Professor at Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology of Keio Univ. Received B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo in 1975, 1977 and 1980 respectively. Since 1980 he has been working at Keio Univ. Being received prestigious awards including IEEJ paper award (1985), JSPE award (1996), IEEE fellow (2001), JSME fellow (2003), EPE-BEMC Council Award (2004) and IEEE Dr. - Ing Eugine Mittlemann Achievement Award, he concurrently serves as an IEEE IES vice president and the head of IEEJ Industry Applications Society. His publications include "Basics of Control Engineering" (Maruzen) and "Recent Advancements in Motion Control" (The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun). His research interest lies in the field of electronics engineering, nota