Hiroto Yasuura

NII, Japan

Challenges of Kyushu for Reproduction of Silicon Island

Abstract

Kyushu was called Silicon Island in 80’s and 90’s. With the opening of TSMC’s factory, we have started a new step of revitalization of the silicon island.  Leveraging integration of over 1000 companies related with semiconductor industry, we are restoring the activities on education, eco-system and business environment for modern semiconductor industry. By the collaboration with Taiwan, Korea and other East Asian countries, we have launched the project Silicon SeaBelt 2.0.

Biography

Hiroto Yasuura is a Professor Emeritus of Kyushu University. He is also a Vice Director General (Chief Cyber Science Infrastructure Director) of National Institute of Information (NII). He serves for Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as chairs of several committees. Additionally, he is worked for technical and funding companies as independent directors.

Prof. Yasuura received the B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1976, 1978, and 1983 respectively. He was an associate professor in Kyoto University and moved to Kyushu University in 1991 as a professor. He worked as an Executive Vice President of Kyushu University and in charge of Finance (CFO), Academia-Industry relationship, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Campus relocation of Kyushu University from 2008 to 2020.

He served as the research director of Silicon-Sea-Belt Fukuoka from 2001, to build up a research-industry cluster on LSI design. He served as Technical Program Chair and General Chair of ICCAD in 1997 and 1998, respectively, Vice President of IEEE CAS Society, an ACM SIGDA advisory board member, General Chair of ASP-DAC 2003, and Steering Committee Chair of ASP-DAC (2004-2014). He is a fellow of IEEE, IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) and IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan).

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