Kohei Itoh | |
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伊藤 公平 | |
20th President of Keio University | |
Assumed office May 28, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Akira Haseyama |
Professor,Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology | |
In office Apr. 2007 –present | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Residence(s) | Tokyo,Japan |
Alma mater | Keio University / University of California,Berkeley Graduate and Professional Programs |
Occupation | University President,Professor, Researcher |
Kohei Ito (born 1965) is a Japanese physicist. He is the 20th president of Keio University and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Keio University. His research fields include solid-state physics,quantum computers,electronic materials,nanotechnology,and semiconductor isotope engineering. His favourite quotes are "the world becomes narrower if you move" and "the duty of the blessed".
As one of Japan's pioneers in quantum computational research,he has led Keio University into a quantum educational initiative with IBM,alongside the University of Tokyo,University of Chicago,Yonsei University and Seoul National University.
Below are the Professional Appointments of President's Biography (as of May 28,2021). [1]
Apr. 1995–Mar. 1998 | Instructor,Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology |
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Apr. 1998–Mar. 2002 | Assistant Professor,Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology |
Apr. 2002–Mar. 2007 | Associate Professor,Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology |
Oct. 2005–Mar. 2010 | Vice Dean,Keio University International Center |
Apr. 2007–present | Professor,Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology |
Nov. 2016–Mar. 2017 | Deputy Director,Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI) |
Apr. 2017–Mar. 2019 | Dean,Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology and Graduate School of Science and Technology |
Apr. 2020–May. 2021 | Councillor,Keio University Board of Councillors |
May. 2021–Present | President,Keio University (Chair of the Board of Trustees of Keio University and the university president of Keio University) (Until May 27,2025) |
He is known as one of the pioneers in quantum computer research in Japan. He has authored more than 300 papers,including co-authors,and has been cited 8,329 times as of May 28,2021 when he took office as President of Keio,and has an h-index of 44,which indicates the relative contribution of scientists to research (the average h-index of researchers who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the 20 years up to 2005 is said to be around 40).
He focuses on expanding student education and challenge opportunities based on the idea that "continuing to produce world-class human resources will be the driving force for advancing research and create a good spiral." In the quantum field,which is his specialty,he invited IBM's quantum computer research base "IBM Q Network Hub" to Keio for the first time in Asia in 2018 (later followed by the University of Tokyo),and in April 2019 to strengthen AI education. He established "AI / Advanced Programming Consortium" in Tokyo. Each of them continuously supports student activities and strengthening industry-academia collaboration. In addition,the Cybathlon wheelchair competition Keio Faculty of Science and Engineering team,which was organized as a flag waving role when he was the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology with a view to utilizing science and technology for welfare,won the 3rd place in the world competition in 2020.
In addition to arranging student study abroad and introducing and expanding the double degree system at the university,a four-semester system that enables short-term study abroad in the summer was introduced in the Faculty of Science and Technology (in consideration of the impact on student club activities,etc.,during the summer vacation) Did not move). In addition,his own laboratory also accepted international students from all over the world who aspired to research quantum computers,and in some years,international students accounted for one-third of the members of the laboratory.
In 2009,when he was a young professor,he established a YouTube channel to post lectures and laboratory introductions with the cooperation of his office work. We have created a system that allows students who do not meet their schedule due to extracurricular activities to catch up. This will later become the official Keio YouTube channel (the videos posted at the beginning of the Keio official channel were mainly lectures by Mr. Ito and other faculty members of the Faculty of Science and Engineering).
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