Prof. Yutaka Arakawa

Yutaka Arakawa is a full professor at Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University

Dr. Arakawa received his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from Keio University, Japan, in 2001, 2003, and 2006, respectively. Following his graduation, he held assistant professor positions at Keio University (2006-2009) and Kyushu University (2009-2013). In 2013, he joined the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) as an associate professor, and in 2019, he was appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan.

Dr. Arakawa further enriched his research experience through visiting researcher appointments at ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France (2011), DFKI, Kaiserlautern, Germany (2012), and UCLA, LA, USA (2018). His outstanding achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award (2011), the 24th Hiroshi Ando Memorial Award (2011), the 2nd prize in the MobiCom2014 mobile app competition (2014), the IPSJ Nagao Special Researcher Award (2015), the UbiComp/ISWC Best Demo Award (2016), the IPSJ/IEEE-CS Young Computer Researcher Award (2018), the IEEE PerCom Best Demonstration Award (2019), and a Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2023).

Dr. Arakawa's current research focuses on human activity recognition and the development of behavior change support systems. He actively participates in the professional community, holding memberships in IEICE, IPSJ, IEEE, and ACM.

Current work

  • Advisor to the President, Kyushu University (2022.10-)
  • Professor, Kyushu University (2019.4-)
  • Guest Professor, Osaka University (2019.4-)

Work experience

  • Associate Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) (2013.4-2019.3) 
  • Visiting researcher, UCLA (USA) (2017.8-2018.7)
  • Guest Associate Professor, Osaka University (2016.4-2019.3)
  • Guest Associate Professor, Kyushu University (2016.4-2019.3)
  • Visiting researcher, DFKI (Germany) (2012.2-2013.1)
  • Visiting researcher, Enseeiht of Toulouse University (France) (2011.11-2012.1)
  • Assistant Professor, Kyushu University (2009.3-2013.3)
  • Assistant Professor, Keio University (2006.4-2009.2)
  • Research Assistant, Keio University (2004.10-2006.3)

Education

  • Keio University, Ph.d, Engineering (2006.3) 
  • Keio University, M.S, Engineering (2003.3)
  • Keio University, B.S, Engineering (2001.3)

Representative awards

  • Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2023)
  • Best Demonstration Award, IEEE MDM 2023
  • Best Demonstration Award, IEEE PerCom 2019 
  • IPSJ/IEEE-CS Young Computer Researcher Award
  • Best Demo Award, ACM Ubicomp/ISWC2016
  • IPSJ Nagao Special Researcher Award, Information Processing Society of Japan
  • 2nd place, App competition in ACM MobiCom 2014, Hawaii, USA
  • Best Poster Award, ICMU 2014
  • Ando Incentive Prize for the Study of Electronics, The foundation of Ando Laboratory 
  • IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award, Information Processing Society of Japan
  • Best Presentation Award and Excellent Paper Award, IPSJ DICOMO2010
  • Best Paper Award, APCC/COIN 2008

Social Activities

  • Associate Editor
  • General Chair
    • ICMU 2025
  • Organizer
    • Co-Organaizer, PerPersuasion2019
    • Shonan Meeting NO.188 Intelligent Interaction with Autonomous Assistants in the Wild, 2024
  • Chair
    • Workshop & Tutorial Co-Chair, UbiComp2025
    • Publicity Co-chair, ICMU2020
    • Poster/Demo Chair, ACM MobiSys2016, Mobiquitous2016
    • Local Arrangement Chair, ICMU2016
    • Local Arrangement Chair, SRDS2014
    • Panel Co-Chair, ICMU2015.
    • Local Arrangement Co-Chair, ICMU2014
    • Local Arrangement Co-Chair, ICMU2011
  • PC member
    • ICMU 2010, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023
    • ACM MobiSys 2024
    • BCSS 2022, 2023
    • Persuasive 2020
    • WristSense 2019, 2020
    • COMSNETS 2020
    • PerDial2019
    • SafeThings 2017, 2018
    • RTCSA 2018
    • MobiCASE 2018
    • UISTDA 2018
    • SMDMS 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
    • IEEE VNC 2015
    • IEEE GCCE 2015, 2019
    • APSITT 2015
    • PerCom2014
    • NBiS 2014
    • AINA 2012, 2013
    • CIT 2012
    • IEEE-ISAS 2011
    • ICC 2009
    • APCC 2008
    • Globecom 2005, 2007
    • HPSR 2005, 2007
  • Secretary
    • Local Arrangement Secretary, WTC 2012
    • TPC Secretary, APCC/COIN 2008

Additional information