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Galileo Galilei: The Assayer

Society Affiliations & Activities :

EEE Senior Member (1999`), IEEE Member (1985`1999) of Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society
Chair of the IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Japan Chapter (2000.01`2001.12)
IEEE Member of Oceanic Engineering Society (1992`1995, 2004`)
IEEE Member of Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society (2008`)
Vice-Chair of the IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society, Japan Chapter (2011`2012)
The Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society, Associate Fellow (2001`), Member (1985`2001)
Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy (2007`)
Organizing Committee Member of PIERS (Progress In Electromagnetic Research Symposium) 2006 (2004`2007)
Session Organizer of PIERS 2001(Osaka, Japan), 2006 (Tokyo, Japan), 2008 (Hangzhou, China), 2009 (Beijin, China), 2011 (Suzhou, China)
Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Member (1992`), Director (International Committee Chair) (2009`2011, 2005`2007), Vice President (2009`2011, 2006`2007), Auditor (2011~2013)
The Oceanographic Society of Japan, Member (1997`2007)
Visualization Society of Japan, Member (1993`), Councilor (2000`2011)
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Member (2000`)
Technical Committee Member of Space, Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics (SANE) (2005`)

National Institute of Environmental Studies. "Research on the development of a global forest carbon monitoring system", Adviser (2008`2011j
Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Utilization of PALSAR data", Committee Member (2008`2012)
Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Research and survey on the technologies of shore current measurements and small vessel detection by SAR", Committee Chair (2008`2009)
Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Research and survey on the technologies of shore current measurements and small vessel detection by SAR", Committee Chair (2008`2009)
Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Research and development of next generation SAR ", Committee Member (2005)
Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Japan Machinery Federation), Committee Member (2007-2008)
Visiting Research Fellow of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (2003`2005)
Program Committee Member of SPIE 2002 (2002)
Earth Science and Technology Organization (ESTO), Committee Member (2000.04`2002.03)
Japan Weather Association (JWA) "Study of Ocean Waves and Wind Characteristics Under Typhoons by Satellites", Committee member (2000.04`2001.03)
International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Commission-F, Committee Member (2000`)
International Scientific Committee Member for CEOS WCGV SAR Workshop 2001 (2001)