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Dr. Hiroaki Kitano is the director of the Sony Computer Science Laboratories, where he was one of the visionaries behind Aibo, the robotic dog. He also heads the Japanese-government funded Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project and is president of the Institute for Systems Biology in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Kitano is an expert in the fields of artificial intelligence and bioinformatics, and is a leading figure in the emerging field of gene network modeling. His research focuses on understanding, controlling, and re-constructing biological systems by developing simulators for genetic interactions, metabolism, and signal transduction in cells. Dr. Kitano received his Ph.D. in computer science from Kyoto University. | 