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Toshio Hori

Affiliation

Senior Research Scientist
Digital Human Research Center
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

TEL: +81-3-3599-8316
FAX: +81-3-5530-2066
E-Mail: t.hori@aist.go.jp  (PGP Public Key)

Careers

Mar. 1991,  Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
(Major: Mechanical Engineering)
Mar. 1993,  Finished Masters course, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
(Major: Engineering Synthesis)
Mar. 1996,  Completed Dr.'s course, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
(Major: Engineering Synthesis)
Mar. 1996,  Received Dr. of Engineering degree from The University of Tokyo.
Apr. 1996,  Joined Electrotechnical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, MITI.
Researcher, Intelligent Systems Division
Apr. 2001,  Joined Digital Human Laboratory (Reseach Scientist), AIST.
Apr. 2003,  The laboratory was renamed to Digital Human Research Center.
Oct. 2004,  Promoted to Senior Research Scientist.
Jul. 2008,  Deputy Director for Information and Communication Technology Policy.
Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan. (until Jul. 2009)
 
Followings are visiting or additional positions.
Sep. 2000,  Visiting Lecturer, University of Tsukuba. (until Mar. 2001)
Jan. 2001,  Tsukuba Advanced Computing Center(TACC), AIST. (until May 2002)
Dec. 2001,  Visiting Lecturer, University of Tsukuba. (until Mar. 2002)
Dec. 2002,  Visiting Lecturer, University of Tsukuba. (until Mar. 2003)
Jan. 2003,  Member, Network Working Group, Steering Committee, TACC, AIST. (until Mar. 2004)
Dec. 2003,  Visiting Lecturer, University of Tsukuba. (until Mar. 2004)
Aug. 2004,  Visiting Lecturer, University of Tsukuba. (until Nov. 2004)
Aug. 2005,  Visiting Lecturer, University of Tsukuba. (until Nov. 2005)
Apr. 2006,  Visiting Lecturer, Waseda University.

Activities for Academic Societies

  • Committee member:
  • RSJ (The Robotics Society of Japan)
  • Member, The board of directors (2004.03 - 2006.03).
  • Member, The board of trustees (2003.03 - 2004.03).
  • Member, The board of trustees (2007.03 - 2009.03).
  • Vice chair, The activity planning committee (2004.03 - 2005.03).
  • Chair, The activity planning committee (2005.03 - 2006.03).
  • Vice chair, Annual conference investigative committee (2003.07 - 2005.11).
  • Member, Future prospects formulation committee (2005.07 - 2006.03).
  • Member, Publication committee (2010.04 - 2012.03).
  • Member, Computerization steering committee (2010.04 - 2011.03).
  • Member, The 17th best paper award selection committee (2003.04 - 2003.07).
  • Member, The 18th best paper award selection committee (2004.04 - 2004.09).
  • Member, The 18th young researcher award selection committee (2003.04 - 2003.07).
  • Member, The 19th young researcher award selection committee (2003.12 - 2004.09).
  • Member, The 22nd young researcher award selection committee (2006.12 - 2007.09).
  • Member, Program committee, The 12th Robotics Symposia (2006.10 - 2007.03).
  • Member, The 13th Robotics Symposia program committee (2007.10 - 2008.03).
  • JSME (The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering)
  • Member, Program committee, Annual Conf. of Robomech'04 (2003.10 - 2004.06).
  • Member, Program committee, Annual Conf. of Robomech'08 (2007.12 - 2008.06).
  • Member, Program committee, Annual Conf. of Robomech'09 (2008.12 - 2009.06).
  • Member, Program committee, Annual Conf. of Robomech 2010 (2009.12 - 2010.06).
  • IEEJ (The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan)
  • Member, Research committee, Intelligent Mechatronics (1996.08 - 1998.08).
  • Member, Research committee, Intelligent Systems (1998.08 - 2000.08).
  • SICE (The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers)
  • Member, Program committee, Annual Conf. of System Integration 2002. (2002.08 - 2002.12)
  • JARA (Japan Robot Association)
  • Chief Investigator, Robotic Functional Services WG, RT Middleware International Standard Research Committee (2007.12 - 2008.03).
  • Chief Investigator, Robotic Interaction Services WG, RT Middleware International Standard Research Committee (2009.12 -).
  • IEEE and others
  • Member, Program committee, IEEE The First International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering (CME2005) (2004.08 - 2005.05).
  • Member, Program committee, The 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9) (2005.08 - 2006.03).
  • Member, Program committee, IEEE/RSJ 2006 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2006) (2005.09 - 2006.10).
  • Member, Program committee, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2006) (2005.12 - 2006.06).
  • Member, Program committee, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Information Acquisition (ICIA2006) (2006.05 - 2006.08).
  • Member, Program committee, 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN2007) (2006.12 - 2007.08).
  • Member, Program committee, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2010) (2010.06 - 2010.12).


  • Workshop/Session organizer:
  • Workshop "Digital Human Modeling", 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference of Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001) (2001.10).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2003) (2003.07).
  • Special session "Digital Human Technology", 2004 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2004) (2004.10).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 19th Annual Conference of RSJ. (2001.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 20th Annual Conference of RSJ. (2002.10).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 21st Annual Conference of RSJ. (2003.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 22nd Annual Conference of RSJ. (2004.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 23rd Annual Conference of RSJ. (2005.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 24th Annual Conference of RSJ. (2006.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 25th Annual Conference of RSJ. (2007.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 26th Annual Conference of RSJ. (2008.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 27th Annual Conference of RSJ. (2009.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", The 28th Annual Conference of RSJ. (2010.09).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'02 (2002.06).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'03 (2003.05).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'04 (2004.06).
  • Organized session "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'05 (2005.06).
  • Session coordinator "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'06 (2006.05).
  • Session coordinator "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'07 (2007.05).
  • Session coordinator "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'08 (2008.06).
  • Session coordinator "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech'09 (2009.06).
  • Session coordinator "Digital Human", JSME Annual Conference of Robomech 2010 (2010.06).


  • Reviewer:
  • IEEE Transactions of Robotics and Automation.
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions of Mechatronics.
  • Advanced Robotics.
  • Journal of Robotics Society of Japan.
  • Journal of Human Interface Society.
  • IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
  • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
  • IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics.
  • IEEE International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering.
  • IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation.
  • IEEE International Conference on Information Acquisition.
  • IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology.
  • International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems.

Research Topics

  • Tele-Handling/Machining System with Realistic Sensation Feedback (- 1996)
  • Developed a set of 2+1 DOF master manipulators,
  • Force feedback with time-delay compensation using physical models of machining,
  • Machining state display using force based on the realtime machining state detection method,
  • Predictive machined surface display using machining force and information transformation method, and
  • Cooperative tele-machining/tele-education with multiple operators.


  • Tele-Micro-Machining/Handling/Surgery System (- 1996)
  • Developed a camera/monitor control system which recognizes changes of operator's posture.


  • Intelligent Active Monitoring (1996 - 1998)
  • Automatic object tracking for tele-operation system.


  • Networked Robot System (1998 - 1999)
  • Evaluation of availability of distributed object technology, CORBA, for networked robots.


  • Distributed Sensor Networks (2000 - now)
  • Distributed sensor network for sensorized environment,
  • Dynamically reconfigurable module/stream based programming framework,
  • Realtime sensor network with the Responsive Processors[TM?].
  • Enhanced 3-D position estimation algorithm using ultrasonic sensors.
  • Sensorized Elderly Care Home.