Dr. Fumihiko “Tom” Tomita is responsible for the research strategy in the National Institutes of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and also for the leadership in future inter-industry ICT innovation projects in the Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC), Japan. He received a B.S. degree in physics and M.S. and Ph.D. degree in geophysics from the Tohoku University of Japan.
After being an Assistant Professor, he joined the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL), as the direct ancestor of NICT. He has been supervising much kind of research strategy and program in NICT, and a Chief R&D Officer, Vice President of NICT since 2013.
He has been interested in the next-generation smarter communication world based on ICT. Especially, on an on-going revolution around new energy vehicles and smarter environment, he has potential to be an entrance to the new social infrastructure for the world sustainable human happiness.
