Kunihiko Fukushima
Also known as 福島 邦彦
Kunihiko Fukushima is a Japanese researcher who invented the neocognitron, a deep convolutional network that learns to recognize visual patterns. He earned his degrees at Kyoto University and then worked at NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, before taking professorships in Osaka and Tokyo. In 2003 he received the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award, and in 2012 the INNS Helmholtz Award. The Franklin Institute gave him the 2021 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science. He is a part-time senior research scientist at the Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute in Fukuoka.
Timeline
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1958–1966
Degrees from Kyoto University
He earns a B.Eng. in electronics from Kyoto University in 1958 and a PhD in electrical engineering there in 1966. He then joins the research division of NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
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1979
The neocognitron network
In 1979 he invents and publishes the neocognitron, a deep convolutional network that learns to recognize visual patterns.
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1988–2001
Professorships in Osaka and Tokyo
He leaves NHK in 1988 and becomes a professor at Osaka University in 1989. In 1999 he moves to the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, and in 2001 he joins Tokyo University of Technology.
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2003
An IEEE Neural Networks award
In 2003 he receives the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award.
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Since 2006
A senior research post in Fukuoka
In 2006 he takes a senior research scientist post at the Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute in Fukuoka. He holds that position on a part-time basis today.
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2012
An INNS Helmholtz Award
The International Neural Network Society gives him its Helmholtz Award in 2012.
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2021
The Bower Award and Prize
The Franklin Institute gives him the 2021 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science.
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April 2024
A 2024 group photograph
In April 2024 he is pictured with Yasuhiro Okazawa, Hansun Hsiung and Masahiro Maejima.
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