Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Informatics Professor
Shin-ichi Minato is a Professor at Course of Communications and Computer Engineering, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University (concurrently in Undergraduate School of Informatics and Mathematical Science, Faculty of Engineering). His research interests include efficient representations and manipulation algorithms for large-scale discrete structure data.He received the B.E., M.E., and D.E. degrees in Information Science from Kyoto University in 1988, 1990, and 1995, respectively. He had been working at NTT Laboratories since 1990 until March 2004. He was a Visiting Scholar at Computer Science Department of Stanford University in 1997. He was a Senior Researcher of NTT Network Innovation Laboratories in 1999. On 2004, he joined Hokkaido University as an Associate Professor at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, and has been a Professor since Oct. 2010. From Apr. 2018, he is a Professor at Kyoto University (present position).
From 1999 to 2000, he concurrently served a Visiting Lecturer at Shonan-Fujisawa Campus of Keio University. From 2009 to 2015, He was the Research Director of JST MINATO Discrete Structure Manipulation System Project. From 2011, he is also an Adjunct Researcher at Research Institute for Advanced Network Technology of Waseda University. From 2014, he also serves a Visiting Professor at National Institute of Informatics. From 2018 to 2024, he was a Visiting Professor at Research Center of Mathematics for Social Creativity Research Institute for Electronic Science (MSC) of Hokkaido University. From Oct. 2017, He is a member of Science Council of Japan (SCJ). From 2018 to 2020 and from 2021 to 2025, he served a member of director board of IPSJ. On 2020, he served a Director of Undergraduate School of Informatics and Mathematical Science, Kyoto University. From 2023, he is also a Vice Director of the Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC), Kyoto University. From 2025, he is also a Vice Dean of Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. From 2026, he also serves a Vice Supervisor of Kyoto University Symphony Orchestra.
He published "Binary Decision Diagrams and Applications for VLSI CAD" (Kluwer,1995). His original data structure "ZDD" is minutely discussed using many pages in the Knuth's book "The Art of Computer Programming" (Vol. 4, Fascicle 1, 2009). On 2012, he supervised an animation video (over 3,2 millon views, English captioned) for the exhibition at "Miraikan" (National Future Science Museum of Japan).
From 2020 to 2024, he serves a project leader of JSPS KAKENHI AFSA (Algorithmic Foundations for Social Advancement) Project. On 2020, he served Editor in Chief of the Journal of Information Processing (JIP). He also served Conference Chair of ISAAC 2023, TPC Chair of SASIMI 2025, and will serve General Chair of SASIMI 2027. He is a Fellow of IPSJ, a senior member of IEEE and IEICE, and a member of JSAI and JSCS.