Recurrence Plots and Their Quantifications: Methodological Breakthroughs and Interdisciplinary Discoveries

Yoshito Hirata received a B.E. in mathematical engineering from the University of Tokyo and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Western Australia. He is currently a Professor at the Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba.

Masanori Shiro received a Ph.D. in information science and technology from the University of Tokyo. He is currently a senior researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba.

Miwa Fukino received a Ph.D degree in Mathematical Informatics from the University of Tokyo. She is currently a Professor at the Department of Data Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University.

Charles L. Webber Jr., received an A.B. degree in chemistry from Taylor University (1965-1969) with studies in mathematics from Illinois Institute of Technology (1970-1971). He earned a Ph.D. degree in medical physiology from Loyola University Chicago (1969-1973) followed by post-doctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research (1973-1975). He was invited to serve on the physiology faculty of Loyola for the remainder of his career, rising to the rank of full professor (1975-2013). Dr. Webber and Dr. Joseph Zbilut were the originators of Recurrence Quantification Analysis (1992-1994).

Kazuyuki Aihara received a B.E. degree in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan, in 1977 and 1982, respectively. Currently, he is a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at UTokyo, and Executive Director of the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) at UTokyo. He also serves as the project manager for a Moonshot project of JST and the Cabinet Office of Japan on the comprehensive mathematical understanding of the complex control system between organs and challenge for ultra-early precision medicine.

Norbert Marwan received a diploma in theoretical physics from the Dresden University of Technology, Germany, in 2000, and a Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from the University of Potsdam, Germany, in 2003. Currently, he serves as a deputy chair of the Complexity Science research department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam and is a Professor at the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Potsdam. He is the main organiser of the biennial International Symposium on Recurrence Plots.