Dr. Ichiro Imae received the Bachelor, Master and Doctor degrees (Engineering) from Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) in 1992, 1994, and 1997, respectively. During his doctor course, he worked as a Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, he joined with Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) (Ishikawa, Japan) as an Assistant Professor. Since 2006, he is an Associate Professor of Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. Also, he worked as an Adjunct Lecturer of Muroran Institute of Technology and a Visiting Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2018.