Akiyo Nomura

Overview

Akiyo Nomura

Title

Staff Research Scientist

Location

IBM Research - Tokyo Shin-kawasaki, Japan

Bio

Dr. Akiyo Nomura is a Staff Research Scientist in the Technology Enablement and Design group, Semiconductors at IBM Research - Tokyo. The group is located in the IBM Shin-Kawasaki facility at NANOBIC, a research park owned by Kawasaki City for open innovations in micro/nanotechnology. Dr. Nomura joined IBM in 2017 after receiving her MS from Keio University. Her major in university was solid-state physics with a focus on spintronics. Since she joined IBM, she has been working on a next-generation analog AI hardware accelerator for deep neural networks and spiking neural networks. The accelerator enables in-memory operation by utilizing new synaptic-element devices and circuit technologies. She has presented the results of her research at renowned international conferences, and she has also published her work in journals. She is enjoying working with global IBM researchers to come up with new concepts for AI hardware circuits. In 2023, she got her Ph.D. from Keio University while working at IBM.

Professional Activities

  • 電子情報通信学会(IEICE) 編集委員 (working group D) 2019年 - 2021年. 2020年 - 2021年の期間は、working group Eのリエゾンを兼任.
  • ICONIP 2019 PC member
  • 応用物理学会(JSAP) 機関誌企画・編集委員会委員 2022年 - 2024年. 外部記者 2024年 - 現在.
  • NEDO「材料分野の技術課題検討に資する調査」技術課題検討委員会(AI技術)委員
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience Review Editor for Neuromorphic Engineering, 2023 -

Lecture

  • 野村 晶代, "今半導体が熱い!半導体研究の最前線", 理工学概論, 慶應義塾大学, 2024年5月22日 (特別講師として).

Award

  • IEEJ Excellent Presentation Award 2019

Blog

External Publications and Presentations (No peer review)

External Publications and Presentations (Peer review)

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Publications

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