Professor Shinji Tomita will assume the presidency of The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (KCGI) on April 1, 2023.The term of office is for one year, ending March 31, 2024. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Kyoto Joho Gakuen Educational Corporation ( Board Chairman Wataru Hasegawa) , which operates KCGI.President Tomita will be the fourth president.Current President Toshihide Ibaraki, who assumed office in April 2010, will continue to teach as a professor.
President Tomita's biography is as follows
Shinji Tomita
D. in Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University.He specializes in computer architecture.Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, former Dean of Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, former Director, General Media Center, Kyoto University, former professor and head of Administrative Section, designated base, Material Cell Integrated Systems Base, Kyoto University, former Professor of Kyushu University, former Advisory Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology.Member, Doctoral Education Leading Program Committee, Combined Field (Informatics), IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) TC10 Committee Member, Trustee, Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), Branch Director of IPSJ Kansai Branch, Guest Research Director, Advanced Science, Technology & Management Research Institute of Kyoto (ASTEM RI/Kyoto), Member, Kyoto Prefectural IT Advisory Board, Chair, Kyoto Prefectural Expert Panel on Informatics Policy, Fellow, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Fellow, IPSJ.Since 2018, he has been the Vice President of Kyoto Institute of Information Science.