The 15th ceremony of awarding the State Prize of the Republic of Armenia for Global Contribution to High Technologies took place recently. The event was attended by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, President Vahagn Khachaturyan, representatives of the legislative and executive authorities, as well as Samvel Shoukourian, Scientific Director of the IT Educational and Research Center.
The State Prize of the Republic of Armenia was conferred upon Japanese scientist Yoshiaki Daimon Hagiwara, founder of the AIPLAB consortium and President of the LOCOMTEC AIPS Artificial Intelligence Partner System Laboratory, in recognition of his outstanding global contributions to the high technology sector.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. Hagiwara expressed gratitude for the recognition of his contributions and the honor of receiving the State Prize of Armenia. The distinguished scientist emphasized the importance of advancing the high-tech sector and underscored the necessity of demonstrating steadfast commitment to the implementation of educational programs.
Yoshiaki Daimon Hagiwara graduated from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, USA, with a PhD in electrical engineering with a specialization in physics in 1975. While working at Sony from 1975 to 2008, he was involved in the development of image sensors and digital camera chipsets, including ADCs, DRAM, high-speed cache SRAM buffer memory chips, microcontroller chips, and high-performance real-time processors. In 1992, he was a member of the JEDEC Memory Standardization Committee and also served as the Chairman of the IEC TC47 Technical Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Mr. Hagiwara has also served as Chair of the International Program Committee and member of the Executive Committee for the IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS)-sponsored ICMTS conferences, as well as the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS)-sponsored ISSCC conferences. He chaired the IEEE ISSCC Asian Committee and led the ISSCC International Technical Program (ITC).
The prominent scholar has been a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology’s Departments of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, as well as at Gunma University’s Department of Electrical Engineering in Kiryu, Japan. He worked as a full professor at the Department of Information Science and Technology at Sojo University in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, and is currently serving as a specially appointed professor in the office of the president of Sojo University.
In 2008, he founded the AIPLAB consortium and served as the president of the Artificial Intelligence Partner System (AIPS) Laboratory. He continues to serve as the president of the LOCOMTEC AIPS Laboratory in Atsugi, Japan, developing system solutions for AI Robot Clean Energy SDGs. Mr. Hagiwara was the Chairman of the Education Committee of the Society of Semiconductor Industry Professionals (SSIS) and continues to serve as a member. He is an honorary Caltech alumnus, AAIA member, IEEE lifetime member, and a member of IEEE EDS, IEEE SSCS, IEEE CS, IEEE Superconductivity Council, IEEE Nanotechnology Council, IEEE Sensors Council, and IEEE Systems Council.
