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Dr. Fukuda studied at Yale University 1973-1975 and received Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1977. Presently Professor of Meijo University and Beijing Institute of Technology as well as Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University.

He is mainly engaged in intelligent robotic systems and micro-nano robotics, and has published 2,300+ publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings and reports.

Served as VP of IFSA (1998-2003) and President of SOFT (2003-2005). He was awarded Humboldt Research Prize (2003), Award from Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Japan (2005, 2013), Friendship Award from PR Chinese Government (2014), Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, Government of Japan (2015), and is a member of Japan Council of Science (2008-2014), Japan Academy of Engineering (2013) and Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017).

He is the IEEE President (2020).

Ken Kutaragi, born in 1950, is the former Chairman and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), known as the “Father of PlayStation”. Kutaragi joined Sony Corp. in 1975, and established SCEI in 1993. His creation of PlayStation®, PlayStation®2, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®3 led the game industry into a global mainstream industry. Kutaragi has been a director of Sony Corp. from 2000 to 2005, and served as COO from 2003 to 2005. Kutaragi established Cyber AI Entertainment Inc. in 2009 and has been its President and CEO.　Kutaragi also has been an outside director of several companies including Rakuten Inc., SmartNews Inc., Ascent Robotics Inc., and GA technologies.