Hiroki Takesue

Biography

• Born in Wakayama, Japan, on May 10, 1971.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering science in 1994 from Osaka University.
• Master's degree in engineering science in 1996 from Osaka University.
• Joined NTT Laboratories in 1996.
• Ph.D. in engineering science in 2002 from Osaka University.
• Visiting scholar at E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University (Aug. 2004-Mar. 2005, March-May, September-November 2006).

Funding

• CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (October 2005-)
• National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) of Japan (October 2006-)

Awards

• ITU-T Kaleidoscope Academic Conference: Innovations in NGN - Future Network and Services, Best Paper Award (2008).
• NTT Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group Director Award (2005, 2008).
• NTT Basic Research Laboratories Director Award (2004, 2006).
• NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group Director Award (2002).

Personal interests

Swimming, music and playing electric bass.