Present Job：

• The U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor of Robotics and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University

Areas of Expertise：

• Artificial Intelligence, Computer vision, Robotics

Education：

• Elected member of National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
• Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• Special Advisor, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
• Visiting Scholar at multiple research institutions
• Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS)
• Member, Science Council of Japan
• Recipient of the Joseph Engelberger Robotics Award
• Recipient of the Kyoto Advanced Technology Award
• Recipient of the IEEE Founders Medal