Hiroaki Kitano
2026
Anticipation Committee Chair
Pulse of Science
Hiroaki Kitano is Chief Technology Fellow at Sony Group Corporation and President and CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratories, where he has led research since 2011. A pioneer in artificial intelligence and systems biology, his work spans large-scale AI, robotics and new approaches to automated scientific discovery. He helped establish systems biology as a field and is the founding president of the RoboCup Federation. Kitano also established the Nobel Turing Challenge, a grand challenge to develop a new engine for scientific discovery. He advises international and national bodies on AI, including the OECD Expert Group on AI Futures, the UK expert advisory panel for the International AI Safety Report and Japan’s AI Strategy Council, and serves as an adjunct professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.
