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Biography
Masato Kitakami received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronic engineering, the M.S. degree in computer science, and the Dr. Eng. degree all from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan in 1991, 1993, and 1996, respectively. He joined Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology in April 1996 and moved to the Department of Information and Image Sciences, Chiba University in December 1999. From April 2001 to March 2003, he is with VLSI Design and Education Canter, the University of Tokyo. He has been with Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University since April 2007 and is now associate professor. Dr. Kitakami received the Young Engineer Award from the IEICE Japan in 1999. His research interests include error control coding, dependable parallel/distributed systems, error control in data compression. He is a member of the IEEE and of the IEICE.