Shiho Moriai is Director of Security Fundamentals Laboratory, Network Security Research Institute, NICT. She received the B.E. degree from Kyoto University in 1993 and Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2003. She has worked at NTT Laboratories, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. as a Research Scientist, and Sony Corporation as a Distinguished Researcher. She has been involved in design, analysis and standardization of symmetric cryptography. She has also worked on designing security architectures of PlayStation platforms. She serves as a member of CRYPTREC Cryptographic Technology Evaluation Committee for Japan e-Government systems. She was awarded IPSJ Industrial Achievement Award in 2006, Minister's Award of The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Industrial Standardization Awards in 2011, and Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2014.
