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IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS Barcelona 2007
Thursday Afternoon
Thursday Afternoon (16:20 - 18:00)
Room: 121
Th12AH2. Special Session: A Tribute to Professor Mikio Takagi
Co-Chairs: Kiyo Tomiyasu , Motoyuki Sato
Professor Mikio Takagi passed away on February 6, 2006. He was an
accomplished engineer and professor in digital image processing and
remote sensing technology. He will be remembered for his lifetime
research, development and dissemination of digital image processing
and achievements that span almost the entire spectrum of remote
sensing.
He was General Chairman of the 1993 GRSS International
Symposium held in Tokyo, the first IGARSS held in the Far East. His
interest in that IGARSS started 10 years earlier, in 1983 when he
attended the IGARSS held in San Francisco. His dedicated interest
and pursuit was matched with his interest and commensurate service
on the GRSS Administrative Committee.
Dr. Takagi was born on May 16, 1936 in Tokyo. He received his BS,
MS and PhD from the University of Tokyo. He joined the University of
Tokyo as Associate Professor and promoted to Professor in 1979. He
spent 1971-72 as a visiting research scientist at the University of
California in Santa Barbara.
As Professor he taught numerous students, many receiving their PhD.
He served the technical profession in numerous ways and received
numerous recognitions. The Japanese Emperor awarded him The
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
Introductory Remarks
Leung Tsang
In Memory of Professor Mikio Takagi
David Goodenough
Professor Takagi‘s Contributions to Weather Satellite Imagers
William Emery
Mikio Takagi's Career as Professor Haruhisa Shimoda
Remarks from former Students
Professor Mikio Takagi Student Prize
Kiyo Tomiyasu
Introduce Mrs. Atsuko Takagi
Kiyo Tomiyasu
Concluding Remarks
Kiyo Tomiyasu
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