Tomohiko Taniguchi received his B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan in 1982, and joined Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, Kawasaki, Japan (received his Ph.D. from the same university in 2006). From 1987 to 1988, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; from 1996 to 2000, he was with Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Sunnyvale, CA, USA. He is currently with Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, Kawasaki, Japan, as a Research Principal. He has been active in the field of signal processing for more than 30 years. He was a member of various technical committees in IEEE, IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) and IEE-J (Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan), served for many conferences and symposia, including 12 times Symposium Chair for Signal Processing Symposium in ICC'02, Globecom'02, Globecom'03, ICC'05, ICC'06, ICC'07, Globecom'07, ICC'08, ICC'09, Globecom'09, Globecom'10 and ICC'11.
He is recognized for his inventions in speech coding and DSP technologies, and holds essential patents for various international standards, such as ITU-T, MPEG, 3GPP, and 3GPP2. He is a recipient of several awards for his papers, patents, and contributions to academic society. (e.g. Best Symposium Award (IEEE IWCMC, 2011), Top Associate Editor (IEEE-TVT, 2009/2010/2011), Outstanding Service Award (IEEE-ComSoc 2006/2010)). He was a Chair, IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Electronics Technical Committee (2006-2008), Special Liaison for ComSoc Activities, Asia-Pacific Board (2010-2011), and has been an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since May 2007.
Dr. Taniguchi is a Fellow of IEEE and IEICE.
