Received the B.Eng. and Ph.D in 1968 and 1978, respectively both from
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Soon after graduating Dept. Applied
Mathematics and Physics, Kyoto University, he became a research assistant
of The Data Processing Center, Kyoto University. In 1975, he moved to
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, as an assistant professor.
In 1991, he became the professor of N-PAL(Non-numerical Processing Algorithms Laboratory),
Dept. Computer Science, University of Tsukuba.
He is now a professor emeritus of University of Tsukuba.
From 1982 through 1983, he stayed at Virginia Tech as a visiting
researcher, where he started his research on the constraint satisfaction
problem under the supervision of Professors Robert M. Haralick and Linda
G. Shapiro.
His research interests now include developing combinatorial search algorithms, applying knowledge-base to understanding engineering drawings, studying heuristic and statistical problem solving methods, CG & CAD, and research of general constraint satisfaction paradigm as well. He has published eleven books on data structures and algorithms, computer graphics, image processing, pattern analysis and recognition, etc. Further, he has published 4 books on mountaineering with his colleagues, too. He is a member of ACM SIGGRAPH, IPSJ(Japan), Art and Science Society, where he is now the director.
His address and other related information are as follows:
phone: +81(Japan)298-53-5525 or -5388
fax: +81(Japan)298-53-5525
e-mail: nishihara@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp
URL: http://npal.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/
address: Department of Computer Science
Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
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invitation to The Society for Art and Science