planning
Vice-Secretary of Committee on Awards Masaru Takeuchi Nagoya University Division Assistant Secretary
Chairperson of Committee on Nominations Noriaki Ando National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Special Adviser
Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Nominations Yasuhira Hirata Tohoku University Division Head
Secretary of Committee on Nominations Sosuke Nakamura Hosei University
Chairperson of Committee on Information Management Yuka Iwanaga TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Division Vice-Secretary
Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Information Management Takahiro Ikeda Gifu University Division Assistant Secretary
Regular Member of Committee on Information Management Kenichi Ohara Meijo University
Chairperson of Committee on International Affairs Takuo Suzuki Aichi Prefectural University
Vice-Chairperson of Committee on International Affairs Sarthak Pathak Chuo University
Secretary of Committee on International Affairs Kahori Kita Johns Hopkins University
Chairperson of Committee on Industrial Applications Jun Fujita Mitsubishi Heavy Industrialies, Ltd.
Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Industrial Applications Hiroyuki Nakamoto SEC Co., Ltd.
Chairperson of Committee on Technical Committees Management Tetsuya Kinugawa Okayama University of Science
Editorial of Journal of SICE Daisuke Yashiro Mie University
Editorial of Transactions of SICE Takashi Yoshimi Shibaura Institute of Technology
Editorial of JCMSI Masayoshi Wada Tokyo University of Science
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Automation Fumiya Shibukawa IHI
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Robotics
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Mechatronics System Kazuma Sekiguchi Tokyo City University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Rescue Engineering Masashi Konyo Tohoku University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Assistive Engineering Hironari Taniguchi Osaka Institute of Technology
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Universal Design Tadashi Yoshidome Kanagawa Institute of Technology
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Co-creation System Takayuki Nozawa Toyama University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Safe, Secure, and Reliable Society Tomohiro Umetani Konan University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Biosystem
Chairperson of Technical Committee on RT System Integration Sho’ji Suzuki Future University Hakodate
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Robot Therapy Atsushi Shimoda Chiba Institute of Technology
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Soft Materials Noriyasu Iwamoto Shinshu University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Integrated Medical Engineering Hiroyasu Iwata Waseda University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Haptics Katsunari Sato Nara Women’s University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Biomimetic Machines Masaaki Ikeda National Institute of Technology, Tokuyama College
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Kukanchi Mihoko Niitsuma Chuo University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Field Robotics Toshinobu Takei Seikei University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Swarm Systems Kosuke Sekiyama Meijo University
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Observation Technology for Astronomy
Chairperson of Technical Committee on Robotic Manipulation Kenji Tahara Kyushu University
Chairperson of Research Committee for the System Integration Theory Noriaki Ando National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Special Adviser

Advisory Board

Position Name Affiliation Remarks
Chairperson Toshio Fukuda Nagoya University Adviser, Division Head in FY 2000
Member Kazuhiro Kosuge Tohoku University Adviser, Division Head from FY 2001 to FY 2002
Member Makoto Mizukawa Shibaura Institute of Technology Adviser, Division Head in FY 2003
Member Shigeyasu Kawaji Kumamoto University Adviser, Division Head from FY 2004 to FY 2005
Member Shigeki Sugano Waseda University Adviser, Division Head from FY 2006 to FY 2007
Member Nobuto Matsuhira Shibaura Institute of Technology Adviser, Division Head from FY 2008 to FY 2009
Member Tetsuo Kotoku National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Adviser, Division Head from FY 2010 to FY 2011
Member Hiroki Murakami IHI Adviser, Division Head from FY 2012 to FY 2013
Member Yasushi Nakauchi University of Tsukuba Adviser, Division Head from FY 2014 to FY 2015
Member Shinji Kanda Fujitsu Laboratory Ltd. Adviser, Division Head from FY 2016 to FY 2017
Member Fumihito Arai The University of Tokyo Adviser, Division Head from FY 2018 to FY 2019
Member Akio Noda Osaka Institute of Technology Adviser, Division Head from FY 2020 to FY 2021

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