Prof. Ken Sakamura, Ph.D.
Born in Tokyo in 1951, he is currently
a professor of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at
the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, and the director of
Institute of Infrastructure Application of Ubiquitous Computing there.
He has been the leader of the TRON project since 1984. In this
capacity, he has designed the TRON open computer system architecture,
which has been used in many consumer electronics appliances including
mobile phones (esp. its radio control), digital cameras, FAX machines,
engine control of automobiles, etc. The latest TRON specification OS is
called T-Kernel. Today, the IoT (Internet of Things) or Ubiquitous
Computing is a major research and development target, and basic
research and application developments and leading-edge prototype
systems are being built (http://www.t-engine.org). He has held the
position of the director/CEO of YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory
since January 2002. He has been elected as fellow and golden
core member of the IEEE Computer Society. He was awarded Takeda Award
in 2001, Ichimura Academic Award from the new technology development
foundation in 2001, the Medal with Purple Ribbon from Japanese
government in 2003, and Okawa Prize in 2004, Prime Minister Award in
2005 and Japan Academy Prize in 2006.
