Prof. Masaharu Kobayashi

Masaharu Kobayashi, Ph.D. has been an associate professor at The University of Tokyo since 2014. His current research interest is emerging nanoelectronic device for energy-efficient computing in IoT and AI applications.

Prior to joining The University of Tokyo, Prof. Kobayashi was a Research Staff Member in IBM Watson Research Center. During his 5 years at IBM, he was involved in pathfinding for beyond-10nm technology node. He also contributed to 14nm SOI CMOS technology development.

Prof. Kobayashi received a Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. He is a member of IEEE and JSAP. He is serving for program committee of IEDM and VLSI Symposium. He is a recipient of 2019 IEEE EDS Leo Esaki Award.