Background
Kawata, Yoshiyuki was born on January 7, 1946 in Sakai, Gunma-ken, Japan. Son of Koshirou and Suzuko (Shibusawa) Kawata.
Kawata, Yoshiyuki was born on January 7, 1946 in Sakai, Gunma-ken, Japan. Son of Koshirou and Suzuko (Shibusawa) Kawata.
Bachelor of Science, Kyoto University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Massachusetts, 1974. Doctor of Science, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1978.
Research associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute, New York City, 1974-1976; associate professor, Kanazawa Institute Technology, Ishikawa, Japan, 1976-1981; professor, Kanazawa Institute Technology, Ishikawa, Japan, since 1981; director information science laboratory, Kanazawa Institute Technology, Ishikawa, Japan, since 1986.
Member Remote Sensing Society, Remote Sensign Society of Japan (editorial member since 1989), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Geosci. and Remote Sensing Society.
Married Keiko Motomatsu, August 10, 1974. Children: Shyogo, Hideho.