Awards
About awards
The Graduate School of Information Science and Technology and the Graduate School of Engineering Science present Kasami Award for nurturing young researchers. For a summary concerning this award, please refer to "Kasami Award Project". Also, we honor our students who have completed with excellent results the master course of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology by the Award of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology of Osaka University.
Kasami Award
The Spirit of Kasami Award
Kasami award has been instituted to honor preeminent young researchers who obtained their Ph.D. degree from Osaka University, to the memory of the achievements of the late professor Tadao Kasami. The Graduate School of Information Science and Technology and the Graduate School of Engineering Science present Kasami Award for nurturing young researchers. For a summary concerning this award, please refer to "Kasami Award Project".
Reference: Fund Prospectus of Kasami Award (PDF, in Japanese)
Summary "Kasami Award Project" (PDF, in Japanese)
About the Nominations of Candidates
We would like to request nominations for the 18th Kasami Award as follows.
Kasami Award Selection Committee
Chairman: Toshimitsu Masuzawa (masuzawa@ist.)
Organizer: Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya (t-tutiya@ist.)
Candidates should be nominated by their academic advisor or other faculty members at Osaka University. If you have any questions regarding the award, please contact the organizer (t-tutiya@ist.). Documents related to the nomination should be submitted according to the following.
Due date
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Submit to
Graduated School of Information Science and Technology, General Affairs Section(jyouhou-syomu@office.)
Outline
Please submit the following data by e-mail, and be sure to check your receipt notification e-mail.
- Letter of recommendation(PDF format)
- Recommendation form (Word format, in Japanese)
- Doctoral Thesis and Main Achievements (PDF format)
※Please add osaka-u.ac.jp to each e-mail address.
Past Winners and Study Themes
The parentheses in the winners' names indicate the graduate school from which they graduated (or received their doctoral degree).
Below are explanations for the abbreviations:
IST: Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
ENG: Graduate School of Engineering
ES: Graduate School of Engineering Science
The winner of the 17th Award (awarded on March 25, 2024)
Winner |
Theme |
Shiori Takagi (IST) | "Adaptable and Evolvable Design of Network-oriented Services based on Core/Periphery Structure" |
Daichi Watari (IST) | "A Study on System-Level Energy Management Methodology for Demand-Side Flexibility" |
The winner of the 16th Award (awarded on March 23, 2023)
Winner |
Theme |
Masaaki Yamauchi (IST) | "Anomalous Operation Detection for Smart Home based on In-home Behaviors of Users" |
The winner of the 15th Award (awarded on March 24, 2022)
Winner |
Theme |
Koki Inoue (IST) | "Designing Software-defined Infrastructure for Achieving Biological Evolvability" |
Satoru Iwasaki (IST) | "Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions for Advection-Reaction-Diffusion Equations" |
Tsuyoshi Gotoh (IST) | "A Study on Adaptive Algorithms of Mobile Agents on Dynamic Environments" |
Hiroaki Santo (IST) | "High-fidelity 3D reconstruction based on physics-based modeling" |
Junji Takemasa (IST) | "Development of High Speed Software Routers Supporting Name-based Forwarding" |
The winner of the 14th Award (awarded on March 24, 2021)
Winner |
Theme |
Ryutaro Doi (IST) | "Sneak Path Free Reconfiguration and Fault Diagnosis for Via-Switch Crossbar Based FPGA" |
Toshiki Shibahara (IST) | "Robust Malicious Communication Detection for Multi-layered Defense" |
Makoto Kobayashi (IST) | "A Study on Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks with Interference Cancellation" |
Yuichi Kajiyama (EMG) |
"A Study on Distributed Convex Optimization Method with Communication Constraints" |
The winner of the 13th Award (awarded on March 25, 2020)
Winner |
Theme |
Yutaka Masuda (IST) | "An MTTF-aware Design and Post-Silicon Validation Methodology for Adaptive Voltage Scaling" |
Yuya Sasaki (IST) | "Research on Advanced Graph Data Processing" |
Daichi Amagata (IST) | "Research on Fast Data Mining from Spatio-temporal Databases" |
Toshihiko Ohba (IST) | "Attractor-based Virtual Network Reconfiguration Under Dynamic Traffic" |
The winner of the 12th Award (awarded on March 25, 2019)
Winner |
Theme |
Tatsuya Otoshi (IST) | "Research on Prediction Based Traffic Engineering under Uncertainty" |
The winner of the 11th Award (awarded on March 22, 2018)
Winner |
Theme |
Tomoya Nakamura (IST) | "Pioneering novel computational-imaging systems based on cooperative design of optics and signal processing" |
Jason Orlosky (IST) | "Using Eye Tracking and Augmented Reality to Improve Human Vision and Cognition" |
Kazuma Aoyama (IST) | "Study for physical stimulation including percutaneous electrical stimulation to induce multi modal sensation and emotion" |
The winner of the 10th Award (awarded on March 22, 2017)
Winner |
Theme |
Takuya Fujihashi (IST) | "A study on Multi-view Video Transmission over Networks" |
The winner of the 9th Award (awarded on March 28, 2016)
Winner |
Theme |
Yuichi Sudo (IST) | "A study on Approaches for Stable Distributed Systems in Unstable Network Environments" |
Akira Uchiyama (IST) | "Crowd Behavior Estimation Using Mobile Phones in Urban Areas" |
Masumi Shirakawa (IST) | "Research on Relatedness Measurement and Term Weighting for Social Media Text Analysis" |
The winner of the 8th Award (awarded on March 25, 2015)
Winner |
Theme |
Ryo Harada (IST) | "A Study on Experimental Characterization of Radiation-Induced Soft Errors for Low Voltage VLSI Circuits" |
Takamasa Higuchi (IST) | "Research on Mobile Node Localization Focusing on Human Behavior in Pedestrian Crowds" |
The winner of the 7th Award (awarded on March 26, 2014)
Winner |
Theme |
Masashi Okada (IST) | "A Study on 3D Sound Field Rendering System based on Geometrical Acoustic Analysis and Binaural Signal Processing" |
Daichi Kominami (IST) | "Study on managed self-organizing network architectures for large-scale wireless sensor networks" |
The winner of the 6th Award (awarded on March 25, 2013)
Winner |
Theme |
Shinichi Arakawa (ES) |
"Research on design methods for efficient and reliable optical networks based on WDM technology" |
Takuya Maekawa (IST) | "Pioneering research of daily behavior recognition and understanding by real-world mining using sensors installed in the environment" |
The winner of the 5th Award (awarded on March 22, 2012)
Winner |
Theme |
Ryoichi Horisaki (IST) | "Development of new imaging techniques based on computational imaging with image multiplexing" |
The winner of the 4th Award (awarded on November 04, 2010)
Winner |
Theme |
Yuki Arase (IST) | "Research on Comfortable Web Browsing Using Mobile Phones" |
Yuki Koizumi (IST) | "Adaptive Virtual Network Topology Control Based on Attractor Selection" |
Hiroshi Fuketa (IST) | "A Study on Robust Subthreshold Circuit Design to Manufacturing and Environmental Variability" |
The winner of the Third Award (awarded on November 10, 2009)
Winner |
Theme |
Yuichi Ohsita (IST) | "Study on Measurement, Analysis and Control to Changes of Network Traffic" |
Yasuhiro Ogasahara (IST) | "A study on modeling and characteristics validation of on-chip signal and power noise based on measurement" |
Yoshiki Higo (IST) | "Code Clone Analysis for Supporting Software Maintenance" |
Kumiko Maeda (IST) | "Study on performance evaluation of wireless network considering node mobility" |
Osamu Mizuno (ES) |
"Studies on the application of data mining to empirical software engineering" |
The winner of the Second Award (awarded on November 07, 2008)
Winner |
Theme |
Fumihiko Ino (IST) | "Analyzing the behavior of message passing parallel programs for performance improvement" |
Daisuke Iwai (ES) |
"Research on User Interface Through Thermal Image Processing and Projection-Based Mixed Reality" |
Cao Le Thanh Man (IST) | "Research of inline network measurement techniques and their application" |
Kenji Yasunaga (IST) | "Study on the analysis of error-correcting capabilities of codes" |
Tomoki Yoshihisa (IST) | "Research on scheduling schemes for continuous media data broadcasting" |
The winner of the First Award (awarded on March 24, 2008)
Winner |
Theme |
Taisuke Izumi (IST) | "Fault-tolerant distributed algorithms for highly-reliable data storages" |
Osamu Kaneko (ES) |
"Studies on behavioral and data-driven approaches to systems and control theory" |
Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya (ES) |
"Research on mutual exclusion and self-stabilization in distributed systems" |
Naoki Wakamiya (ES) |
"Research on self-organizing network control inspired by the behavior of biological systems" |
Award of the Graduate School of
Information Science and Technology of Osaka University
We honor our students who have completed with excellent results the master course of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology by the Award of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology of Osaka University.
Thus we praise their efforts and achievements during their study in our university. The prize is awarded to 7 persons every year, one from each major.