Hideaki Yamamoto

Professor

Education

March 2001: Waseda University Senior High School
March 2005: B.Eng., Department of Electronics and Communications, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (Advisor: Prof. Iwao Ohdomari)
March 2007: M.Eng., Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (Advisor: Prof. Iwao Ohdomari)
March 2009: Ph.D. in Engineering, Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University (Advisor: Prof. Iwao Ohdomari). Dissertation: "Characterization and Applications of Organosilane Self-Assembled Monolayers"

Professional Experience

April 2007: JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
April 2010: JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Waseda University (Mentor: Assoc. Prof. Takanobu Watanabe)
April 2010: JSPS Research Fellow (SPD), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Mentor: Prof. Shun Nakamura)
April 2013: Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University (Mentor: Prof. Takashi Tanii)
April 2014: Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University (Mentor: Assoc. Prof. Ayumi Hirano-Iwata)
May 2018: Assistant Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University (Hirano-Iwata Lab)
January 2020: Associate Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University (Sato-Sakuraba-Yamamoto Lab)
April 2026: Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

Visiting and Concurrent Appointments

November 2011 – January 2012: Visiting Researcher, Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research, Oregon Health & Science University (Banker Lab, Prof. Gary Banker)
May 2018 – March 2019: Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich (Wolfrum Lab, Assoc. Prof. Bernhard Wolfrum)
October 2018 – March 2022: PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Professional Memberships

Japan Society of Applied Physics; Japanese Neural Network Society; Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers; Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science

Committee Memberships

July 2008 – December 2017: Member, Committee for Journal Digitalization, Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
April 2017 – Present: Board Member, Japan Nanomedicine Society
December 2017: Steering Committee Member, 11th International Symposium on Nanomedicine (11th ISNM)
December 2017: Local Organizing Committee Member, 2017 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2017)
April 2020 – March 2024: Secretary, Division of Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics, Japan Society of Applied Physics
April 2020 – September 2024: Program Editorial Committee Member, Japan Society of Applied Physics
October 2020 – March 2022: Specialist Member, Textbook Authorization Research Council, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
December 2020: Executive Committee Vice-Chair, The 30th Annual Conference of Japanese Neural Network Society
March 2021 – October 2021: Editorial Board Member, Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications (NOLTA), IEICE, Special Section on Nonlinear Dynamical Aspects of Edge Computing and Neuromorphic Hardware
April 2021 – March 2025: Board Member, Japanese Neural Network Society
March 2022 – September 2022: Programme Committee, 31st International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN2022)
April 2022 – Present: Temporary Member, Textbook Authorization Research Council, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
July 2022 – July 2024: Exhibition Chair, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2024
May 2023 – June 2024: Executive Member, 2024 International Conference on Molecular Electronics & Bioelectronics (M&BE11)
March 2025 – Present: Program Committee Member, NEURO2026
April 2025 – Present: Editorial Committee Member, Journal Planning and Editorial Committee, Japan Society of Applied Physics
April 2025 – Present: Representative, Japanese Neural Network Society

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1), PI (FY2007–2009)
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (SPD), PI (FY2010–2012)
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, PI (FY2013–2014)
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), PI (FY2015–2017)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), PI (FY2018–2021)
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (B), PI / Research Area Director (FY2021–2023)
Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), PI (FY2022–2025)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), PI (FY2023–2026)
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), PI / Research Area Director (FY2024–2028)

Other Funding

JST PRESTO, "Innovative Computing" Research Area (FY2018–2021)