Nei Kato is a full professor and the Dean(2021-2025) 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 34000, h-index 93). 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(2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Outstanding Service Award(2022), IEEE Communications Society Cognitive Networks Technical Committee 2024 PUBLICATION AWARD, 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 | - | 1999 | Editorial 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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