His research has covered a range of areas in wireless communications, networking, signal processing, and antenna technology.,Dr. Sugiura was a recipient of numerous awards, including the Fifth Yasuharu Suematsu Award in 2019, the 33rd Telecom System Technology Award (Honorable Mention) from the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation in 2018, the Sixth RIEC Award from the Foundation for the Promotion of Electrical Communication in 2016, the Young Scientists’ Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2016, the 14th Funai Information Technology Award (First Prize) from the Funai Foundation in 2015, the 28th Telecom System Technology Award from the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation in 2013, the Sixth IEEE Communications Society Asia–Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2011, the 13th Ericsson Young Scientist Award in 2011, and the 2008 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Japan Chapter Young Engineer Award. He was also certified as an Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE Communications Letters in 2013 and 2014, and IEEE Transactions on Communications in 2018.