Yuji Matsumoto

Background

Matsumoto, Yuji was born on March 25, 1955 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Toyoharu and Sumiko Matsumoto.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Kyoto U., 1977; Master of Science, Kyoto U., 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto U., 1989.

Career

Researcher, Electrotech. Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan, 1979-1988; deputy chief, Institute for New Generation Computer Technology, Tokyo, 1985-1987; associate professor, Kyoto U., 1988-1993; professor, Nara (Japan) Institute Science and Technology, since 1993. Academic visitor Imperial College, London, 1984-1985.

Member consultant committee Info-Technology Promoting Agency, Tokyo, since 1992.

Achievements

• Yuji Matsumoto has been listed as a noteworthy Science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japan Software Science Society (trustee since 1994), Association Natural Language Processing (trustee since 1994), Japanese Society Artificial Intelligence (councilor since 1994).

Interests

• Avocations: camping, tennis.

Connections

Married Kazue Sakamoto, August 25, 1984;children: Megumi, Hiroshi Taku.

Father:

Toyoharu Matsumoto

Mother:

Sumiko Matsumoto

Spouse:

Kazue Sakamoto

child:

Megumi Matsumoto

child:

Hiroshi Taku Matsumoto