Kozo Sugiyama
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BornSeptember 17, 1945
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
DiedJune 10, 2011 (aged 65)
AlmamaterNagoya University
FieldsComputer science
Kozo Sugiyama | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 17, 1945 Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | June 10, 2011 (aged 65) |
| Alma mater | Nagoya University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
Kozo Sugiyama (杉山 公造, Sugiyama Kōzō; September 17, 1945 – June 10, 2011) was a Japanese computer scientist and graph drawing researcher.
Sugiyama was born on September 17, 1945, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He did both his undergraduate and graduate studies at Nagoya University, earning a doctorate in 1974. He then worked for Fujitsu until 1997, when he became a professor at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. At JAIST, he became a center director in 1998, dean in 2000, and vice president in 2008. He died on June 10, 2011.[1][2]
In the 1990s, Sugiyama also served as one of the directors of the Information Processing Society of Japan.[2]
