Tomohiro Shibata

Tomohiro Shibata received Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1996, continued his robotics study as a JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences) researcher, and then worked on computational neuroscience research using a humanoid robot at ATR (Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute) as a JST (Japan Science and Technology) researcher. After working as an associate professor at Nara Institute of Science and Technology in robotics, computational neuroscience, and assisted living, he currently works as a professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan. He also organizes the Smart Life Care Co-Creation Laboratory, which the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare use for a project to develop, demonstrate, and promote nursing care robots. He received a young investigator award from the Robotics Society of Japan (1992), the Best Paper Award from the Japanese Neural Network Society (2002 and 2015), the Neuroscience Research Excellent Paper Award from the Japan Neuroscience Society (2007), the Best Application Paper Award of IROS 2015 (2015), Excellent Paper Award from the RSJ (2020), Best Presentation Award of ICIEV and icIVPR (2021), the Winner in the Healthcare Category of Garmin Healthcare Awards (2022), and others. He was an editorial board member of Neural Networks and an executive board member of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ). He is currently an executive board member of the Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS), a fellow of the RSJ, a member of the International Exchange Committee of the RSJ, and the head of the special interest group on "Nursing Care Robots" of the RSJ. He is also a member of IEEE, a governing council member of The Robotics Society (of India), a member of JSME, and the Society for Nursing Science and Engineering.