Toshio Fukuda

Speaker at the IEEE Distinguished Young Professionals and Laureate Forum

IEEE Past President (2020), Toshio Fukuda, is a visiting professor of the Institute of Innovation for Future Society at Nagoya University, a professor at Waseda University, and a professor emeritus at Nagoya University, Japan. Dr. Fukuda is known as a pioneer in the field of intelligence systems and micro–nano robotics. He has published over 2000 articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and about 40 books. He has served as the President of IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (1998–1999), IEEE Director Division X Systems & Control (2001–2002, 2017–2018), Founding President of IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2002-2005), Editor-In-Chief, IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics (2000–2012), IEEE Region 10 Director (2013–2014). He is the Program Director for the Moonshot Goal 3 “Realization of AI robots that autonomously learn, adapt to their environment, evolve in intelligence and act alongside human beings, by 2050.