Kengo Kato

Background & service

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • 2009 Ph.D. (Economics), Graduate School of Economics (Statistics Graduate Program), University of Tokyo, Advisor: Tatsuya Kubokawa

  • 2007 M.A. (Economics), Graduate School of Economics (Statistics Graduate Program), University of Tokyo

  • 2005 B.A. (Economics), Department of Economics, University of Tokyo

Employment

  • 2021- Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University

  • 2018-2020 Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University

  • 2014-2018 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo

  • 2013-2014 Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo

  • 2009-2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University

  • 2008-2009 Research Fellow-DC2, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Visiting Appointment

  • 2011-2012 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, MIT (Mentor: Victor Chernozhukov)

Awards and Honors

  • 2024: Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

  • 2023: Research Excellence Award, Cornell Bowers CIS

  • 2021: Analysis Award, Mathematical Society of Japan

  • 2020: Japan Academy Medal, Japan Academy

  • 2020: JSPS Prize, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

  • 2017: Research Achievement Award, Japan Statistical Society

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