Dr. Okamoto was commended for his contribution to IEICE.

His dedicated activity contribution to invigorating academic exchange in the IEICE Communications Society was rewarded.

We have successfully closed iPOP this year gathering more than 270 participants despite the aftermath of the earthquake in Tohoku. Let me thank you all for the support on behalf of the committee. At the conference, we mentioned that more than 200 children, expected to success in the future, has given up hope to continue their education due to the earthquake disaster, and asked for donations including DVD sales and participation fee for the reception. Fortunately, we were able to donate 148,230 yen to the Japanese nonprofit organization Ashinaga (“long-legs”).
I hope we can save those children that are forced to abandon their dream to earn a living as much as possible! Thank you very much.

Please see iPOP2011 Website about detalis.

The donation from IEEE-ISAS2011 participants to the East Japan great earthquake and tsunami orphan fund was sent to the ASHINAGA funding organization.
Thank you very much for your great contributions.

Naoaki Yamanaka
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Keio University

Please see Global COE program of Keio Univ. Website about details.