Brian Michael Kurkoski
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
School of Information Science
1-1 Asahidai
Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan
http://brian.kurkoski.org/
kurkoski@ieee.org
Academic and Research Positions
- Professor Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan. April 2020-present
- Associate Professor Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan. April 2012-March 2020
- Associate Professor University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. April 2007-March 2012
- Research Associate University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. July 2006-March 2007
- Postdoctoral Researcher University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. July 2004-June 2006
- Visiting Researcher Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan. June-December 2000
- Graduate Student Researcher University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Center for Magnetic Recording Research. June 1999-June 2004
Industry Experience
- Hardware Engineering Manager, Design Engineer, Z-World, Inc, Davis, California, USA. 1995-1998
- Design Engineer, Skyline Test Equipment, Palo Alto, California, USA. 1993-1995
Education
- Ph.D. 2004. University of California San Diego, Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory and Systems).
- M.S. 2000. University of California San Diego, Electrical Engineering.
- B.S. 1993 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Engineering and Applied Science (Electrical Engineering).
Organizing Activies
- IEEE Information Theory Society, Digital Presence Committee, Chair, 2022–2023
- IEEE Information Theory Society, Board of Governors, Member, 2021-2023
- 2021 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW2021) in Kanazawa, General Co-Chair
- IEEE Information Theory Society, Online Committee, Chair, 2019–2021
- IEEE Communications Society, Data Storage Technical Committee, Chair (2017-2018) and Secretary (2013-2016)
- 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Publicity
- International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), Publicity Co-Chair, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
- IEEE Information Theory Society, Conference Committee, Member, 2016-2019
- Japan-Singapore Workshop on Coding and Information Theory, Co-Chair, 2018
- IEICE Research Society of Information Theory and its Applications, "Board of Govenors," Member, 2015-2016
- 2014 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Publicity Chair
- Workshop on Coding for Flash Memories (Japan) 2010, 2012, 2013
Technical Activities
- Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- Guest Associate Editor for IEICE Transactions Special Section on Information Theory and Its Applications (2015, 2011)
- Associate editor for IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences (2010-2014)
- Technical program committee chair:
- IEEE International Conference on Communications - Selected Areas in Communication, Data Storage 2014
- International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications ICNC 2013, Data Storage Technology and Applications, Symposium Co-Chair
- Technical program committee member (or equivalent):
- Reviewer for: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEICE Transactions.
- Member of IEEE, IEICE.
Grants, Fellowships and Awards
- 2019-2022 Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B). 19H02137 "Lattice Codes for Gaussian Wireless Networks." 11,800,000 yen (direct amount).
- 2019 Toshiba Memory Research Encourangement Grant, "Machine-Learning Enhanced Signal Processing for High Reliability Data Storage."
- 2016-2017 Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research). JP 15KK0005 "LatticeNET: Practical Lattice Codes for Cooperative Wireless Networks." 5,400,000 yen (direct amount)
- 2014-2016 Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B). 26289119, "LatticeNET: Practical Lattice Codes for Cooperative Wireless Networks." 12,400,000 yen (direct amount).
- 2012 IEICE Service Award. For service as an Editorial committee member of the English-language journal.
- 2011-2013 Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C). 23560439, "Signal Processing and Coding Methods for High-Density Flash Memory Systems." 4,000,000 yen (direct amount)
- 2007-2008 Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C). 19560371, "Decoding Methods for Non-binary LDPC Codes Using Information Theoretic Approaches" 1,500,000 yen (direct amount)
- 2004-2005 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship. A two-year fellowship supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, number 00004908, 2004.
- 2004 Sheldon Schultz Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research. Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California, San Diego.
- 2000 Jacobs Fellowship. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego.