Track 8

Track 8. Emerging Devices, Photonics & Beyond-CMOS Integration​​

Chair: Hiroshi Sakurai, Gunma University, Japan​
Co-Chair: Akito Chiba, Gunma University, Japan​
Co-Chair: Kosuke Suzuki, Gunma University, Japan​

This track focuses on emerging devices, photonics, and beyond-CMOS integration as key enablers for future computing and communication systems. It explores novel device technologies such as memristors, spintronics, 2D materials, and quantum devices, as well as photonic components for high-speed data transmission and on-chip optical computing. The track also addresses heterogeneous integration, advanced packaging, and co-design methodologies that combine electronic, photonic, and novel device platforms. By transcending traditional CMOS scaling limits, these technologies aim to deliver higher performance, lower power consumption, and new functionalities. Contributions are welcomed on device physics, circuit and system design, fabrication, and application-driven demonstrations that advance the development of next-generation integrated systems beyond conventional CMOS.

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Track Chair Introduction

 

Hiroshi Sakurai, Gunma University, Japan

 

Biography: Hiroshi Sakurai is currently a full professor and doctoral advisor at the Graduate School of Science and Technology and the Interfaculty Initiative for Regulatory Sciences in Biomedical Science and Engineering at Gunma University. He heads the X-ray Physics Laboratory. He served as chair of the Compton Scattering Research User Group at SPring-8, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from Gunma University, Japan, in Electronics and Information Engineering. His research interests include the solid-state physics of spintronics and energy device materials. He has published over 150 articles in leading international journals and at conferences, including Nature, APL, PRL, and PRB. He has led several projects funded by JSPS KAKENHI and F-REI Japan.  

Akito Chiba, Gunma University, Japan​

 

Biography: Akito Chiba received his B.E. degree in electric and precision engineering, and his M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in the field of electronics and information engineering from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, in 2000, 2002, and 2005, respectively. From 2005-2010, he worked with the Lightwave Devices Project of the New-Generation Network Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Koganei, Tokyo, Japan, where he engaged with Lithium Niobate electrooptic devices and their applications to optical communication. From 2010-2011, he joined the Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, where he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow for CREST Project of Japan Science and Technology Agency, and he was involved in the development of a cathodoluminescent thin film for electron-beam-assisted high-resolution optical imaging. From 2011 he has been with Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan, and now he serves as an associate professor in the Division of Electronics and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology of the University. In 2018 he was also a visiting scholar at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles. His current research interests include the field of applied optics, fiber optics, and RF photonics, utilizing modulation and demodulations for optical communication, measurement, and RF signal processing. Dr. Chiba is a member of Optica (formerly the Optical Society (OSA)), IEEE Photonics Society (IEEE-PS), the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP), the optical society of Japan (OSJ), and the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineering of Japan (IEICE).