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is a Japanese computer scientist. He contributed to various fields: machine translation, natural language processing, pattern recognition, image processing and library science. He was the 23rd President of Kyoto University (1997–2003) and the 14th Director of National Diet Library in Japan (2007–2012). ==Biography== Born in Mie Prefecture, Japan, Makoto Nagao graduated from Kyoto University in 1959, and received a Master's degree in Engineering in 1961 and a Ph.D. in Engineering in 1966 from the university. In Kyoto University, He became an assistant professor in 1967, an associate professor in 1968, and a professor in 1973.〔 He served as the 23rd President of Kyoto University (1997–2003).〔 After retirement from the university, he was appointed to the Director of National Diet Library in 2007 and held the position until 2012.〔〔 He was the 20th Director of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) (1999–2000). Each year since 2005, IPSJ Nagao Special Researcher Award has been awarded to young Japanese computer scientists who accomplished notable research. He is the first President of the Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation (AAMT), and in each year from 2006, AAMT Nagao Award is awarded to individuals or groups who made contribution to machine translation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Makoto Nagao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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