Interview with Mr. Fujiwara,
President of Internet Research Institute, Inc.

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Hiroshi Fujiwara is currently the President and CEO of Internet Research Institute, Inc. (IRI), guest professor of Aizu Univ. , and visiting lecturer of Tama Art Univ. Born in 1954, Mr. Fujiwara earned a Bachelor of Science from Kyoto Univ. in 1977 and a Ph.D. in electronic-information engineering from Tokyo Univ. After service with IBM Japan and Hitachi engineering, he joined ASCII Corp. in 1985. From 1987 to March 1998, he served as head of an R&D company sponsored by the Ministry of Postal Services. During that time, he engaged in the study of high speed image encoding, computer-based communication, broadcasting, and information exchange networking among storage media. Mr. Fujiwara established IRI in 1996.

Internet Research Institute, Inc.:
Established:December 9, 1996
Headquarters:
5-12-13 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business:
Technical support for Internet infrastructure construction and operation. Basic study of the next generation Internet Product development support through testing network instruments.
URL:http://www.iri.co.jp/