Scholar

Shinpei KATO

Google Scholar ID: BpsmAcsAAAAJ

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Tokyo

Real-Time SystemsCyber-Physical SystemsOperating Systems

Citations & Impact

All-time

Citations

3,970

H-index

i10-index

Publications

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Resume

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

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