Masa Inakage
Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University.
Masa Inakage is an internationally-reknowned digital artist, director, and producer, and is one of Japan's leading authorities on emerging technologies and digital entertainment content production. He sits on advisory board and executive board of numerous corporations, as well as serves as members of government committees. His artworks and animation works have been shown internationally at galleries and festivals. Prof Inakage is actively involved in variety of projects, including feature films, broadcast programs, interactively displays and live prerformamce events.
His current research projects include digital cinema, digital entertainment, media design, media art, and synesthesia. Holds Ph.D in Media and Governance.
[Special Field of Study]: digital contents, entertainment, media design, media art
[Affiliated Conferences]: ACM SIGGRAPH, Japanese Society for the Science of Design
[Affiliated Organization]: Visual Effects Society
| 1982 | Oberlin College B.A. (Economics Major) |
| 1983 | California College of Arts and Crafts M.F.A. (Film/Video) |
| 1984 - 1985 | MIT Media Laboratory Visible Language Workshop Research Assistant |
| 1985 - 1986 | Japan Computer Graphic Lab (JCGL) Producer |
| 1986 - 1990 | Independent media artist. |
| 1990 - present | Media Studio, Inc. CEO. |
| 1999 - 2008 | Professor of Faculty of Environment and Information Studies and Comittee of Graduate School of Media and Governance, at Keio University |
| 2008 - present | Dean and Professor of Graduate School of Media Design, at Keio University |
committee / reviewing board
| 1999 - present | Member of Visual Effects Society |
| 1999 - 2002 | Member of Multimedia White Paper editorial board |
| 2001 - present | Chair / Jury chair of Digital Art Awards |
| 2002 - 2005 | Member of Digital Content White Paper editorial board |
| 2003 - 2005 | Jury chair of Tokyo Content Market |
| 2004 - 2005 | Vice chair of Digital Cinema Research Committee, Digital Content Association of Japan |
| 2004 - 2006 | Member of Expert Committee on Intellectual Properties, Council for Science and Technology Policy |
| 2005 | Member of Brand Promotion Advisory Council to Neo Japanesque, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. |
academic conferences
| 1993 - present | Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds Journal, Editorial Board |
| 1995 - | International Journal of Information Technology Editorial Board |
| 1997 - 1999 2001 - 2002 |
Establishment of ACM SIGGRAPH Tokyo Professional Chapter, President |
| 2002 - 2006 | ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee |
| 2003 - present | Establishment of ACM Computers in Entertainment Journal, Editorial Board |
| 2005 - 2006 | ICAT2006 Program Committee |
| 2006 | The fourth international iDMAa Conference, Digital Media: Works in Progress Jury |
| 2006 - 2007 | ACM SIGGRAPG Digital Arts Committee Chair |
| 2006 - 2007 | ACM SIGGRAPH SIGGRAPH in Asia Streering Committee |
| 2006 - 2007 | ACE2007 General Chair |
| 2006 - 2007 | Eurographics2007 Animation & Multimedia Theater International Program Committee |
| 2006 - 2007 | Cybergames 2007 Technical Program Committee |
| 2006 - 2007 | BodyNets07 Technical Program Committee |
| 2006 - 2007 | IMMERSCOM2007 Technical Program Committee |
| 2007 - 2008 | ACE2008 General Chair |
| 2007 - present | International Journal of Entertainment Technology and Management Journal Editorial Board |
| 2007 | ARS Electronica/iTokyo (in Singapore) advisory committee |
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