Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor
Media Innovation Laboratory
NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
Biography
Akira Nagoya received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in electronic engineering, and his Ph.D. degree in informatics all from Kyoto University in 1978, 1980 and 2005 respectively.
He joined the NTT Electrical Communication Laboratories in 1980 where he is now a Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor at the Network Innovation Laboratories, Yokosuka, Japan.
From 1980 to 1987, he was engaged in research and development of DIPS-11/5E series mainframe CPU architecture.
Since 1989, he has been engaged in research of the CAD system (see also PARTHENON) for ASIC design and reconfigurable computing systems.
From 1990 to 1991, he was with the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as a visiting scholar.
He is a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE).
Research Interests
- Reconfigurable Computing
- Computer Architecture
- VLSI Design
- Electronic Design Automation
Awards
- Technology Prize from Okochi Memorial Foundation, Mar. 1992.
- Invention Award from the President of NTT, Oct. 1992.
- Achievement Award from IEICE, May. 2000.
- IEEE Computer Society, ASYNC 2001 Best Paper Finalist, Mar. 2001.
- IEEE CAS Society, Transactions on CAD Best Paper Award, Jun. 2001.
Professional Activities
- Part-time Instructor, Dept. of Information Engineering, Mie University, 1993-1995.
- Part-time Instructor, School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 2001-2002.
- Part-time Instructor, Dept. of Information Technology, Okayama University, 2004.
- Member of IEEE Kansai Section Membership Development Committee, 1999-2000.
- Vice-chairman of IEICE CPSY (Computer Systems) Technical Group, 1997-1999.
- Committee Member of IEICE CPSY (Computer Systems) Technical Group, 1999-2004.
- Vice-chairman of IEICE RECONF (Reconfigurable Systems) Technical Group, 2003-present.
- Editorial Committee Member of IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, 2003.
- Associate Editor of IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, 2004.
- Member of JEIDA Technical Committee for Computer Systems, 1985-1987.
- Planning Committee Member of CG Osaka / Network Kansai Symposium, 1993-1998.
- Executive Committee Member of ASIC Design Contest, 1996-present.
- Organizing Committee Member of PARTHENON Technical Society, 1997-2004.
- Director & Steering Committee Member of PARTHENON Society, 2004-present.
- Steering Committee Member of SASIMI, 1997-present.
- Presentation Chair of SASIMI 2000, 2001, Technical Program Committee Member of SASIMI 2003.
- Technical Program Committee Member of ASP-DAC '95, ASP-DAC '97, ASP-DAC '98, ASP-DAC 2000.
- Program Committee Member of JSPP '99.
To contact via email, please send to "nagoya.akira" at domain name "lab.ntt.co.jp"