Kazuro Kikuchi
Kazuro Kikuchi is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems at the University of Tokyo and a long-time researcher on optical fiber communications. Professional background. Kikuchi received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from the University of Tokyo. He joined their Department of Electronic Engineering in 1979, where he is currently a professor. Career. Kikuchi has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, 250 conference papers, several book chapters, and three books. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Photonics Society, the Optical Society, and the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. His research has focused on optical fiber communications, including optical devices and systems. He is currently involved in coherent optical communication systems that realize multi-level modulation formats with digital signal processing. He has also worked at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the Department of Frontier Informatics, and Bell Communications Research. He also serves on the board of directors for Alnair Labs Corporation.