We are happy to announce that our TUM-IAS Hans Fischer Senior Fellow Professor Krishnendu Chakrabarty (William H. Younger Professor of Engineering at Duke University and chair of Duke’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) has been awarded a Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in the “Short-term S: Noble Prize Level” category.
For more than 80 years since its establishment, the JSPS has initiated a wide range of programs that are central to promoting scientific research. The "JSPS International Fellowships for Research in Japan (Invitational Fellowship)", consisting of three options of long-term, short-term, and short-term S, was founded with the goal of inviting overseas researchers to foster the international academic exchange. Within the framework of the program "Short-term S: Nobel Prize Level" overseas researchers who have eminent records of research achievements and awards on a Nobel Prize level and who are actively leaders in their areas are invited to give lectures, guide research, and conduct other activities in Japan.
Chakrabarty, who is internationally acknowledged as a computer engineering innovator doing pioneering work in lab-on-a-chip design automation, 3-D integrated circuits and wireless sensor networks, was nominated by Professor Seiji Kajihara, dean of the School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering at the Kyushu Institute of Technology. Over a period of two weeks, Chakrabarty will travel through Japan, giving lectures and meeting university professors, senior administrators and graduate students. In addition he will continue joint research activities with Japanese institutions on 3D integrated circuits and data analytics for reliable 3D integrated circuit design.