Nei Kato

Nei Kato is a full professor and the Dean of the Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University (2013). He has researched computer networking, wireless mobile communications, satellite communications, ad hoc & sensor & mesh networks, UAV networks, smart grid, AI, IoT, Big Data, and pattern recognition. He has published more than 500 papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He served as the Vice-President (Member & Global Activities) of IEEE Communications Society (2018-2021), the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Network Magazine(2015-2017), and the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2017-2021). He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society, a fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan, and a Fellow of IEEE.