Kanta Matsuura received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1997. He is currently Professor at Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo. His research interests include a wide range of information security. He is a fellow of IPSJ where he chaired SIG-CSEC (special interest group on computer security) and SIG-SPT (special interest group on security psychology and trust). He is a senior member of ACM, IEEE, and IEICE. He is a vice president of JSSM. He is a member of Science Council of Japan (24-25th term). He co-founded BASE (Blockchain Academic Synergized Environment) Alliance.