Biography
The main research has been conducted in our laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Prof. Hua O. Wang and his laboratory at Boston University, Boston, USA.
(Photo: Boston, MA, Spring, 2013)
(Photo:Taiki Multi-Purpose Aerospace Park, Hokkaido, Summer, 2017)
Kazuo Tanaka
IEEE Fellow, IFSA Fellow
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering
The University of Electro-Communications
1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
Professor Kazuo Tanaka is currently a Professor in Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering at the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Systems Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1990. He was a Visiting Scientist in Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992 and 1993.
He received the Best Young Researchers Award from the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Systems in 1990, the Outstanding Papers Award at the 1990 Annual NAFIPS Meeting in Toronto, Canada, in 1990, the Outstanding Papers Award at the Joint Hungarian-Japanese Symposium on Fuzzy Systems and Applications in Budapest, Hungary, in 1991, the Best Young Researchers Award from the Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers in 1994, the Outstanding Book Awards from the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Systems in 1995, 1999 IFAC World Congress Best Poster Paper Prize in 1999, 2000 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award in 2000, the Best Paper Selection at 2005 American Control Conference in Portland, USA, in 2005, the SICE Award at RoboCup Japan Open 2010, Osaka, Japan, in 2010, Best in class Autonomy Award at RoboCup 2011 Japan Open in Osaka, Japan, in 2011, the Best Paper Award at 2013 IEEE International Conference on Control System, Computing and Engineering (ICCSCE 2013) in Penang, Malaysia, in 2013, the Best Paper Finalist at 2013 International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Its Applications (iFUZZY2013) in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2013, the Best Poster Award, The First International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics (SWARM 2015), Kyoto, Japan, in 2015, The Robotics Society of Japan Distinguished Service Award, in 2016. Professor Kazuo Tanaka is a recipient of 2021 IEEE Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award in IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. He ranked the World’s Top 2% Scientists in both 2020 and 2021 released by Stanford University.
He served as Vice Chair of IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC09) (in 2009 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control), Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2009. He served also as Chair of Task Forces on Fuzzy Control Theory and Application, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Fuzzy Systems Technical Committee. He also served as an Associate Editor for Automatica and for the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, and is currently serving as an Associate Editor on the IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board.
His research interests include fuzzy systems control, nonlinear systems control, robotics, brain-machine interface and their applications. He published many papers in these areas, as well as 17 books, including: Fuzzy Control Systems Design and Analysis: A Linear Matrix Inequality Approach (Wiley-Interscience, 2001). His journal publications currently report over 30,021 citations according to Google Scholar, with h-index of 56 and i10-index of 153. He is an IEEE Fellow and an IFSA Fellow.