Senior Staff Scientist
Takashi ITO
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer Equivalent), Center for Computational Astrophysics (CfCA), National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Major assignment at the workplace: Operation and management of the joint-use computing facilities. More specifically, fabrication and operation of various PC clusters, reviewing user applications, registration and support for the facility users, support of department management, etc.
Area of research expertise: Solar system dynamics, in particular the motion of small bodies through theoretical and numerical studies. Also involved in the analysis of observational data obtained through ground-based telescopes recently.
Commitment to space missions: DESTINY⁺, New Horizons