Kiyoshi Tanaka

Kiyoshi Tanaka (M’13) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and operations research from National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan, in 1984 and 1989, respectively, and the Dr.Eng. degree from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1992. In 1995, he joined Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, where he is currently a Full Professor and the Vice-President as well as the Director of Global Education Center. He has been a Project Leader of JSPS Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation. Prof. Tanaka was a recipient of the Best Paper Award in GECCO2011 and GECCO2015. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers Japan (IIEEJ) as well as the IIEEJ Transactions on Image Electronics and Visual Computing. He is a member of IEICE, IPSJ, and JSEC.