Last modified: 2008-01-18 20:49:40 JST
| Education | ||
| 1975 | BA in the History and Philosophy of Science, College of Arts and Sciences, the Univeristy of Tokyo | |
| 1977 | MA in Philosophy, the University of Tokyo | |
| 1980 | Completed graduate study in Philosophy at the University of Tokyo | |
| Professional carreers | ||
| 1980 | granted a Postdocotral Fellowship from the JSPS | |
| 1982 | employed as Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chiba University | |
| 1986 | <>visited the Center for the Study of Language and Information as visiting scholar and later as research associate(till Jan, 1989) | |
| 1994 | promoted to Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Chiba University | |
| 1996 | served as Director, Information Processing Center(till March, 1998) | |
| 1998 | served as University Librarian, Chiba University(till March, 2002) | |
| 2004 | served as Director, Center for International Education(till March, 2005) | |
| 2005 | served as University Librarian, Chiba University(till March, 2007) | |
| Currently | ||
| Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Chiba University | ||
| Visiting Professor, National Institute of Informatics | ||
| Also serving | ||
| on the Committee for the Assessment of Independent Adminstrative Agencies, Ministry of Education | ||
| on the Committee for the Science, Technology and Scholarly Affairs, Ministry of Education | ||
| on the Committee for the Collection of Science and Technology Materials, the National Diet Library | ||
| as an advisor to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) Library | ||
| on the Advisory Committee for the National Institute for Material Science Digital Library | ||
| on the Council for the Protection of Personal Data, Chiba Prefecture | ||
| on the Council for Chiba Prefectural Libraries | ||
| on Wiley-Blackwell Global Library Advisory Board | ||
| on NPG Libary Advisory Board | ||
| on Springer Asian Library Advisory Committee | ||
| Life: | ||
| Born on October 30, 1952 |