Dr. Toshiyuki Masui is a computer scientist at AIST (National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) in Japan. He
has been working on the development of novel user interface techniques
and software for more than ten years and published many papers in the
area, and he is one of the leading researchers in the field. His
current interest includes interactive information retrieval
techniques, fast text input methods for PDAs, predictive interfaces,
information visualization techniques, programming in the real-world
environment, etc. He is the inventor of a fast text input technique
'POBox,' which is the fastest Japanese text input method on PDAs
and mobile phones, and millions of Japanese mobile phone users are
using his system.
Dr. Masui received BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from The
University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1982 and 1984, respectively. He
received Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Tokyo in
1997.
Work History:
1986-1995 Sharp Corporation
(1989-1991) Carnegie Mellon University, Visiting Researcher
1996-2003 Sony Computer Scienc Laboratories, Inc.
2003-2004 AIST
Education:
M.S., The University of Tokyo, 1984
Major: Computer Science
B.S., The University of Tokyo, 1982
Major: Electronic Engineering
Ph.D from The University of Tokyo, 1997
Affiliations:
ACM, IEEE, IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan),
JSSST (Japan Society for Software Science and Technology)