Hiroaki Kitano

KITANO is President and CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., President of The Systems Biology Institute, Professor at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Director of Laboratory for Disease Systems Modeling, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, and Corporate Executive, Sony Corporation.  He is also a Founding President of the Robocup Federation, Executive Committee Member of IJCAI and Member of the AI & Robotics Council of World Economic Forum.

He received The Computers and Thought Award from the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence in 1993, Prix Ars Electronica 2000, Design Award 2001 from Japan Inter-Design Forum, and Nature’s 2009 Japan Mid-career Award for Creative Mentoring in Science, as well as being an invited artist for Biennale di Venezia 2000 and Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2001.KITANO is President and CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., President of The Systems Biology Institute, Professor at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Director of Laboratory for Disease Systems Modeling, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, and Corporate Executive, Sony Corporation.  He is also a Founding President of the Robocup Federation, Executive Committee Member of IJCAI and Member of the AI & Robotics Council of World Economic Forum.

He received The Computers and Thought Award from the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence in 1993, Prix Ars Electronica 2000, Design Award 2001 from Japan Inter-Design Forum, and Nature’s 2009 Japan Mid-career Award for Creative Mentoring in Science, as well as being an invited artist for Biennale di Venezia 2000 and Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2001.