Women in APSIPA Forum: Bridging Brilliance and Diversity
This forum serves as a platform where technical excellence intertwines with a commitment to fostering inclusivity and diversity. Through sharing of insights and experiences, remarkable achievements in technical fields as well as diversity initiatives enrich our collective journey. Join us as we explore the intersection of brilliance and diversity, creating a space where innovation thrives and inclusivity flourishes.
23rd October (Thursday) | |
12:20 – 12:30 | Welcome message from President and VP – Institutional relation and education program |
12:30 – 12:50 | Sun Sumei (Institute of Infocomm Research, A*STAR) Title: Integrated Sensing, AI, and 6G for Autonomous Systems: Opportunities and Challenges |
12:50 – 1:10 | Shoko IMAIZUMI (Chiba University) Title: Initiatives of the Diversity Promotion Section at Chiba University |
1:10 – 1:20 | Q & A |
Speakers
Dr Sumei Sun is the Executive Director of the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR, Singapore. A*STAR I2R focuses on multi-disciplinary digital technologies research including artificial intelligence (AI), communications and connectivity, and cyber security. Sumei’s current research interests include next-generation wireless communications, joint sensing-communications-computing-control, and applied AI. She holds a joint appointment with the Singapore Institute of Technology, and an adjunct appointment with the National University of Singapore, both as a full professor.
Sumei is a Fellow of the IEEE and Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore. She’s recipient of the IEEE ComSoc Donald W. McLellan Meritorious Service Award 2024, IEEE ComSoc Inaugural Asia Pacific Women in Communications Engineering Outstanding Achievement Award (2024), 2023 IEEE VTS Women’s Distinguished Career Award, and Singapore National Day 2022 Public Administration Medal (Bronze). She served/serves as an elected Board of Governors member of the IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Fellow Evaluation Committee, and a number of editorial boards.
Shoko Imaizumi received her B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo
Metropolitan University, Japan in 2002, 2005, and 2011. In 2011, she joined
Chiba University, where she is currently an Associate Professor of the Graduate
School of Informatics. From 2003 to 2004, she was with the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. She was a Researcher at the
Industrial Research Institute of Niigata Prefecture from 2005 to 2011.
Her research interests include image processing and multimedia security.
She is currently a Director for SPIJ (Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan).
She is a senior member of IEICE, and a member of IEEE, APSIPA, ITE, and IEEJ.