Hiroshi Ishiguro

received a D.Eng. in systems engineering from the Osaka University, Japanin 1991. He is currently professor of Department of Systems Innovation in the Graduate Schoolof Engineering Science at Osaka University (2009-) and Distinguished Professor of OsakaUniversity (2013-).He is also group leader (2002-) of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory at the AdvancedTelecommunications Research Institute and the ATR fellow. He was previously ResearchAssociate (1992-1994) in the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University andAssociate Professor (1998-2000) in the Department of Social Informatics at Kyoto University.He was also Visiting Scholar (1998-1999) at the University of California, San Diego, USA. Hewas Associate Professor (2000-2001) and Professor (2001-2002) in the Department ofComputer and Communication Sciences at Wakayama University. He then moved toDepartment of Adaptive Machine Systems in the Graduate School of Engineering at OsakaUniversity as a Professor (2002-2009). His research interests include distributed sensorsystems, interactive robotics, and android science. Especially, his android studies are well-known very much in the world. He has received the Osaka Cultural Award in 2011.