Suto's Biography

Katsuya Suto received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Iwate University, Morioka, Japan, in 2011, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in information science from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, in the Broadband Communications Research Lab., University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, from 2016 to 2018. He is an Associate Professor with the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include semantic communications, radio propagation, deep learning, and graph representation. He received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE VTC2013-spring, the IEEE/CIC ICCC2015, the IEEE ICC2016, and the IEEE Transactions on Computers in 2018. He is currently the Technical Affairs Committee (TAC) Vice-Chair, IEEE Asia/Pacific Region Board. He is a member of IEEE and IEICE.

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan (2023-)
  • Assistant Professor, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan (2018-2023)
  • Postdoc, University of Waterloo, Canada (2016-2018)
  • Overseas Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2016-2018)
  • Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2014-2016)

Education

  • Ph.D., Tohoku University, Japan (2016)
  • M.Sc., Tohoku University, Japan (2013)
  • B.Sc., Iwate University, Japan (2011)

Honors and Awards

  • IEICE Communications Society Distinguished Contributions Award (Sep. 2024)
  • IEICE 2022 Young Researcher of the Year Award in Smart Radio (Jan. 2023)
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers 2018 Best Paper Award (Nov. 2019)
  • IEEE ICC 2016 Best Paper Award (May 2016)
  • IEICE Tohoku Encouragement Award to Student Branch Activity (Mar. 2016)
  • Certificate of appreciation from the municipality of San Remigio, Republic of the Philippines (Nov. 2015)
  • IEEE/CIC ICCC 2015 Best Paper Award (Nov. 2015)
  • IEEE VTS Japan Encouragement Award (May 2015)
  • IEICE Academic Encouragement Award (Mar. 2014)
  • IEEE VTC 2013-Spring Best Paper Award (June 2013)
  • Dean’s Award of Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University (Mar. 2013)

Research Grant (Since 2018)

Principal Investigator

  • JST ASPIRE (FY2023-FY2026)
  • JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (FY2022-FY2026)
  • KDDI Foundation Research Grant (FY2020-FY2022)
  • JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (FY2019-FY2021)

Co Investigator

  • MIC Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (FY2023)
  • Commissioned Research by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (FY2021-FY2023)
  • Commissioned Research by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (FY2021-FY2022)
  • Commissioned Research by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (FY2019-FY2020)
  • JSPS Fostering Joint International Research (B) (FY2018-FY2021)

Joint Research (Since 2018)

  • Joint Research with Mitsubishi Electric. Corp. (FY2024-)
  • Joint Research with Mitsubishi Electric. Corp. (FY2024-)
  • Jonit Research with Softbank Corp. (FY2022-)
  • Joint Research with TIS Corp. (FY2021-)

Professional Activities

Memberships

  • Member, IEEE
  • Member, IEICE

Board Member

  • Technical Affairs Committee (TAC) Vice-Chair, IEEE Asia/Pacific Region Board (2024-)

Associate Editors

  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Computers and Applications (2020-2024)

Guest Editors

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications Special Issue on Digital Twins and Pervasive Intelligence Synergy in 6G and Beyond
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems Special Issue on Network Intelligence for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Guest Editor, MDPI Sensors Special Issue on RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer for IoT
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Special Issue on Cybertwin-driven 6G for V2X Applications
  • Guest Editor, Springer Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, SI: Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks for Future IoT
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, SI: Intelligent Mobile Edge Computing Systems: Challenges and Solutions
  • Guest Editor, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, SI: Space Information Networks: Architectures, Technologies, and Applications
  • Guest Editor, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, SI: Sustainable Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks

Conference Organization Chair

  • TPC Co-Chair, Workshop on Pervasive Network Intelligence for 6G networks, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2025
  • TPC Co-Chair, Workshop on Ubiquitous Network Intelligence for Next Generation Wireless Networks, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2024
  • TPC Co-Chair, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), 2023
  • Publicity Co-Chair, Workshop on Pervasive Network Intelligence for 6G networks, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Finance Co-Chair, International Workshop on Smart Wireless Communications, 2024

Conference Organization Member

  • TPC member, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • TPC member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), 2016-Fall, 2017-Fall, 2020-Fall, 2021-Fall, 2023-Spring, 2023-Fall, 2024-Fall
  • TPC member, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2017
  • TPC member, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2016
  • TPC member, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), 2024
  • TPC member, International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN), 2013
  • TPC member, IEICE Society Conference, 2024

Honors and Awards for Supervised Students

  • UEC Meguro-kai Award, Issa Matsumura (Mar. 2024)
  • UEC Meguro-kai Award, Shimon Takagi (Mar. 2024)
  • UEC Meguro-kai Award, Shinsuke Bannni (Mar. 2024)
  • UEC Student Award, Masaaki Miura (Mar. 2024)
  • IEEE VTS Japan Chapter Young Researcher’s Encouragement Award, Masaaki Miura (June 2023)
  • IEICE 2021 Young Researcher of the Year Award in Smart Radio, Takeru Terauchi (Mar. 2022)
  • IEEE VTS Japan Chapter Young Researcher’s Encouragement Award, Takeru Terauchi (Apr. 2021)
  • The NEC C&C Foundation Grants for Researchers Attending International Conferences, Takeru Terauchi (Apr. 2021)
  • Softbank Scholarship for AI Engineers, Shinsuke Bannai (Apr. 2021)
  • UEC Student Award, Shinsuke Bannai (Mar. 2021)
  • UEC Meguro-kai Award, Shinsuke Bannai (Mar. 2021)
  • Softbank Scholarship for AI Engineers, Riku Hashimoto (Apr. 2020)
  • UEC Student Award, Riku Hashimoto (Mar. 2020)