Professor Hironori Kasahara of the Department of Information Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University was elected as the 2018 president of the IEEE Computer Society (World Computer Society), the world's premier computer society.This is the first time in 70 years of history that a chairman has been elected from outside the United States and Canada.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest specialized organization in the field of electricity and electronics.A non-profit academic organization with more than 160 members in more than 42 countries around the world, headquartered in New York, USA.The Computer Society is the largest of the 39 technical societies set up within the IEEE.Headquartered in Washington, DC, it is the world's most influential academic organization with over 6 members promoting research, education, standardization, industry-academia collaboration, etc. in the fields of information science and engineering.
Professor Kasahara has served on the board of the IEEE Computer Society for six years from 2009 to 2014, and was elected chairman of 6 in the executive elections held from August 8st to September 1th this year.In addition, he served as the director of the Advanced Multi-Core Processor Research Institute, Green Computing Systems Research Organization, Waseda University, and promoted the development of the world's highest technology multi-core processor and automatic parallelization and low power consumption compiler for multi-core through industry-government-academia collaboration. ing.
This election is said to have been highly evaluated for Professor Kasahara's achievements in research and development of the world's best technology, his contribution as a director of the IEEE Computer Society, and his vision as a candidate for chairman.
