(since May 7, 2012)

Name: Kunikazu Kobayashi, Ph.D

Affiliation: School of Information Science and Technology, Aichi Prefectural University.

Title: Professor

Title: Vice President of RING (Robotics Institute for the Next Generation)

Mailing address: 1522-3 Ibaragabasama, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1198, Japan.

E-mail: kobayashi@ist.aichi-pu.ac.jp

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, March 2010, Yamaguchi University, Japan
  Theme: A Learning and Structure Design Method for Wavelet Neural Networks
  
  
• M.Eng. in Computer Science & Systems Engineering, March 1993, Yamaguchi University, Japan
  Theme: Improvement of Self-Formation of Recognition Cells Using a Continuous Output Function
  
  
• B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering (Highest Honor), March 1991, Yamaguchi University, Japan
  Theme: Fundamental Consideration on Self-Formation of Recognition Cells
  

Research Interests:

• Machine Learning
• Multi-agent System
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Intelligent Robotics
• Cloud Robotics
• Intelligent Control
• Wavelet
• Associative Memory
• Probabilistic Information Processing
• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Evolutionary Computation
  

Academic and Related Experience:

1. Professor, April 2017 to present
   School of Information Science and Technology, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan.
   
   
2. Vice President, April 2017 to present
   RING (Robotics Institute for the Next Generation), Aichi Prefectural University, Japan.
   
   
3. Associate Professor, April 2012 to March 2017
   School of Information Science and Technology, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan.
   
   
4. Visiting Research Professor, March 2010 to November 2010
   Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, USA.
   
   
5. Assistant Professor, April 2007 to March 2012
   Division of Computer Science and Design Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
   
   
6. Research Associate, April 2006 to March 2007
   Division of Computer Science and Design Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
   
   
7. Visiting Instructor, April 1995 to March 1999
   Department of Information Systems, Ube Frontier College, Japan.
   Information Theory
   
   
8. Research Associate, April 1994 to March 2005
   Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
   
   
9. Teaching Assistant, April 1991 to March 1994
   Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan.

Awards:

1. The third place for Standard Platform League Challenge Shield (RoboCup 2018), June 21, 2018
   RoboCup Federation.
   
   
2. The first place for Standard Platform League (RoboCup Japan Open 2018), May 5, 2018
   RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
   
   
3. The first place for Standard Platform League Technical Challenge (RoboCup Japan Open 2018), May 5, 2018
   RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
   
   
4. JSAI Research Award(AI Challenge Conference), May 5, 2018
   The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI), Japan. The citation is here.
   
   
5. The first place for Standard Platform League Challenge Shield (RoboCup 2017), July 29, 2017
   RoboCup Federation. The citation is here.
   
   
6. The second place for Standard Platform League (RoboCup Japan Open 2017), May 7, 2017
   RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
   
   
7. Organization Award(The 2016 Annual Conference of Electronics, Information and Systems), September 1, 2016
   The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), Japan. The citation is here.
   
   
8. The second place for Standard Platform League (RoboCup Japan Open 2016), March 27, 2016
   RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
   
   
9. The first place for Standard Platform League (RoboCup Japan Open 2015), May 4, 2015
   RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
   
   
10. The first place for Standard Platform League Technical Challenge (RoboCup Japan Open 2015), May 4, 2015
    RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
    
    
11. RoboCup Research Award (RoboCup Japan Open 2015), May 4, 2015
    RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan.
    
    
12. The first place for Standard Platform League (RoboCup Japan Open 2014), May 6, 2014
    RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
    
    
13. RoboCup Research Award (RoboCup Japan Open 2014), May 6, 2014
    RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
    
    
14. The first place for Small Size League (RoboCup Japan Open 2013), May 5, 2013
    RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Japan. The citation is here.
    
    
15. Theoretical Development Award (Best Paper), November 1994
    ANNIE94, St.Louis, USA. The citation is here.
    
    
16. Highest Honor Student Award, March 1991
    Yamaguchi University, Japan.

Grants and Fellowships:

1. President's Special Research Fund, April 2018 to March 2019
   Aichi Prefectural University, Japan.
   Research theme: "Emergence of Robot's Personality Introducing Dividual Model".
   Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
   
   
2. President's Special Research Fund, April 2017 to March 2018
   Aichi Prefectural University, Japan.
   Research theme: "Realization of Next-Generation Human-Robot Interaction Using Dividual Model and Its Application".
   Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
   
   
3. Grant-in-Aid for Research and Development, April 2015 to March 2016
   The Hibi Science Foundation, Japan.
   Research theme: "Development of a Dividual Model Based Human-Robot Interaction System and Its Application to the Next-Generation Service Robots".
   Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
   
   
4. President's Special Research Fund, April 2015 to March 2016
   Aichi Prefectural University, Japan.
   Research theme: "Challenging for RoboCup World Competition Leads to Realize Next-Generation Service Robots".
   Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
   
   
5. President's Special Research Fund, April 2014 to March 2015
   Aichi Prefectural University, Japan.
   Research theme: "Challenging for RoboCup SPL Leads to Realize Next-Generation Service Robots".
   Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
   
   
6. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.26330254, April 2014 to March 2018
   JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Japan.
   Research theme: " An Intellectual Developed Intelligent System with Multi-modal Interfaces and Its Application".
   Principal Investigator: Kuremoto, T.
   Co-Investigators: Obayashi, M., Kobayashi, K., and Mabu, S.
   
   
7. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.25330287, April 2013 to March 2017
   JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Japan.
   Research theme: " Development of an Autonomous Behavior Model Mimicking Brain Information Processing Based on Amygdala Model and Its Application".
   Principal Investigator: Obayashi, M.
   Co-Investigators: Kuremoto, T., Mabu, S., and Kobayashi, K.
   
   
8. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.23500181, April 2011 to March 2014
   JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Japan.
   Research theme: " An Integrated System Mimicking Brain Information Processing with Learning Functions for Self and Others, and Its application".
   Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
   Co-Investigators: Obayashi, M., and Kuremoto, T.
   
   
9. Grant-in-Aid for Oversea Research (New Choshu Five), October 2009
   Yamaguchi University, Japan.
   Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
   
   
10. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.20500207, April 2008 to March 2011
    JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Japan.
    Research theme: " A Reinforcement Learning System Mimicking Brain Information Processing".
    Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
    Co-Investigators: Obayashi, M., and Kuremoto, T.
    
    
11. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.20500277, April 2008 to March 2011
    JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Japan.
    Research theme: " A Mathematical Model of Olfactory System Considering Cooperation between Brain Memory System and Learning Theory and Its Application".
    Principal Investigator: Obayashi, M.
    Co-Investigators: Kobayashi, K., and Kuremoto, T.
    
    
12. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.18500230, April 2006 to March 2009
    JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Japan.
    Research theme: " A Study of Limbic System Model Fusing Emotion Evaluation and Dynamic Association Memory and Its Application".
    Principal Investigator: Kuremoto, T.
    Co-Investigators: Obayashi, M., and Kobayashi, K.
    
    
13. Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), No.14780291, April 2002 to March 2005
    JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Japan.
    Research theme: " A Study on Construction of a Dynamical Associative Memory System".
    Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
    
    
14. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)(2), No.13450176, April 2001 to March 2004
    MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), Japan.
    Research theme: " An Autonomous System with Inner Modeled Associative Memory".
    Principal Investigator: Obayashi, M.
    Co-Investigators: Kobayashi, K.
    
    
15. Travel Grants for IJCNN1999, February 1999
    Electric Technology Research Foundation of Chugoku, Japan.
    Research theme: "A New Indirect Encoding Method with Variable Length Gene Code to Optimize Neural Network Structures".
    Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
    
    
16. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(2), No.10650433, April 1998 to March 2001
    MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), Japan.
    Research theme: " Modeling and Control of Nonlinear Complex System by Fusion of Control Theory and Learning Network".
    Principal Investigator: Obayashi, M.
    Co-Investigators: Kobayashi, K., Hirasawa, K., and Murata, J.
    
    
17. Travel Grants for EUFIT1997, June 1997
    Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, Japan.
    Research theme: "Designing Wavelet Networks Using Genetic Algorithms".
    Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.
    
    
18. Travel Grants for ANNIE1994, November 1994
    Yamaguchi University, Japan.
    Research theme: "A Wavelet Neural Network for Function Approximation and Network Optimization".
    Principal Investigator: Kobayashi, K.

Professional Memberships:

1. JSAI (The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence) [April 2017 to present]
   Member.
   
   
2. RoboCup Japanese National Committee [April 2013 to present]
   Member.
   
   
3. SICE (The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) [October 2011 to present]
   Member.
   
   
4. IEEJ (The Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [January 2010 to present]
   Member.
   
   
5. IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) [April 1995 to present]
   Associate Member.
   
   
6. JNNS (The Japanese Neural Network Society) [April 1994 to December 2006]
   Member.
   
   
7. IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) [April 1991 to present]
   Member.
   

Activities for International Institute:

1. Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life [June 2014 to present]
   Editorial Board
   
   
2. ICAROB (The International Conferrence on Artificial ALife and Robotics) [January 2014 to present]
   International Program Committee
   
   

Activities for Domestic Institute:

1. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2017 to present]
   Research Committee on Systems Technology
   Committee Member
   
   
2. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2017 to present]
   Research Committee on Machine Learning Technology Toward Sofisticated Artificial Intelligence of Real-World Social Systems
   Committee Member
   
   
3. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2016 to present]
   Research Committee on Machine Learning Technology Toward Mutual-Interaction Co-Creating with Agents
   Committee Member
   
   
4. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [October 2014 to September 2016]
   Research Committee on Application-Oriented Machine Learning Technology for Large-Scale and Complex Systems
   Committee Member
   
   
5. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2014 to March 2016]
   Research Committee on Sophisticated Learning Algorithm Oriented Machine Learning Technology
   Committee Chair
   
   
6. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [January 2014 to present]
   Editing Subcommittee on Special Issue for Tokai Branch Joint Convention
   Committee Member
   
   
7. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2012 to March 2014]
   Research Committee on Machine Learning toward Creating Technology Seeds
   Committee Chair
   
   
8. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2012 to March 2014]
   Research Committee on Machine Learning for Optimization and Streamline of Service-Oriented Systems
   Committee Member
   
   
9. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2012 to present]
   Committee on System Technology
   Committee Member
   
   
10. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [June 2011 to March 2013]
    Research Committee on Robot Control Technology and Practical Education Utilizing Robots
    Committee Member
    
    

11. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [January 2011 to March 2012]
    Research Committee on Real Application Oriented Machine Learning
    Committee Organizer

12. IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan) [April 2010 to December 2010]
    Research Committee on Real Application Oriented Machine Learning
    Committee Member

Reviewer for International Journals:

1. Neural Computing and Applications [2015]
   
   
2. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence [2015]
   
   
3. Journal of Intelligent Systems [2014]
   
   
4. Artificial Life and Robotics [2014]
   
   
5. Neurocomputing [2005]
   
   
6. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks [2003, 2006, 2007]
   
   
7. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing [2003]

Reviewer for International Conferences:

1. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2015) [August 20-23, 2015, Fuzhou, China]
   
   
2. SICE Annual Conference 2014 (SICE2014) [September 9-12, 2014, Sapporo, Japan]
   
   
3. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2014) [August 3-6, 2014, Taiyuan, China]
   
   
4. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2013) [July 28-31, 2013, Nanning, China]
   
   
5. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2012) [July 25-29, 2012, Huangshan, China]
   
   
6. 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI2012) [June 10-15, 2012, Brisbane, Australia]
   
   
7. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2011) [August 11-14, 2011, Zhengzhou, China]
   
   
8. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN2011) [July 31-August 5, 2011, San Jose, California, USA]
   
   
9. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2010) [August 18-21, 2010, Changsha, China]
   
   
10. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN2010) [July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain]
    
    
11. International Conference on Image and Signal Processing (CISP2009) and BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI2009) [October 17-19, 2009, Tianjin, China]
    
    
12. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2009) [September 16-19, 2009, Ulsan, Korea]
    
    
13. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2008) [September 15-18, 2008, Shanghai, China]
    
    
14. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2007) [August 21-24, 2007, Qingdao, China]
    
    
15. International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN2007) [June 3-7, 2007, Nanjing, China]
    
    
16. International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2006) [August 16-19, 2006, Kunming, China]
    
    
17. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2000) [September 4-7, 2000, Barcelona, Spain]

Reviewer for Domestic Journals:

1. IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems Society [2007, 2009, 2011-2015]
   
   
2. IPSJ Transactions on Mathematical Modeling and its Applications [2006]
   
   
3. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems [1998-2000, 2011, 2014]

Reviewer for Domestic Conferences:

1. IEEE Hiroshima Student Symposium [4-11th, 13th, HISS2002-09, 2011]

Chairperson for Domestic Conferences:

1. System Control Session at the 37th SICE Symposium Intelligent Systems. [March 16-17, 2010, Yokohama National University, Japan]
   
   
2. Information Engineering Session at the 16th Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Chugoku Branch. [November 10, 2007, Yamaguchi University, Japan]

Referee for Domestic Conferences:

1. Best Presentation Award at the Systems Conference of Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers (IEEJ). [December 3, 2011, Yamaguchi University, Japan]
   
   
2. Best Presentation Award at the Systems Conference of Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers (IEEJ). [August 25, 2011, Chiba University, Japan]
   
   
3. Best Presentation Award at the Systems Conference of Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers (IEEJ). [December 4, 2010, Kanto Gakuin University, Japan]
   
   
4. Best Presentation Award at the Chugoku Joint Convention Record of Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers. [October 17, 2009, Hiroshima City University, Japan]
   
   
5. Best Presentation Award at the 16th Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Chugoku Branch. [November 10, 2007, Yamaguchi University, Japan]
   
   
6. Best Presentation Award at the Chugoku Joint Convention Record of Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers. [October 16, 2004, Yamaguchi University, Japan]

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