Nagoya University Emeritus Professor Toshio Fukuda (currently a professor of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University) has been elected as the 2019 IEEE President-Elect, and will serve as the 2020 IEEE President. He is the first Asian person to be elected to this position.
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