Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, UAE
Prior to joining MBZUAI, Professor Nakamura had a 33-year association with the University of Tokyo. He is currently Professor Emeritus of the university. Initially joining the Department of Mechano-Informatics in 1991 as Associate Professor, he served as Professor from 1997–2020. Professor Nakamura became Senior Researcher at the university’s Research into Artifacts Center for Engineering in 2020–2023, and was named Specially Appointed Researcher at the University of Tokyo Sports Science Initiative in 2023-2024. Meanwhile, Professor Nakamura was Assistant to the President of the university in 2010–2011, and Vice-Dean of the School of Information Science and Technology in 2016–2017.
Before his time at the University of Tokyo, Professor Nakamura was Assistant Professor at Kyoto University’s Automation Research Laboratory in 1982-1987, and Assistant and Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara in 1987-1991. Alongside his academic career, Professor Nakamura is the Founder and CEO of Kinescopic Inc. — a startup of the video motion capturing and motion analysis, of which founding technology was developed in his laboratory at the University of Tokyo.