IoT System Design and Integration

Keiji Kimura serves as Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Waseda University, where he has built an impressive career spanning over two decades. After receiving his PhD in 2001 from Waseda University, he progressed through academic ranks from Research Associate to Professor, joining the faculty in 2012. His research focuses on computer architecture and parallel computing systems, with particular expertise in multi-core processors, parallelizing compilers, embedded systems, and low-power computing. As a researcher at the Advanced Multicore Processor Research Institute and Green Computing Systems Research Organization, he has made significant contributions to software cooperative processor architecture and its applications. His work has garnered substantial recognition in the academic community, with over 1,300 citations and an h-index of 19. He collaborates extensively with industry partners and other institutions, particularly in developing heterogeneous multicore processor architectures and parallelizing compilation schemes. His current research extends to quantum computing hardware development through Waseda's Green Computing Systems Research Organization, demonstrating his commitment to advancing cutting-edge computing technologies.

Nozomu Togawa serves as Professor and Senior Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, where he has established himself as a leading authority in integrated circuit design and hardware security. After completing his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Waseda University in 1997, he progressed through academic positions at the University of Kitakyushu and Waseda University before assuming his current professorship in 2009. His research spans multiple areas including system-on-chip (SoC) design, hardware security, quantum computing applications, and IoT systems. As head of the Togawa Laboratory, he leads groundbreaking research in next-generation system design, focusing on low-power computing, secure systems, and reconfigurable architectures. His work has garnered significant recognition, with over 1,500 citations for his publications on hardware Trojan detection, scan-based security attacks, and Ising machine applications. Currently, he leads the "Togawa IoT Integrated System Project" addressing design and security challenges in networked systems, while also promoting international collaboration and industry-academia partnerships through his role as Senior Dean. His laboratory has achieved notable successes, including award-winning work on LDPC decoder chip design and pioneering contributions to quantum computing applications in circuit design.

Professor Yoshio Miki serves as a Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at Kogakuin University, bringing extensive experience in both academic research and industry applications. After completing his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. from Kyoto University, he worked as a computer engineer in Hitachi Ltd.'s business planning section before joining Kogakuin University in 2015. His research spans hardware algorithms, big-data analysis, and management informatics, with particular focus on analyzing business activities, human behaviors, and industrial sensor data to improve operational efficiency. His significant contributions include developing prediction models for public transportation usage and high-speed data recovery circuits, as demonstrated in his work on bus user prediction based on environmental factors and the 2.5-Gb/s/ch data recovery circuit for the SFI-5 interface. He has also authored practical guides for business implementation of IoT technologies, bridging the gap between theoretical research and practical applications. His current work focuses on analyzing large-scale data sets to improve business operations and human behavior understanding through advanced computational methods.