Prof. Dr. Kazuhiro Kosuge
Kazuhiro Kosuge received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in control engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, in 1978, 1980, and 1988, respectively. After having served as a Research and Development Staff for the Production Engineering Department, Nippon Denso Company Ltd., a Research Associate for Tokyo Institute of Technology, and an Associate Professor for Nagoya University, he joined Tohoku University, as a Professor, in 1995, and served as a Distinguished Professor, from 2018 to March 2021.
He joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, as the Chair Professor, in June 2021. He is currently the Director of the Center for Transformative AI and Robotics and a Specially Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan. He is a JSME Fellow, a SICE Fellow, an RSJ Fellow, and a JSAE Fellow, and a member of the Engineering Academy of Japan. He received the Medal of Honor and the Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Government of Japan – a national honor in recognition of his prominent contributions to academic and industrial advancements, in 2018.
He also received IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in robotics and automation, in 2021, for his exceptional vision of innovative research and outstanding leadership in the robotics and automation community through technical activity management. He was the President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, from 2010 to 2011; the IEEE Division X Director, from 2015 to 2016; and the IEEE Vice President for Technical Activities, in 2020.
