Dr. Tadao Saito
Toyota-InfoTechnology Center Co., Ltd.
Dr. Tadao Saito received a Ph.D. degree in electronics from the University of Tokyo in 1968. Since then he has been a lecturer, an associate professor and a professor of the University of Tokyo. He is currently a Professor Emeritus there. In June 2001, he became a professor at Chuo University and the Chief Scientist and CTO of Toyota InfoTechnology Center, where he researches future ubiquitous information services around automobiles.
Dr. Saito has worked in a variety of areas related to digital communication and computer networks. His research includes communication networks and their social applications, such as ITS. He is chairman of the Ubiquitous Networking Forum of Japan, which works on the future vision of information society. He also is the chairman of Next Generation IP Network Promotion Forum of Japan. He has written two books on electronic circuitry, four books on computer and two books on digital communication and multimedia.
From 1998 to 2002 Dr. Saito was chairman of the Telecommunication Business Committee of the Telecommunication Council of the Japanese government and contributed to regulatory policy on telecommunication business for broadband network deployment in Japan. He also is the Japanese representative of International Federation of Information Processing General Assembly and Technical Committee 6 (Communication Systems), a fellow of the IEEE and an honorary member and fellow of IEICEJ.