YASUSHI ASAMI

Office
        Center for Spatial Information Science
        c/o Department of Urban Engineering
        University of Tokyo
        7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
        Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN
        URL: http://ua.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/okabelab/asami/asami-j.html

EDUCATION:
     UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
        - Ph.D. (1987) and M.A. (1985)
        - Major: Regional Science

     UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
        - M.E. (1984) and B.A. (1982)
        - Major: Urban Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor ("Joshu") at the Department of Urban Engineering,
         University of Tokyo (1987-1990)
Assistant Professor ("Koshi") at the Department of Urban Engineering,
         University of Tokyo (1990-1992)
Associate Professor at the Department of Urban Engineering,
         University of Tokyo (1992-2001)
Professor at the Center for Spatial Information Science,
         University of Tokyo (2001-now)
Visiting Researcher, CERAS, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausses, France (1995)
Special Researcher, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Ministry of Welfare (1997-1999)
Vice-Director, Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo (2005-now)

AWARDS, SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES:
        Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences
                1992 Award for Research Promotion (May 14, 1993)
        Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences
                2001 Award for Published Works (May 22, 2002)
        Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences
                2002 Award for Published Works (May 21, 2003)
        Urban Housing Association
                2002 Award for Published Works (May 28, 2003)
     Director of

Geographic Information Systems Association (1996-2006)
Japan Association for Planning Administration (1999-2005)
Japan Association of Property Assessment Policy (2003-2005)
Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences (2000-2005)
Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International (2003-2006)
Japan Society for Impact Assessment (2003-2004)
Applied Regional Science Conference (2004-2005)
Urban Housing Association (2004-2005)

     Section Manager of
Kanto-Region Section, Urban Housing Association (2004-2005)

     Provisional Committee Member of:
Panel on Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation
Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

     Expert Committee Member of:
Council for Promoting Regulatory Reform and Open Transition to Private Sectors, Cabinet Office

As of February 23, 2005