Meet the Speakers

The 10th Annual U.S. and Japan Digital Innovation Hub & Advanced Technology Workshop brings together an accomplished group of leaders, researchers, innovators and industry experts from the United States and Japan. Explore the speaker profiles below to learn more about the individuals contributing to this important dialogue and advancing collaboration between the United States and Japan.

The 10th Annual U.S. and Japan Digital Innovation Hub & Advanced Technology Workshop Speakers

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Terry Cronin

VP Business Development, Toshiba International Corporation
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Tetsuo Endoh

Professor and Director of Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES), Tohoku University Tetsuo Endoh graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Science in 1987 and earned a Ph.D. from Tohoku University’s Graduate School of Engineering in 1995. He…
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Tetsuya Sakurai

Professor, Department of Computer Science; Executive Research Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (C-AIR); Co-Director, Cross-Pacific AI Initiative (X-PAI), University of Tsukuba Tetsuya Sakurai is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Executive Research Director of the Center…
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Todd Younkin

CEO, Semiconductor Research Corporation Since 2020, Dr. Todd Younkin has served as President & CEO of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), responsible for >$650M in R&D and workforce development that drives industry-relevant outcomes from university-led investments through collaborations with industrial…
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Tongcang Li

Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of NSF IUCRC Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT), Purdue University Dr. Tongcang Li is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering…
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Toshinori Kuwahara

Executive Vice Provost, Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University Toshinori Kuwahara received the Dr.-Ing. degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, in 2009, where he subsequently worked as an Academic Researcher from 2009 to 2010. He…
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Tsuyoshi Morimoto

Vice President, DENSO International America, INC. Tsuyoshi Morimoto is Vice President at DENSO International America, Inc., where he oversees Strategy Creation and Corporate Venture Capital within the R&D Division. Based in Silicon Valley, he leads efforts to identify emerging technologies,…
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Wei Yuan

Lab Manager and Director, Industrial Innovation Laboratory, Hitachi America Ltd. Wei Yuan serves as Director of the Industrial Innovation Lab at Hitachi America Ltd. R&D and leads the Hitachi Global One Team for industrial solutions. In this role, he oversees…
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Yoko Inaba

Deputy Senior Vice President, NTT Group Naoshi Sugiyama is President of Nagoya University and Executive Trustee and Vice Chancellor of the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System. A distinguished scholar in theoretical astronomy and astrophysics, he has built an…
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Yorie Nakahira

Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Yorie Nakahira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She received a B.E. in Control and Systems Engineering from Tokyo Institute…
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Yoshio Tanaka

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Dr. Yoshio Tanaka is Executive Officer of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and concurrently serves as Director General of its Department of Information Technology and…
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Yuka Suzuki

Counselor of the Embassy of Japan in the U.S. Yuka Suzuki took up her post as Science Counselor at the Embassy of Japan in July 2024. She is responsible for supporting and promoting cooperation between the U.S. and Japan in…
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