Background
Watanabe, Tomio was born on November 18, 1955 in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan.
Watanabe, Tomio was born on November 18, 1955 in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan.
Bachelor degree, Okayama (Japan) University, 1978. Master degree, University Tokyo, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1983.
Researcher, Yamagata U., Yonezawa, 1983-1984; lecturer, Yamagata U., Yonezawa, 1984-1989; associate professor, Yamagata U., Yonezawa, 1989-1993; professor, Okayama Prefectural U., since 1993. Referee Nakayama Foundation for Human Science, Tokyo, since 1994.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (RO-Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg Best Paper award 1998), Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan Society Mechanical Engineers, Human Interface Society (Paper award 2001).
Married Tomiko Watanabe. Children: Tomika, Tomina.