MEMBERS

Professor 🖊️

Tomah Sogabe 曽我部 東馬

---CAREER HISTORY---

[April 2024 – present]
Professor, Info-Powered Energy System Research Center, Department of Engineering Science (Adjunct), The University of Electro-Communications

[May 2021 – present]
Director, Advanced Energy Device and Intelligent Technology AI Research Station (EDITAS), The University of Electro-Communications

[March 2016 – March 2024]
Associate Professor, Info-Powered Energy System Research Center, Department of Engineering Science (Adjunct), The University of Electro-Communications

[April 2014 – February 2016]
Project Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

[April 2011 – March 2014]
Project Assistant Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

[January 2011 – March 2011]
Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

---COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS---

[June 2024]
Chairman of the Screening Committee for the “Survey on Project Planning and Management for the ‘NEDO Challenge / Development of Solutions to Social Problems using Quantum Computers’ Project”

[May 2023 – present]
Technical Committee Member, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO*)

[2019 – present]
Steering Committee Member, SIG on Quantum Software, Information Processing Society of Japan

[April 2016 – present]
International Development Support Specialist for SIESTA†
†A computer program that performs efficient electronic structure calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of molecules and solids

*NEDO is a national research and development agency that creates innovation by promoting technological development necessary for realization of a sustainable society.

Assistant Professor 🖊️

Katsuyoshi Sakamoto 坂本 克好

Visiting Researcher 🖊️

Kodai Shiba 斯波 廣大

Co-Researcher 🖊️

Dr. Chen Chih-Chieh

Research Assistants 🖊️

Yuko Ozawa 小澤 祐子

Moeko Hirano 平野 萌子

Lab Secretaries 🖊️

Tanaka 田中

Torii 鳥井

Asanuma 浅沼

LINKS

Related Labs

■ Okada Lab (The University of Tokyo)    https://mbe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/home-english/

■ Yamaguchi Lab (The University of Electro-Communications)    http://www.crystal.ee.uec.ac.jp/

■ Shen Lab (The University of Electro-Communications)    http://www.shen.es.uec.ac.jp/

 


Memberships in Academic Societies

■ The Japan Society of Applied Physics    https://www.jsap.or.jp/english

■ The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence    https://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/en/

■ Information Processing Society of Japan    https://www.ipsj.or.jp/english/

■ SIG on Quantum Software, Information Processing Society of Japan    https://sigqs.ipsj.or.jp/

■ Advanced Energy Device and Intelligent Technology AI Research Station (EDITAS)    https://www.editas.org/

■ SIMUNE (A software company that developed the ab initio calculation software, SIESTA)   https://www.simuneatomistics.com/about-us/

STUDENTS (AY2024)

D3

  • Malla Dinesh Bahadur

D1

  • Taihei Kuroiwa 黒岩 太平

M2

  • Yasuhiro Kishida 岸田 康裕
  • Shinji Sato 佐藤 信治
  • Keita Takahashi 髙橋 奎太
  • Yuya Makino 牧野 侑矢
  • Takuma Yokoyama 横山 拓磨

M1

  • Haruka Ieiri 家入 遼嘉
  • Yuya Ito 伊藤 悠哉
  • Takahiro Kochi 河内 貴宏
  • Ryosuke Koga 古賀 諒介
  • Daiki Sasaki 佐々木 大輝
  • Daiki Yamazaki 山崎 大暉
B4

  • Yoshinobu Uno 宇野 吉伸
  • Yoshito Umeno 梅野 嘉人
  • Riku Okawa 大川 莉功
  • Kiria Yamashita 山下 熙莉杏
  • Masaya Irimajiri 入交 将也

Innovation Talent Development Program

JST BOOST Program
The BOOST Program (Broadening Opportunities for Outstanding young researchers and doctoral students in Strategic areas) is an initiative by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) aimed at nurturing talent in critical national strategic fields.

■Daiki Sasaki (M1)

Selected for JST BOOST Program FY2026

Project Title: “Development of Tensor Network- Based Quantum Circuit Reservoir Computing”

Click here for more details (Japanese)

 

MITOU Program

MITOU Program is operated by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan) and its mission is to discover and develop young talents who are capable of accelerating innovation and playing a key role in creating next-generation IT markets.

■ Nobuhiro Kasahara (M2)

Selected for MITOU Program in FY2023

Project Title: “Development of a Hybrid Quantum Error Correction Method using Model Predictive Control”

Click here for more details (Japanese)

■ Tomoaki Kimura (M2)

Selected for MITOU Program in FY2021

Project Title: “Development of Quantum Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (Q-POMDP) Method for Quantum Circuit Design”

Click here for more details (Japanese)

 

 

For Applicants

We accept students from overseas who wish to enter the Master’s and/or Doctoral programs in our lab. If you are interested in our lab as your first choice, please contact us through the CONTACT page on our website. For MEXT scholarship, please read the following website carefully.

https://www.fedu.uec.ac.jp/en/future_students/scholarship/overview.html

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