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Professor Akira Kawaguchi received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Administration Engineering from Keio University in Yokohama Japan, and M.S., M.Phil, and Ph.D degrees in Computer Science from Columbia University. Prior to his academic career, Professor Kawaguchi worked for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd as an assistant manager in its Tokyo presidential office. He then acquired Mitsubishi's two-year fellowship for his graduate studies in the U.S. Since September 1997, he has been a faculty member of the Department of Computer Science at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center (both tenured in 2002).
Professor Kawaguchi is studying theoretical and engineering aspects of building novel systems -- three projects involving his designs and demonstrative implementations are the Data-reduction Paradigm (in collaboration with University of Chicago at Illinois), Epsilon Serializability (in collaboration with Oregon Graduate Institute and IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), and the Sword declarative object-oriented database language (in collaboration with Bell Laboratories and AT&T Research Laboratories). Until early 1998 he also worked as a research consultant in the database research department of Bell Laboratories and AT&T Research Laboratories, and produced two U.S. Patents. Soon later he was given a grant from Savera Systems Inc for the development of efficient database access engines. In school, he has been collaborating with Abbe Mowshowitz in CS department to establish a theoretical foundation of the bias metric concept for today's search capabilities on the Web accumulated information, and serving as a mission operator with Fred Moshary in EE department to lead NASA SPACE project at CCNY. He is also creating Kawaguchi Software Development Labs, funded by Bayer Corporation and LINKfoundation Inc., for the development of mobile wireless biometric systems and Web structural analysis engines. His recent effort with Anil Agrawal in CE department has produced federal grants funded by NYC DEP and NYS DOT for building object-relational data-warehouses and associated analysis tools for the historical and temporal record investigation.
In 2004, Professor Kawaguchi was given a one-year fellowship from Ashridge Business School in England for his sabbatical work. He has been pursuing a computerized representation of general human influencing structures with Ashridge scholars since then. Professor Kawaguchi revitalized the City College's ACM student chapter.
For Immediate Release, February 2004: OPTIMUS Corporation, a leader in public safety information technology, today announced that OPTIMUS, with support from the City College of New York, Abbe Mowshowitz and Akira Kawaguchi, and Dunlap and Associates, has been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a system for improving aerospace safety.
Are Search Engines Biased? March 2002: By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor Search Engine Watch, The paper, "Assessing Bias in Search Engines" by Abbe Mowshowitz and Akira Kawaguchi, is well worth a read even if you skip over the industrial strength math. It raises some interesting issues to think about the next time you wonder if your favorite search engine is giving you the straight scoop.
Alumni Associate Newsletter, Spring 1998: Professor Kawaguchi is a strong believer in the bright future of the department and that the diversity of the students, their serious efforts for academic success, and the collaborative research work of faculty members will bring national recognition to the College. Professor Kawaguchi teaches courses in software structures and methodology as well as in database systems.