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Hiroshi SHIRAI was born in Aichi Japan, in 1958. He received the BE and ME degrees in Electrical Engineering from Shizuoka University, Japan, in 1980 and 1992, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University (renamed now as Tandon School of Engineering, New York University), Farmingdale, NY in 1986. He was a Research Fellow from 1982 to 1986, and then a Postdoctoral Scientist until March 1987 in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Polytechnic University. Since April 1987, he has been with the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Communication Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo Japan, where he is currently a Professor of Chuo University.

He was Director of the Korakuen IT Center (2007/4-2009/3), Vice Director of Information Technology Center (2007/4-2009/3), Director of Admissions Center (2009/4-2013/3), Associate Dean of Science and Engineering (2013/4-2015/10), Director of International Center (2018/4-2024/5), and Vice President for Internation Issues (2020/1-2024.5). He was on sabbatical leave and was a Visiting Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada, from 1998-1999. He was also a Visiting Scholar at Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, NY USA from April to July 2017.

He has served as a committee member of various societies and international meetings. Recently, he was an editorial committee member (1993-1995) of the Journal of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Director, General Affairs (1994-1996) of Engineering Sciences Society of the IEICE, an Associate Editor (1999-2001) of the Journal of the IEICE, Editor in Chief (2002-2004) of the IEICE Trans. Fundamentals (Japanese Edition), an Associate Editor (2002-2005) of the IEICE Transaction on Electronics, Secretary (2002-2004), Vice Chair (2011-2013), Chair (2013-2015) of the IEICE Technical Group of Electromagnetic Theory, Director, International Affairs (2004-2006) of Electronics Society of the IEICE, a Delegate (2006-2008), a Member of Editorial Advisory Board (2005-2008) of the IEICE, Vice President (2006-2008), Editor in Chief of IEICE Fundamentals Review (2008-2012) of Engineering Sciences Society of the IEICE, an Associate Editor (2007), Editor in Chief (2017-2019) of IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals, A Special Commissioner of Telecommunications Business Dispute Settlement Commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (2007-2015), Editor in Chief (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) of Special Issue of the IEICE Transaction on Electronics, a Technical Member(2010-2015) of the IEE Technical Group of Electromagnetic Theory, a Technical Program Committee Member of the 2000 International Symposium on Antennas and Porpagation (ISAP2000), a Registration Committee Member of the 2001 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS2001), a Technical Program Committee Member of the 2002 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP02), the 2003 Sino-Japan Joint Meeting on Optical Fiber Science and Electromagnetic Theory (OFSET2003), the 2004 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP04), Chair of Local Arrangement Committee of the 2006 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS2006), a Member of Technical Program Committee of 2006 Korea-Japan AP/EMCJ/EMT Joint Conference, a Member of Technical Program Committee of 2006 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC06), a Member of Scientific Committee International Workshop on Electromagnetic Wave Scattering, a Member of International Relations Committee of the 2007 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP07). a Member of Technical Program Committee of IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium 2007-2011, a Member of Technical Program Committee of 2010 Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC'10), a Sub-Comm. Chair of Technical Program Committee of IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS2012), a Sub-Comm. Chair of Technical Program Committee of 2013 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS2013), a Vice Chair of Local Organizing Comm. of URSI EMTS 2013, a Member of Organizing Comm. of 2014 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC'14/Tokyo), an Advisor of Eighth Korea-Japan Joint Conference on EMT/EMC/BE (KJJC-2015), a Vice Chair of Local Technical Program Committee of the 2018 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS2018).

He is now a Member (2012- ) of Editorial Advisory Board of IEICE Fundamentals Review Engineering Sciences Society of the IEICE.

He received the R.W.P. King Best Paper Award from the Antennas and Propagation Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1987, the Shinohara Memorial Young Investigators Award from the IEICE in 1988, the Paper presentation Award from the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) of Japan in 1991, the IEICE Electronics Award from IEICE Electronics Society in 2019, and the IEICE Best Paper Award from IEICE in 2020.

His current research interests are wave propagation and diffraction in time harmonic and transient domains.

Dr. Shirai is a Fellow of the IEICE, Electromagnetic Academy, Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE), a Life Senior Member of the IEEE, and a Member of Sigma Xi, the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) of Japan.

Professor Hiroshi SHIRAI