Professor, University of Tokyo
Yasunobu Nakamura
Educational Background
| 1990.3 | Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan, Bachelor Degree of Science |
| 1992.3 | Superconductivity Research Course, University of Tokyo, Japan, Master Degree of Science |
Professional Experience
| 1992- | Research Fellow at Green Innovation Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation |
| 2001-2002 | Visiting Researcher at Department of Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
| 2002-present | Researcher at Advanced Science Institute |
| 2005 | Fundamental and environmental research laboratories, NEC Corporation |
| 2012 January | Professor, Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo |
| 2012 April | Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo |
Award
| 1999 | Sir Martin Wood Prize |
| 1999 | Nishina Memorial Prize |
| 2004 | Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize |
| 2008 | Simon Memorial Prize |
Research Topics
- mesoscopic physics, superconducting devices
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Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Hideaki Takayanagi
Educational Background
| March 1975 | B.S. from the University of Tokyo, Dept. of Basic Sciences |
| March 1977 | M.S. from the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
Professional Experience
| April 1977 | Joined Musashino Electrical Communication Laboratory, NTT |
| July 1988 | Executive Manager , NTT Basic Research Laboratories, |
| April 2003 | Guest Professor at the University of Tokyo (until March 2006) |
| July 2003 | Director at NTT Basic Research Laboratories |
| April 2006 | Professor at Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science |
| October 2007 | Principal Investigator at WPI Research Center International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science |
| January 2009 | Governor at Tokyo University of Science |
Award
| 2000 | Nissan Science Award |
| 2003 | Superconductor Science and Technology Award |
Research Topics
- Mesoscopic Superconductivity, Quantum Information Physics, Spintronics etc.
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Chief Senior Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scence and Technology (AIST)
Mutsuo Hidaka
Educational Background
| 1998 | Ph.D. from Electrical Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 1982 | M.S. from Applied Physics, Kyusyu University |
| 1980 | B.S. from Physics, Kyusyu University |
Professional Experience
| 2013-Present | Chief Senior Researcher, Nanoelectronics Research Institute, AIST |
| 2002-2013 | Director, Low Temperature Superconducting Research Laboratory, SRL/ISTEC |
| 1990－1991 | Research Scientist, Arizona State University, USA |
| 1982－Present | NEC Corporation |
Award
| 2005 | The Paper Award of the IEICE of Japan |
| 2002 | The 146th committee Award of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 2000 | Award on Superconductivity Science and Technology of the Society of Non-Traditional Technology |
Research Topics
- Superconducting Electronics, Fabrication for Superconductive Devices
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Senior Research, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Masaaki Maezawa
Educational Background
| 1993 | M.S. from Electronic Engineering, Nagoya University |
| 1973 | B.S. from Electronic Engineering, Nagoya University |
Professional Experience
| 2001－Present | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| 1993－2001 | Electrotechnical Laboratory (currently National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
Award
| 2001 | The JSPS 146 Committee Award |
Research Topics
- Superconductor electronics
Dr., Physical Science Laboratory, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporatioin
Shiro Saito
Educational Background
| March 1995 | B.S. in Applied Physics from the University of Tokyo |
| March 1997 | M.S. in Applied Physics from the University of Tokyo |
| March 2000 | D.E. in Applied Physics from the University of Tokyo |
Professional Experience
| 2000-2001 | Research associate, NTT Basic Research Laboratories |
| 2002 | Senior Research Associate, NTT Basic Research Laboratories |
| 2003-Present | NTT Basic Research Laboratories |
| 2005-2006 | Guest Researcher, in Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology |
| 2012-Present | Professor, Tokyo University of Science, Cooperation program between AIST and Graduate schools |
Research Topics
- Superconducting quantum devices
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Team Leader, RIKEN
Franco Nori
Educational Background
| 1987 | Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| 1983 | M.S. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| 1982 | Licenciado (i.e., B.S.) in Physics, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela |
Professional Experience
| 90 | Professor (first Assistant, then Associate, Full Professor and Research Scientist); Dept. of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. |
| 02 | Laboratory Head of the Digital Materials Laboratory, Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan. |
| 87---89 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara. |
| 82---87 | Conicit Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant; Physics Department. Also at Materials Research Laboratory, and NCSA; University of Illinois. |
Award
| 2007 | Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA |
| 2003 | Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK |
| 2002 | Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), USA |
| 1998 | Received an "Excellence in Research Award" from the Univ. of Michigan |
| 1997 | Received an "Excellence in Education Award" from the Univ. of Michigan. |
Research Topics
- Nano-science. Condensed matter physics. Complex systems. Interface between mesoscopics, quantum optics, atomic physics, and nano-science.
superconducting qubits, quantum circuits using Josephson junctions, quantum information science, atomic-physics-like phenomena in quantum circuitry, quantum nano-electro-mechanical systems, coupling resonators and qubits, non-classical photon state generation from qubits, designing artificial atoms, micromasers from artificial atoms, cooling artificial atoms, decoherence/entanglement/scalability of quantum circuits, quantum simulators, adiabatic quantum computing, quantum intereferometry, quantum thermodynamics, biologically-inspired micro- and nano-devices for controlling the motion of tiny particles and quanta, vortex dynamics, superconductivity, design of tera-Hertz radiation sources/filters/detectors, metamaterials, quantum metamaterials, dynamical instabilities (avalanches), complex spatio-temporal nonlinear dynamics, transport phenomena (of electrons, phonons, vortices, grains) in systems that have disorder and/or reduced dimensionality, quantum noise control and squeezed states in condensed matter (squeezed phonons and supressed quantum fluctuations in superconductors), Josephson junction arrays and micro- and nano-networks, acoustic interference, path-integral analytical studies of quantum interference effects due to electron motion in magnetic fields. Bio-complexity. Charge transport in biophysics.
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- URL for the lab. http://dml.riken.jp/
Publications available online here
Publications in Refereed Journals
1986--: Over 300 publications (with over 7,500 citations; h-index: 43) in refereed journals: over 60 in Physical Review Letters, over 140 in Physical Review (A, B, E), 6 in Science, 9 in Nature journals, 2 in Reviews of Modern Physics, among others. Also, one in each of the following journals: Physics Today, Scientific American, Advances in Physics, Reports on Progress in Physics, and Physics Reports, among others.
Professor, National Institute of Informatics
Kae Nemoto
Educational Background
- Ph.D (Physics), Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
Professional Experience
| March 1997-March 2000 | Australian International Education Foundation (AIEF) Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Queensland. QLD, Australia |
| April 2000- Nov 2000 | Research Fellow, Special Research Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, University of Queensland, QLD, Australia |
| May 2000-May 2003 | Research Officer, School of Informatics, University of Wales, Bangor, UK |
| June 2003- March 2009 | Associate Professor, National Institute of Informatics |
| April 2010- Present | Professor, National Institute of Informatics |
Award
- HP Labs Innovation Research Awards, 2008
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