Keynote Speaker
Prof. Xiaoqing Wen
Xiaoqing Wen (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.E. degree in computer engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1986, the M.E. degree in information engineering from Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree in applied physics from Osaka University, Suita, Japan, in 1993.,From 1993 to 1997, he was an Assistant Professor with Akita University, Akita, Japan. He was a Visiting Researcher with the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, from 1995 to 1996. He joined SynTest Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA, in 1998, and worked as the Chief Technology Officer until 2003. In 2004, he joined the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan, where he is currently a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Creative Informatics. He founded the Depend-Able Integrated Systems Research Center in 2015 and worked as the Director until 2017. He holds 43 U.S. patents and 14 Japanese patents on very large scale integration (VLSI) testing. He has co-authored and coedited two books, such as VLSI Test Principles and Architectures: Design for Testability (Morgan Kaufmann, 2006) and Power-Aware Testing and Test Strategies for Low Power Devices (Springer, 2009). His research interests include VLSI test, diagnosis, and testable design.,Dr. Wen is a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), the Information Processing Society of Japan, and the Reliability Engineering Association of Japan. He was a recipient of the 2008 IEICE-ISS Best Paper Award for his pioneering work on X-filling-based low-capture-power test generation. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, and Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications.
Prof. Kohei Shiomoto
Kohei Shiomoto is a Professor at Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan. He has been engaged in research and development in the data communication industry since joining NTT Laboratories in 1989, and has been active in research and education in data science and industrial systems since joining Tokyo City University in 2017. He received his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Information and Computer Sciences from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1987, 1989, and 1998, respectively. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ).
Dr. Alberto Carrasco-Casado
Alberto Carrasco-Casado is a Telecommunications Engineer from Spain, currently living in Tokyo, Japan, since 2015. He holds a PhD in Electrical, Electronic and Automatic Engineering, as well as three Master's Degrees in Telecommunications, Space Science and Technology, and Advanced Electronic Systems. Alberto has received various awards for his work related to space laser communications, including the successful completion of satellite missions. In his 20-year career, he has conducted research at various top-class universities and national research institutes on topics such as quantum key distribution and optical wireless communications. After spending the last 10 years at the Japanese National Institute of ICT, he currently holds a permanent position as a senior researcher, leading a research line focused on developing novel space laser-communication terminals, including an ongoing satellite mission scheduled for launch in 2026.
Prof. Kachi Yasuyuki
Prof. Kachi Yasuyuki is currently a full Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Aizu (UoA), Japan. He received Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, the University of Tokyo. His research interests include information security, mathematics, and cryprography.