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AKATSU Masaharu, Ph.D.

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Masaharu AKATSU, Ph.D.

Corporate Chief Engineer
Hitachi, Ltd.

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Masaharu AKATSU, Ph. D. is currently a Corporate Chief Engineer of Hitachi.
Akatsu joined Hitachi’s Systems Development Laboratory as a researcher in April 1987 after receiving his Bachelor of Engineering from the Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics in The University of Tokyo. His first research focused on engineering systems including sophistication and optimization of systems such as configuration control of storage system, supply chain management, distributed objects and so on. The research contributed to productization of RAID system, Application Server etc.

After working at Stanford University as a Visiting Scholar in the department of Engineering Economics Systems from 1996-1997, he expanded his research area to information system management and launched service research for the first time in Hitachi. The research realized strategic outsourcing business in the Information and Telecommunication Group of Hitachi.

Akatsu has held various senior positions since 2006. He was General Manager of the 5th Department at Systems Development Laboratory in 2006, Senior Manager of Business Strategy Office at Information & Telecommunication Group in 2007, General Manager of Planning Office at the Systems Development Laboratory in 2009, General Manager of Information Service Research Center in 2010, Senior Director of Smart Business Strategy Planning Division in the Information & Telecommunication Group in 2014, General Manager of Strategy Planning Center of the Technology Strategy Office in 2016, and General Manager of Technology Strategy Office.

He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Osaka University in 2003. He was a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tokyo and Osaka University, and is currently a Visiting Professor at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Board Member of Japan Techno-Economics Society, and Board Member of Transdisciplinary Science and Technology Initiative. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), a member of The Engineering Academy of Japan, and a member of the Society for Serviceology.

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Research interests

  • Engineering Systems
  • Service Management
  • Information System Management
  • Concurrent Engineering

Major publications

  1. M.Akatsu, T.Murata and K.Kurihara: “Verification of error recovery specification for distributed data by using colored Petri nets,” IEICE Trans., vol. E74, no. 10, pp.3159-3167 (1991).
  2. T. Murata, K. Kurihara and M.Akatsu: “Design method for real-time systems based on object models and structured state-transition diagrams,” In Modern Tools for Manufacturing Systems, R. Zurawski and T. S. Dillon Eds. Manufacturing Research and Technology, vol. 18, pp.219-235, Elsevier Science, 1993.
  3. M.Akatsu, T.Murata and K.Kurihara: “Total performance time and design of degradable real-time systems,” IEICE Trans., vol. E77-A, no. 3, pp.510-516, 1994.
  4. M.Akatsu and T.Murata: “Software design of dependable systems with redundant data,” in Proc. of International Workshop on Fault Tolerance in Information Systems (FTIS95), pp. 46-47, 1995.
  5. N.Osaki, M.Akatsu and T.Murata: “Rescheduling method based on distributed cooperative problem solving model,” in Proc. of 1996 IEEE Conf. on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (IETF96), pp. 35-41, 1996.
  6. H.Ikeda, T.Hirata and M.Akatsu: “Bottleneck detection method for service level management,” in Proc. of 5th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium, pp.485-496, 2001.
  7. M.Akatsu, S.Konno and N.Komoda: “Analysis of the relation between service parameters for service level management and system utilization,” in Digital Communities in a Networked Society, M. J. Mendes, Reima Suomi and C. Passos (Eds.), pp. 426-440, Springer, 2004.
  8. M. Ikeno, M.Akatsu, and H. Yoshikawa: “Practical approach for setting service level for IT outsourcing,” in Proc. of itSMF 13th Annual Conf., 2004.
  9. T.Nakagawa, S.Tani, M. Akatsu and N.Komoda: “Method of drawing up a road map that considers the synergy effect and risk for IT investment,” in Proc. of 2006 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS2006), pp. 304-307, 2006.
  10. M.Akatsu: “Identifying the value for service management,” in Proc. of IEEE Joint Conference on E-Commerce Technology (CEC'07) and Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services (EEE '07), pp. 491-492, 2007.
  11. S. Tani, M.Akatsu, N. Komoda: “Electric power service selection considered flexibility of contract,” in Proc. of 2007 IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA2006), pp. 599-603, 2007.
  12. U. Dayal, M. Akatsu, C. Gupta, R. Vennelakanti and M. Lenardi: “Expanding Global Big Data Solutions with Innovative Analytics,” Hitachi Review, vol. 63, no. 6, pp.333-337, 2014.
  13. M. Moriwaki and M. Akatsu: “R&D Strategy for Using AI and Analytics to Accelerate System Evolution,” Hitachi Review, vol. 66, no. 6, pp.610-617, 2017.
2019
Member, The Engineering Academy of Japan
2012
Fellow, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)

Professional societies

2018
Member, Technical Committee of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
2018
Board Member, Japan Techno-Economics Society
2017
Board Member, Transdisciplinary Science and Technology Initiative
2012
Board Member, Information Processing Society of Japan
2007
Board Member, Society of Electronics, Information and Systems, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

Academic positions

2012
Visiting Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
2010
Visiting Lecturer, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
2008
Visiting Lecturer, The University of Tokyo
2004
Visiting Lecturer, Osaka University