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Professor Sakamura is a member of the Japan Information Processing Society (JIPS); the Institute of Electronics,Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE); the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); and he is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). His papers have won awards from JIPS, IEICE, and IEEE. In 2001, he shared the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Well-Being with Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds.
Professor Ken Sakamura
University of Tokyo Director, Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory, Japan
Ken Sakamura is Professor of Information Science at the University of Tokyo, where he also serves as the Executive Director of the university's newly established Digital Museum.
He's most famous as the originator, chief architect, and principle driving force behind the TRON Project.
Professor Sakamura is a member of the Japan Information Processing Society (JIPS); the Institute of Electronics,Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE); the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); and he is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). His papers have won awards from JIPS, IEICE, and IEEE. In 2001, he shared the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Well-Being with Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds.