Ken Sakamura | |
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坂村 健 | |
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| Born | (1951-07-25)25 July 1951 (age 74) |
| Education | Keio University, 1974–1979 |
| Known for | TRON project |
| Awards | Takeda Award |
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| Institutions | University of Tokyo Toyo University |
Ken Sakamura (坂村 健,Sakamura Ken; born 25 July 1951 inTokyo,Japan), as of April 2017, is a Japaneseprofessor and dean of the Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design atToyo University, Japan.[1] He is a former professor ininformation science at theUniversity of Tokyo (through March 2017). He is the creator of thereal-time operating system (RTOS) architectureTRON.
In 2001, he shared the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Well-Being withRichard Stallman andLinus Torvalds.
As of 2006, Sakamura leads theubiquitous networking laboratory (UNL), located inGotanda,Tokyo, and theT-Engine forum for consumer electronics. The joint goal of Sakamura's ubiquitous networking specification and the T-Engine forum, is to enable any everyday device to broadcast and receive information. It is essentially a TRON variant, paired with a competing standard toradio-frequency identification (RFID).
Since the foundation of the T-Engine forum, Sakamura has been working on opening Japanese technology to the world. His prior brainchild, TRON, the universal RTOS used in Japaneseconsumer electronics has had limited adoption in other countries. Sakamura has signed deals withChinese andKorean universities to work together on ubiquitous networking. He has also worked withFrench software component manufacturer NexWave Solutions, Inc. He is an external board member forNippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), Japan.[2]
TheUbiquitous Communicator (UC) is amobile computing device designed by Sakamura for use inubiquitous computing. On 15 September 2004, YRP-UNL announced in Japan that it had begun producing a new model after creating fiveprototypes over three years. The model was used in trial tests circa late 2004. The new model, weighing about 196grams, contains new features: RFID reader compatible forucode, a twomegapixelcharge-coupled device (CCD)camera, a secondary 300,000 pixel camera forvideotelephony, support forwireless network technologies,Bluetooth,Wi-Fi, andIrDA,VoIPphone feature,SD and mini-SDmemory card slots,fingerprint authentication, andencryptioncoprocessor as options. It was expected to be sold for¥300,000, $2,700.
In May 2015, Sakamura received the prestigious ITU150 award from theInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU),[3] along withBill Gates,Robert E. Kahn,Thomas Wiegand, Mark I. Krivosheyev, andMartin Cooper. The following is the citation given by ITU:
... Today, the real-time operating systems based on the TRON specifications are used for engine control on automobiles, mobile phones, digital cameras, and many other appliances, and are believed to be the among most popular operating systems for embedded computers around world. The R&D results from TRON Project are useful for ubiquitous computing. For example, UNL joined the standardization efforts at ITU-T and helped produce a series of Recommendations, including H.642 “Multimedia information access triggered by tag-based identification”. The idea behind H.642 series is based on de facto “ucode” standard developed by UNL for communication in the age of the Internet of Things ... For his achievements, Sakamura has won many awards: Takeda Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government, Okawa Prize, Prime Minister Award, and Japan Academy Prize. He is a fellow and the golden core member of the IEEE Computer Society.
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