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Nei Kato is a full professor and the Dean with Graduate School of Information Sciences(GSIS) and was the Director(2015-2019) of Research Organization of Electrical Communication(ROEC) and the Strategic Adviser(2013) to the President, Tohoku University. He has been engaged in research on computer networking, wireless mobile communications, satellite communications, ad hoc & sensor & mesh networks, UAV networks, smart grid, AI, IoT, Big Data, and pattern recognition. He has published more than 500 papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and conferences(Google Scholar citation 28000, h-index 87). He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Internet of Things Journal, the Fellow Committee Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Chair of IEEE Communications Society Sendai Chapter, and the Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. He served as the Vice-President (Membership & Global Activities) of IEEE Communications Society(2018-2021), the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Network Magazine (2015-2017), the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology(2017-2021), a Member-at-Large on the Board of Governors, IEEE Communications Society(2014-2016), a Vice Chair of Fellow Committee of IEEE Computer Society(2016), and a member of IEEE Communications Society Award Committee (2015-2017). He has also served as the Chair of Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee (2010-2012) and Internet of Things, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Technical Committee (2014-2015) of IEEE Communications Society. His awards include Minoru Ishida Foundation Research Encouragement Prize(2003), Distinguished Contributions to Satellite Communications Award from the IEEE Communications Society, Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee(2005), the FUNAI information Science Award(2007), the TELCOM System Technology Award from Foundation for Electrical Communications Diffusion(2008), the IEICE Network System Research Award(2009), the IEICE Satellite Communications Research Award(2011), the KDDI Foundation Excellent Research Award(2012), IEICE Communications Society Distinguished Service Award(2012), IEICE Communications Society Best Paper Award(2012), Distinguished Contributions to Disaster-resilient Networks R&D Award from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan(2014), Outstanding Service and Leadership Recognition Award 2016 from IEEE Communications Society Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks Technical Committee, Radio Achievements Award from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan (2016), IEEE Communications Society Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award(2017 and 2019), Prize for Science and Technology from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan(2018), Award from Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan(2018), IEEE Transactions on Computers 2018 Best Paper Award, IEEE Communications Society Green Communications and Computing Technical Committee Distinguished Technical Achievement Recognition Award(2019), Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers(2019,2020,2021,2022,2023), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Outstanding Service Award(2022), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society The Stuart F. Meyer Memorial Award(2023), and Best Paper Awards from IEEE ICC/GLOBECOM/WCNC/VTC. Nei Kato is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society. He is a Fellow of The Engineering Academy of Japan, Fellow of IEEE, and Fellow of IEICE.
Name Nei Kato
Address Correspondence Graduate School of Information Sciences. Tohoku University. Aoba 09, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Date of Birth 9.May, 1962
Education and
Professional Experience
1988.3 M.D Tohoku University, Information Engineering
1991.4 Ph.D Tohoku University, Information Engineering
1991.4 Research Associate, Tohoku University, Computer Center
1996.5 Associate Professor, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Sciences
2003.4- Professor, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Sciences
2013.3 - 2014.3 Special Assistant to the President of Tohoku University
2015.10 - 2019.9 Director of Research Organization of Electrical Communication(ROEC), Tohoku University
2018.4- 2021.3 Deputy Dean, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
2021.4- Dean, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University

1997-1999Editorial member of the Journal The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering (IEICE)
2000 Member of Satellite Communication Technical committee of IEICE
2001 Member of Communication System Technical committee of IEICE
2002-2005 Associate Editor of IEICE Transcations of Communications
2003 Associate Editor of the Special Issue on Recent Fundamental Technologies for Broadband Satellite Communications (IEICE Trans. of Communications)
2005 Associate Editor of the Special Issue on The Next Generation Ethernet Technologies
(IEICE Trans. of Communications)
2005 Co-Guest Editors of the Special Issue on Broadband Convergence Networks
(BcN) (Journal of Communications and Networks)
2006- Associate Editor of the Wiley International Journal of Communications Systems
2006- Advisory Board Member, Wiley Security and Communications Networks
2006 Technical Editor: IEEE Wireless Communications
2007 Co-Chair, the Internet Protocol Symposium, IEEE GLOBECOM
2008 Co-Chair, Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium, CHINACOM
2009 Co-Chair, ACCESSNETS Workshop
2009 Co-Chair, CHINACOM
2009 Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
2009 Secretary, IEEE Ad hoc & Sensor Networks Technical Committee (TC)
2010 Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2010 Vice Chair, IEEE Asia Pacific Board (Meeting & Conferences Committee)
2010 Co-Chair, Fall Workshop, VTC
2010 Vice Chair, Network Track, IEEE WCNC TPC
2010 Co-Chair, Ad hoc & Sensor Network Symposium, IEEE ICC
2010-2012 Chair, IEEE Satellite and Space Communications TC
2011 Co-Chair, IEEE ICC f11 Ad hoc & Sensor Network Symposium
2011 Vice Chair, Network Track, IEEE WCNC TPC
2011 Guest Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS) Special Issue (SI) on Cyber Physical System
2011-2012 Chair, IEICE Technical Committee on Satellite Communications
2011-2014 Editor, IEEE TPDS
2012 Symposium Co-Chair, Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium, IEEE ICC
2012 Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE ICCC
2012 Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM
2012 Guest Editor-in-Chief, IEICE SI on Satellite Communication Technologies in Conjunction with Main Topics of JC-SAT2011
2012-2013 Vice Chair, IEEE Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks TC
2012- Steering Committee Member, IEEE WCNC
2012-2015 IEEE GLOBECOM/ICC Technical Content (GITC) Member
2012-2014 Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC)
2012-2014 Editor, IEEE Network Magazine
2012- Chair, IEEE Sendai Chapter
2013 Co-Chair, Wireless Networking Symposium, IEEE GLOBECOM
2013-2014 Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE TPDS
2013- Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
2014-2016 Member-at-Large on the Board of Governors, IEEE COMSOC
2014 TPC Vice Chair, IEEE ICC
2014 Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE SmartGridComm
2014 Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE TrustComm
2013-2014 Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Network Magazine
2014-2017 Area Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2014-2015 Chair, Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks TC of IEEE COMSOC
2014- IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturer
2015.7-2017.6 Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Network Magazine
2015- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computers
2015 Guest Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal SI on gThings h as Intelligent Sensors and Actuators in the Users f Context: Processing and Communications Issues
2015 Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE WCNC
2015 GITC Advisor, IEEE GLOBECOM
2015-2016 IEEE Computer Society Award Committee
2015-2017 Member, IEEE Communications Society Awards Committee
2016 Vice Chair, IEEE Computer Society Fellow Committee
2016 General Chair, IEEE TrustComm
2017-2021 Vice President, IEEE Communications Society
2017-2021 Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2020 IEEE ICCC Executive General Chair
2022-2023 Director of Magazines, IEEE Communications Society
2023-2025 Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Internet of Things Journal




Major Awards and Recognitions
2003 M. Ishida Foundation Research Encouraging Award
"Researches on Next-Generation Satellite Networks Construction and Contents Delivering Technology"
2003 7th World Multi-conference on Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics, Best Paper Award
"Handwritten Japanese Address Recognition Technique Based on Phased Search of Candidate Rectangle Lattice"
2005 IEEE Communications Society, Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee,
Distinguished Contributions to Satellite Communications Award
2007 The 6th Funai Award for Advancement of Information Sciences@
"The Pioneering Research Activities on Next-Generation Network Protocol for Realizing Fusion between Satellite Networks and Terrestrial Network"
2008 The 23rd TELECOM System Technology Award
"REFWA: An Efficient and Fair Congestion Control Scheme for LEO Satellite Networks"
"Recent Trends in IP/NGEO Satellite Communication System: Transport, Routing, and Mobility Management"
2009 IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems, Research Award
"A Study of Definition of Traffic Pattern on Traitor Tracing Technology"
2009 IEEE IWCMC 2009 Best Paper Award
"Exploring the Security Requirements for Quality of Service in Combined Wired and Wireless Networks"
2009 IEEE IC-NIDC 2009 Best Paper Award
"On the Performance Analysis of Traffic Splitting on Load Imbalancing and Packet Reordering of Bursty Traffic"
2010 IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 Best Paper Award
"Gateway Selection in Multi-hop Wireless Networks using Route and Link Optimization"
2010 IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 Best Paper Award
"HYMN to Improve the Longevity of Wireless Sensor Networks"
2011 IEICE Technical Committee on Satellite Communication, Research Award
2012 IEEE WCNC 2012 Best Paper Award
"End-to-End Delay in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks with Generalized Transmission Range and Limited Packet Redundancy"
2012 The KDDI Foundation Excellent Research Award
2012 IEICE Communication Society Best Paper Award
2012 IEICE Meritorious Service Certificate
2012 IEICE Outstanding Contribution Award
2012 IEEE Certificate of Appreciation as a Top Associate Editor
2012 IECE Fellow Award for Contributions to Research and Development of IP Satellite Networks
2013 IEEE Fellow Award of the IEEE Communication Society
2013 IEEE VTC 2013-Spring Conference's Best Satellite Networks and Positioning Track Paper
"An Efficient Data Transfer Method for Distributed Storage System over Satellite Networks"
2013 IEEE IWCMC 2013 Best Paper Award
"A Divide and Conquer Approach for Efficient Bandwidth Allocation in Next Generation Satellite-Routed Sensor System (SRSS)"
2013 IEICE Technical Committee on Satellite Communication, Research Award
2013 IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 Best Paper Award
"A Centralized Multiple Access Scheme for Data Gathering in Satellite-Routed Sensor System (SRSS)"
2014 IEEE WCNC 2014 Best Paper Award
"An Efficient Traffic Detouring Method by Using Device-to-Device Communication Technologies in Heterogeneous Network"
2014 Distinguished Contributions to Disaster-resilient Networks R&D Award from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
2014 SPECTS 2014 Best Paper Award
"A Partially Centralized Messaging Control Scheme Using Star Topology in Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networks"
2014 IEEE IC-NIDC 2014 Best Paper Award
"Resource Allocation for Data Gathering in UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks"
2014 WCSP 2014 Best Paper Award
"Joint Design of Density of Access Points and Partially Overlapped Channel Assignment for Capacity Optimization in Wireless Networks"
2014 IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 Best Paper Award
"On Joint Optimal Placement of Access Points and Partially Overlapping Channel Assignment for Wireless Networks"
2015 WCSP 2015 Best Paper Award
"A Modeling Technique Utilizing Feedback Control Theory for Performance Evaluation of IoT System in Real-time"
2015 IEEE/CIC ICCC 2015 Best Paper Award
"A Novel Network Design and Operation for Reducing Transmission Power in Cloud Radio Access Network with Power over Fiber"
2016 IEEE Communications Society Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks
2016 Outstanding Service & Leadership Recognition Award
2016 IEEE VTC 2016-Spring Best Paper Award
"A Novel Graph-Based Topology Control Cooperative Algorithm for Maximizing Throughput of Disaster Recovery Networks"
2016 IEEE IC-NIDC 2016 Best Paper Award
"Eco-Udc: An Energy Efficient Data Collection Method For Disaster Area Networks"
2016 IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Best Paper Award
"Optimizing Uplink Resource Allocation for D2D Overlaying Cellular Networks with Power Control"
2017 IEEE VTC 2017-Fall Workshop 2017 Best Paper Award
"A TD-LTE-A Based Efficient Radio Access Scheme for Realtime Data Transmission over Relay Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks"
2017 IEEE ComSoc AP Outstanding Paper Award
"Relay-by-smartphone: realizing multihop device-to-device communications"
2017 IEEE GLOBECOM 2017 Best Paper Award
"A Tensor Based Deep Learning Technique for Intelligent Packet Routing"
2018 Prize for Science and Technology from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2018 Award from the Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
2019 IEEE Communications Society Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award
2019 IEEE Communications Society Green Communications and Computing Technical Committee Distinguished Technical Achievement Recognition Award
2019 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers
2019 IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 Best Paper Award
2019 The International Conference on Wireless Communication and signal Processing Organizing Committee(WCSP) 10-Year Anniversary Excellent Paper Award
2020 IEICE Network System Research Award
2020 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers
2020 IEEE Communications Society Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award
2021 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers
2022 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Outstanding Service Award
2022 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers
2022 Letter of Appreciation, from National Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Others
2007 Certificate of Appreciation for Internet Protocol Symposium Chair at IEEE GLOBECOM 2007
2010 Certificate of Appreciation for Network symposium Vice-Chair at IEEE WCNC 2010
2010 Certificate of Appreciation for Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium Co-Chair at IEEE ICC 2010
2011 Certificate of Appreciation for Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium Co-Chair at IEEE ICC 2011
2012 Certificate of Appreciation for Symposium Co-Chair at IEEE GLOBECOM 2012
2012 Certificate of Appreciation for Track Chair at IEEE PIMRC 2012
2013 Certificate of Appreciation for Symposium Co-Chair at IEEE GLOBECOM 2013
2014 Certificate of Appreciation for Publicity Co-Chair at IEEE INFOCOM 2014
2014 Certificate of Appreciation for Vice-Chair at IEEE ICC 2014
2014 Certificate of Appreciation for Symposium Co-Chair at IEEE SmartGridComm 2014
2017 Certificate of Appreciation for serving as a member of the IEEE ComSoc Award Committee 2017
2017 Certificate of Appreciation for serving as the EiC of IEEE Network Magazine 2017
2019 Certificate of Appreciation for serving as the Vice President of IEEE Communications Society 2019

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