Makoto Nagao
Makoto Nagao | |
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Makoto Nagao | |
| Born | October 4, 1936 Mie Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | May 23, 2021 (aged 84) Kyoto, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| Known for | example-based machine translation, natural language processing for Japanese, various image processing approaches, researches for digital library |
| Awards | IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award, ACL Lifetime Achievement Award, Japan Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Kyoto University, National Diet Library |
| Notable students | Takeo Kanade, Jun'ichi Tsujii, Yuji Matsumoto, Sadao Kurohashi |
Makoto Nagao (長尾 真, Nagao Makoto; October 4, 1936 – May 23, 2021) was 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).