Author: Muneo Hori

Professor Shinobu Yoshimura is professor at the Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He has been working on high-performance and intelligent computational mechanics with real world’s applications for 25 years. He has published 220 peer reviewed journal papers, 54 review papers and 6 books. Professor Muneo Hori is currently working at the Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo. His major interest is applied mechanics, applying it to establish a new research field of computational earthquake engineering. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed journal papers, 10 monographs and 2 books. Professor Makoto Ohsaki is teaching as a professor at the Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University. He has been working on structural optimization, building engineering, structural stability and high-performance computing for 25 years. He has published 160 peer reviewed journal papers (including 84 SCI journal papers), 44 review papers and 9 books.