Director Kazumasa Enami


Aspirations

To accomplish an ICT society which is more convenient, kind to people, and creative, we conduct research on natural 3D image and sound technologies based on the electronic holography, as well as ultra realistic communication systems for which human's perception process and cognitive mechanism including tactile and smell senses are applied.


Career

April 1971: Joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).
(Engaged in research of digital image processing etc.)
June 2004: Appointed to a Director-General of Science & Techical Research Laboratories of NHK.
September 2006: Joined National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.
October 2006: Appointed to an Executive Director of Universal Media Research Center of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.

Doctor of Engineering.
Fellow of the IEEE.
Cooperate Member of the Science Council of Japan.
Vice-president of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, Japan.

Universal Media Research Center

• achieves natural and realistic communications basic technologies that enable people to share the same "space" from remote sites and to feel as if they are "on-site" each other, and contributes to the creation of an ICT society in which people live in affluence and are able to access eveywhere easily.
• conducts a consistent research from the elucidation of the mechanism of the senses (visual, auditory, haptic, etc) to ultra realistic communication systems based on advanced media which fuse images and sounds and friendly human interfaces which are easy to use.
• plays a leading role on the scientific and technological advance of medium and human interface technologies, and contributes to the international standardization of these technologies.