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Biography
Suguru Arimoto was born on 3 August 1936 in
Hiroshima, Japan. He received B.S. degree in mathematics from
Kyoto University, Japan, in 1959 and Dr. Eng. Degree in control
engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1967. From
1959 to 1961 he was with Oki Electric Industry Co.Ltd., Tokyo,
as an engineer in Electric Computer Department. From 1962 to
1967 he was Research Assistant, and from 1967 to 1968 Lecturer
in the Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information
Physics, the University of Tokyo. In 1968 he jointed the Faculty
of Engineering Science at Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, as
Associate Professor, and in 1973 he was promoted as Professor of
Systems Engineering. In 1988 he was invited to join the
University of Tokyo as Professor of the Department of
Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics. In 1997 he
retired from the University of Tokyo and moved to Ritsumeikan
University, where he contributed to establishment of a new
department of Robotics. Since 1997 he has been Professor at the
department of robotics. His research interests are in
information theory, control theory, cybernetics, robotics, and
machine intelligence. He is IEEE Fellow (1983) and IEICE Fellow
(2000), and was awarded Royal Medal with a Purple Ribbon from
the Japanese Government in 2000, the IEEE 3rd Millennium Medal
from the IEEE in 2000, and IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Pioneer Award in 2006. He is also RSJ Fellow (2003), JSME Fellow
(2005), and Honorary Member of the SITA (2005).
Birth: August 3, 1936
Education
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B.S., in Mathematics, Kyoto University, March 1959
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Ph.D., in Control Engineering, the University of Tokyo, 1967
Professional Experience
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1959 April – 1962 January, Oki Electric Industry Co.Ltd.
– Research Engineer in the R & D Department of Electric Computer
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1962 February – 1967 March, The University of Tokyo
– Research Assistant in the Department of Applied Physics,
Faculty of Engineering
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1967 April – 1968 March, The University of Tokyo
– Lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Engineering and
Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering
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1968 April – 1973 February, Osaka University
– Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science
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1973 March – 1990 March, Osaka University
– Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty
of Engineering Science
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1988 April – 1997 March, The University of Tokyo
– Professor at the Department of Mathematical Engineering and
Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering
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1997 March 31, Retired from the University of Tokyo according to
the age limit
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1997 April, Ritsumeikan University
– Professor at the Department of Robotics, Faculty of Science
and Engineering
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Since 1990 April, Emeritus Professor of Osaka University
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1998 April – 2000 October, Ritsumeikan University
– Director of the Robotics and FA Center
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2000 June – 2002 March, Ritsumeikan University
– Director of the VLSI Center
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Since 2002 April, Ritsumeikan University
– Director of the Rhome Memorial Hall
Awards and Honors
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1967: Yonezawa Promotion Award from the IEICE (the Institute of
Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers)
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1968: Paper Award from the SICE (the Society for Instrument and
Control Engineers)
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1974: The 1974 Best Paper Award from the Information Theory
Society of the IEEE
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1976: Paper Award from the SICE
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1983: Fellow from the IEEE
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1987: Paper Award from the SICE
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1987: Sawaragi Memorial Award from the ISCIE (the Institute of
Systems, Control, and Information Engineers)
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1994: Paper Award from the RSJ (Robotics Society of Japan)
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1997: The Meritorious Award of the JSME 100th Anniversary (JSME:
the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers)
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1998: Meritorious Award from the Robo-Mec Society of the JSME
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2000: Fellow from the IEICE
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2000: The IEEE Third Millennium Medal
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2000: Medal with a Purple Ribbon from the Japanese Government
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2002: Russel Springer Professor, University of California at
Berkeley, California, USA
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2003: Best Book Publication Award from the SICE
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2003: Best Paper Award from the Japan-USA Symposium of Flexible
Automation
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2003: Fellow from the RSJ
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2005: Fellow from the JSME
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2005: Honorary Member from the SITA (Society of Information
Theory and Its Applications)
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2006: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award
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