The Graduate School of Information Science and Technology of Osaka University was founded in the aim to develop even further the highly-specialized advanced education and research with relevance to information science and technology, as a world leader in this field. Hereby are introduced the emeritus professors who were instrumental in the founding and operation of the Graduate School.

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Isao Shirakawa	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2003
	Major	Course
	Information Systems Engineering	Information Systems Synthesis

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Toshiomi Yoshida	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2003
	Major	Course
	Bioinformatic Engineering	Metabolic Engineering

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Hideo Miyahara	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on August 2003
	Major	Course
	Information Networking	Multimedia Network

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Kenichi Taniguchi	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2005
	Major	Course
	Computer Science	Software Design

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Hiromu Fujioka	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2005
	Major	Course
	Information Systems Engineering	Integrated Systems Diagnosis

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Yoshikatsu Murooka	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2005
	Major	Course
	Bioinformatic Engineering	Symbiotic Engineering

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Kenzou Akazawa	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2006
	Major	Course
	Bioinformatic Engineering	Human Information Engineering

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Yusuke Sakane	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2009
	Major	Course
	Pure and Applied Mathematics	Applied Geometry

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Noriaki Kawanaka	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2009
	Major	Course
	Pure and Applied Mathematics	Discrete Structures

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Hiroaki Ishii	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2010
	Major	Course
	Information and Physical Sciences	Operations Research

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Fumio Kishino	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2010
	Major	Course
	Multimedia Engineering	Human Interface Engineering

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Toshinobu Kashiwabawa	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2010
	Major	Course
	Bioinformatic Engineering	Bio-System Analysis

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Toru Kikuno	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2012
	Major	Course
	Information Systems Engineering	Dependability Engineering

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Makoto Imase	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2012
	Major	Course
	Information Networking	Information Sharing Platform

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Etsurou Date	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2013
	Major	Course
	Pure and Applied Mathematics	Mathematical Science

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Kouzou Murakami	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2013
	Major	Course
	Information Networking	Intelligent Networking Systems

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Akitaka Matsumura	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2015
	Major	Course
	Pure and Applied Mathematics	Applied Analysis

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Norihisa Komoda	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2015
	Major	Course
	Multimedia Engineering	Business Information Systems

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Masaharu Imai	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2016
	Major	Course
	Information Systems Engineering	Integrated System Design

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Kenichi Hagihara	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2017
	Major	Course
	Computer Science	Supercomputing Engineering

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Koji Nakamae	Joined on January 2006
		Retired on March 2019
	Major	Course
	Information Systems Engineering	Integrated Systems Diagnosis

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Teruo Higashino	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2021
	Major	Course
	Information Networking	Mobile Computing

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Takayuki Hibi	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2022
	Major	Course
	Pure and Applied Mathematics	Combinatorics

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Masaaki Wada	Joined on April 2009
		Retired on March 2022
	Major	Course
	Pure and Applied Mathematics	Applied Geometry

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Katsuro Inoue	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2022
	Major	Course
	Computer Science	Software Engineering

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Susumu Ariki	Joined on April 2010
		Retired on March 2023
	Major	Course
	Pure and Applied Mathematics	Discrete Structures

	Name and Surname	Tenure Time
	Toru Fujiwara	Joined on April 2002
		Retired on March 2023
	Major	Course
	Multimedia Engineering	Information Security Engineering