Dr. Yuichi Nakamura received his B.E. in information engineering and M.E. in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1986 and 1988, respectively. He received his PhD. from the Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University, in 2007. He joined NEC Corp. in 1988 and he led NEC’s research about embedded system design, HPC, communication systems and quantum technologies as a general manager and a vice president of NEC research and development. Currently, he is a senior executive professional of NEC Corp. He is also a guest professor at Kyushu University, Waseda University and Tokyo University and an invited professor at Osaka University. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in electronic design automation, signal processing, supercomputer design, combinational optimization and quantum computing.
Afandi Ahmad received a PhD in computer engineering from Brunel University, London U.K., in 2010 with various awards, and specialised in reconfigurable computing architecture for medical diagnostic imaging. He is an associate professor in the computer engineering cluster at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Afandi is currently the Provost at the UTHM Pagoh Campus. Previously, he contributed a significant role in institutional leadership as Assistant Vice Chancellor (Strategic Planning and Corporate Relations) and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni). Afandi has published one book, 71 journal articles and conference proceedings, and 35 articles in the national mass media. He has also received 48 awards in leadership and services, teaching and learning, and research and development. He has also successfully supervised students and completed their research with high-impact industrial recognition. Afandi recently completed his sabbatical attachment as a visiting scholar in the discipline of institutional leadership and higher education policy at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Aalborg-UNESCO Centre for Problem-Based Learning in Engineering Science & Sustainability, Aalborg University, Denmark and the Teaching & Learning Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering & IT, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
