Shōjirō Nishio

Japanese academic

Shojiro Nishio (西尾章治郎, Nishio Shōjirō) is a Japanese information scientist and technology scholar and the 18th president of Osaka University. Having co-authored or co-edited more than 55 books and more than 650 refereed journal or conference papers as well as serving on editorial boards of major information sciences journals, Nishio is considered one of the most prominent and influential researchers on database systems and networks.²

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Born Oct 20, 1951.¹

About

He became Osaka University's full professor in 1992.

Thereafter he has held a number of key leadership positions of Osaka University such as the Founding Director of the Cybermedia Center, Dean of Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Executive Vice President prior to becoming the university's president in 2015.

In addition, Nishio has served on numerous committees and governing bodies of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

In his capacity both as a leading computer scientist and president of Japan's leading research university, Nishio has facilitated the formulation of Japan's higher education and science policies and been instrumental in setting their overall directions.

From Wikipedia’s article on Shōjirō Nishio, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

University of OsakaChair Aug 26, 2015 to now¹⁰

Early life and education

Date not recordedKyoto University³

Nishio was a student at Kyoto University. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering in 1975, a Master of Engineering in 1977, and a Ph.D. in engineering in 1980.

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Career

Occupation: computer scientist.⁶

Since 2015Chair, University of Osaka⁵
Date not recordedWorked at University of Osaka⁴

Personal life

BornOct 20, 1951, Kokufu⁷
CitizenshipJapan⁸

Awards

2016Person of Cultural Merit⁹
Date not recordedIEEE Fellow⁹

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