About Tokyo Tech
About Tokyo Tech
Osamu Watanabe has been executive vice president for research initiatives at Tokyo Tech since April 1, 2024.
After earning his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Tokyo Tech's Department of Information Science in 1980, 1982, and 1987 respectively, Watanabe joined the University of California, Santa Barbara as a Ky Fan visiting associate professor. He returned to Tokyo Tech in 1989 as lecturer in the School of Engineering, becoming associate professor in 1990. Beginning in 1995, Watanabe spent two years at Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as senior scientific research specialist while concurrently lecturing at Tokyo Tech. He was appointed professor at the Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering in 1997.
From 2007 to 2011, Watanabe headed the Global Scientific Information and Computing Center (GSIC). He was a member of the Education and Research Council from 2015 to 2016, and professor and dean at the School of Computing from 2016 to 2018. Throughout his career, Watanabe has helped organize 14 annual programming contests for high school students utilizing Tokyo Tech's supercomputer.
An editor of Theory of Computing Systems since 1991, Watanabe also edited Theoretical Computer Science from 1992 to 2016. He has been the president of the European Association of Theoretical Computer Science, Japan Chapter since 2010, and served on the board of trustees of the Computational Complexity Foundation Inc. from 2016 to 2017.
Watanabe served as executive vice president for research at Tokyo Tech from 2018 to 2024. In addition to his current position, he has been president and CEO of the National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training since April 2024.
April 2024 |
Executive Vice President for Research Initiatives, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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April 2024 - present |
President and CEO, National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (INPIT) |
April 2018 - March 2024 |
Executive Vice President for Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
April 2016 - March 2018 |
Dean, School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
April 2016 |
Professor, School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
March 2015 - March 2016 |
Member, Education and Research Council, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
April 2007 - March 2011 |
Director, Global Scientific Information and Computing Center (GSIC), Tokyo Institute of Technology |
October 1997 |
Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
August 1995 - July 1997 |
Senior Scientific Research Specialist, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
June 1990 |
Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
March 1989 |
Lecturer, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
August 1987 - August 1988 |
Ky Fan Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara |
May 1987 |
Doctor of Engineering, Department of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
August 1986 |
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
July 1982 |
Assistant Professor, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
March 1982 |
Master of Science, Department of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
March 1980 |
Bachelor of Science, Department of Information Science, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology |