Scholar
Shinpei KATO
Google Scholar ID: BpsmAcsAAAAJ
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Tokyo
Citations & Impact
Citations
3,970
H-index
26
i10-index
50
Publications
20
Co-authors
35
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Contact
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published numerous influential academic papers
- Developed and open-sourced Autoware, now adopted by hundreds of companies worldwide
- Founded TIER IV in December 2015, expanding operations to over 10 countries
- Established the Autoware Foundation in 2018 as an international industry consortium
- Notable research contributions in ROS 2, zero-copy IPC, and middleware for real-time component systems
- Frequent keynote and panel speaker at major international events (e.g., IVS 2025, JSAE, Generative AI Summit 2025)
Background
- Born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan in 1982
- Internationally renowned computer scientist and pioneer in open-source autonomous driving software
- Expertise includes computer architectures and operating systems for embedded and real-time systems, as well as parallel and distributed systems
- Founder and CEO of TIER IV
- Co-founder of the Autoware Foundation
- Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Technology Management for Innovation, University of Tokyo
- Visiting Professor at Nagoya University’s Institute for Future Society Creation
