Akira Suzuki

[Japanese version]
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Professor

Division for Artificial Intelligence,
Center for Data-driven Science and Artificial Intelligence,
Tohoku University.



Research Interests

Combinatorial reconfiguration
Computational complexity
Graph algorithms
Threshold circuit




List of papers





Positions Held

April, 2012 - September, 2013 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
October, 2013 - April, 2019 Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Information Sciences,
Tohoku University
May, 2019 - March, 2025 Associate Professor
Graduate School of Information Sciences,
Tohoku University
April, 2025 - present Professor
Center for Data-driven Science and Artificial Intelligence,
Tohoku University


Educational Background

April, 2003 - March, 2006 Makuhari Senior High School.
April, 2006 - March, 2010 Bachelor of Engineering. (completed)
Department of Electrical, Information and Physics Engineering,
School of Engineering,
Tohoku University.
Adviser: Takao Nishizeki
April, 2010 - September, 2011
(Academic acceleration)
Master of Information Sciences. (completed)
Graduate School of Information Sciences,
Tohoku University.
Adviser: Xiao Zhou
October, 2011 - September, 2013
(Academic acceleration)
Ph.D. in Information Sciences. (completed)
Graduate School of Information Sciences,
Tohoku University.
Adviser: Xiao Zhou


Other Positions

February, 2013 - March, 2013 Visiting Student
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo, Canada
Host: Naomi Nishimura




Awards

Tohoku University ECEI outstanding performance award, 2012.
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
Academic Encouragement Award, 2013.
Best PhD at Tohoku University, 2014.
Best PhD at Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, 2014.
Inoue Foundation for Science
Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, 2015.
TOKIN Foundation for Advance of Science and Technology
Research Encouragement Award, 2015.
Funai Foundation for Information Technology
Funai Information Technology Incentive Award, 2015.
Tohoku branch of Information Processing Society of Japan
Noguchi Incentive Award, 2019.
Minoru Ishida Foundation
Incentive Award, 2023.
Tohoku University
General Education Contribution Award, 2024.
President of Tohoku University
Presidential Prize for Educational Excellence, 2024.
The 19th International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM 2025)
Best Paper Award, 2025


Note that I have not yet won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Contact Information

Address: Center for Data-driven Science and Artificial Intelligence,
Multimedia Education and Research Complex, Tohoku University,
Kawauchi 41, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576, Japan.
Email: akira@tohoku


Last Updated: April 1, 2025