Ken Sakamura
Professor of Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
Director of YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory
Chair of T-Engine Forum/uID Center
Born in Tokyo in 1951, Professor Sakamura obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Keio University in 1979. His main research area is computer architecture. He has been the leader of the TRON project since 1984. In this capacity, he has designed and published the TRON computer system architecture, which will be useful for ubiquitous computing of the future. Today, the real-time operating systems based on the TRON specification are used for engine control on automobiles, mobile phones, digital cameras, and many other devices, and is believed to be the most popular such operating systems of the kind all over the world.
Aside from the computer systems, he has paid attention to the artistic design of electronic appliances, furniture, houses, buildings, urban landscape, and museums, all of which contain the networked embedded computers based on the TRON specification. In a nutshell, he has led the research of the total system architecture of ubiquitous computing in our daily lives.
At present, he is a professor of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, director of the YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory, and a fellow of the IEEE Computer Society.
He was the recipient of The 33rd Ichimura Prizes in Technology - Main Prize, the recipient of Takeda Award 2001, the recipient of the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2003, the recipient of Okawa Prize in 2004 and the recipient of the Medal of Japan Academy Prize in 2006.
He has authored and co-authored many books. These books include "micro-ITRON 3.0- An Open and Portable Real-Time Operating System for Embedded Systems" by IEEE Computer Society Press, "TRON Design" published by Personal Media, "Japanese Model of Information Society" (in Japanese) published by PHP Institute, "Japan's Information Strategy for the 21st Century"(in Japanese) published by Iwanami Shoten, "The Ubiquitous Computing Revolution" (in Japanese) published by Kadokawa Shoten, "Ubiquitous Computing meets TRON" (in Japanese) published by NTT Publishing and many others.
Mr. K. Iwata is currently responsible for the research and development of Renesas Technology’s core product, SuperH controller/processor, mainly focusing on Digital Audio and Home Network application. He has an extensive wealth of experience in MCU development, including developing New-4bit, H8/300, H8/300H, H8S and SuperH controller products. Beside developing products, Mr. K. Iwata also held a number of sales and marketing roles in his 26 years of experience.
Mr Chandran Nair is the Managing Director of National Instruments Singapore, which is the company’s headquarters for Southeast Asia. He has numerous degrees from ASU and Bangalore University (Physics, Math, Chemistry, etc). Chandran was with National Instruments Corporate headquarters in Austin, Texas for 6 years and has led a team which is responsible for the product marketing of PXI, VXI, MXI, GPIB, Serial, VISA and IVI. Under his leadership, NI has achieved a significant market position in PXI.
Bill Schulze
Embedded Test Program Manager
Design Verification Solutions Division
Network & Digital Systems Business Unit
Electronic Measurements Group Agilent Technologies
Currently responsible for marketing and strategic planning for Agilent’s embedded test products; Bill has held various marketing and product management positions throughout his 20-year career in the electronics industry.
During his 15-year career at Agilent (and Hewlett-Packard), he has made contributions in business development and technical marketing roles for various businesses including test and measurement solutions for R&D, EDA tools, and microprocessor development systems. Bill also held the position of Marketing Manager at MINC Incorporated, a programmable logic synthesis software start-up company. His articles and technical papers have been published numerous times and Bill has been a speaker at various industry events.
Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla, and has completed post-graduate coursework at Harvard Business School and the University of Michigan.
Joe is responsible for the sales and marketing activities for the AANZ region. He has many years of experience developing the embedded market in the region from Asean to Australia/New Zealand with companies like Motorola and currently Wind River. He holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham, UK.
Jegan is responsible for field engineering and post sales activities for the AANZ region and has helped many strategic, major, home grown accounts reach market faster with their products. He is an enthusiastic embedded technology consultant willing to share knowledge and has inspired many young engineers to choose embedded technology as their career. Jegan holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree (electronics and communication stream) from CIT and a Masters of Business Administration degree from MAHE.
Beng Hai Tan, is a Principal Field Applications Engineer for Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, with responsibility for ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand. In his role Tan provides technical assistance to customers as well as various training sessions, including hands-on workshops and seminars to engineers.
Based in Singapore, Tan brings more than 18 years of industry experience to Microchip where he has worked for more than ten years. Prior to being appointed Principal Field Assistant in 2005, Tan was employed as a Senior Field Applications Engineer.
Before joining Microchip, Tan worked as an engineering assistant for Thomson Consumer Electronics and as a Field Services Engineer at Singapore Technology and MEMEC.
Tan holds an Electronics Technology degree from the Open University, Singapore; an Advanced Diploma in Computer and Communication Engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore and a Diploma in Computer and Electronic Engineering from the French Singapore Institute.
Kerstin started Hitex Development Tools Asia Pte Ltd as a subsidiary of Hitex Development Tools Germany in 1998. She promoted 8-bit development tools to TV development customers (resulting in Hitex becoming the leading supplier for TV development labs in Asia) and successfully expanded regional distribution networks throughout Asia. She is also responsible for the expansion of Hitex’s automotive client base with focus on Japan and Korea.
As the General Manager of Hitex Development Tools Asia, Kerstin is currently active in promoting software testing methodologies for automotive applications in Japan and Korea. She is involved in training activities set up in cooperation with the embedded community at Nayang Polytechnic with a focus on providing dedicated processor training for ARM.
Kerstin is a graduate of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and the National University of Singapore.
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