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Kojiro Irikura |
| BORN |
August 22, 1940 , in Chintao , China (Male, Japanese citizen) |
| E-mail |
irikura@geor.or.jp |
| EDUCATION |
| Bachelor's degree |
Faculty of Science (Physics), Kyoto University , 1963 |
| Master's degree |
Graduate School of Science (Geophysics), Kyoto University , 1966 |
| Doctor's egree |
Graduate School of Science (Geophysics), Kyoto University , 1983 |
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| POSITIONS HELD |
| Research Associate, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (1968-1973). |
| Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (1973-1988). |
| Visiting Associate Professor, University of Southern California , USA (1984-1986). |
| Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (1988 -2004). |
| Visiting Scientist, Centro Nacional de Prevencion de Desastres , MEXICO (1990-1991). |
| Visiting Professor, Politecnica de Milano , ITALY (1989). |
| Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (2001-2003). |
| Vice President of Kyoto University （ 2003 ‐ March, 2004 ）. |
| Executive Vice President of Kyoto University （ April, 2004-2005 ）. |
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| AWARDS |
| Commemorative Medal "100 Years of Seismology in Slovakia " from Geophysical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences (June, 2003) . |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize for Persons of Scientific and Technological Research Merits (April, 2004) |
| The Bruce Bolt Medal jointly established by SSA, EERI, and COSMOS. (April,
2011) |
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| SEISMOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
| ① |
Developed the empirical Green's function method for estimating strong ground motion from a specific earthquake fault using observed seismograms of small events. |
| ② |
Developed a hybrid method simulating broad-band ground motions from a large earthquakes using deterministic and stochastic approaches. |
| ③ |
Proposed a recipe of predicting strong ground motions from an earthquake caused by specific active faults. |
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