Passionately pursuing research and inspiring students for over 30 years
Wed, Feb 3, 2016-
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Professor Hironori Kasahara
Faculty of Science and Engineering
In 1987, Waseda Weekly featured Professor Hironori Kasahara and his research on a humanoid robot arm that can quickly allocate tasks among multiple computers. For this research, he won the Young Author Prize at a major international conference. Nearly 30 years later, Professor Kasahara tells us, “I am still pursuing the fastest speeds in the world. I continue research on parallel processing and love the feeling I get when I overcome a challenge.”
His latest endeavors have resulted in a multicore processor and parallelizing compiler that utilizes cutting edge multicore processing technology to increase the speed of software all while reducing electricity consumption. With these technological innovations, Professor Kasahara has accomplished something that even the world’s major semiconductor manufacturers could not. His multicore processor and parallelizing compiler is the only one of its kind in the world and offers solutions to problems such as software development costs and heat generation that limits processor speeds.
Professor Kasahara was the first in the world to create parallelized automobile engine control. His parallelizing technology, which can be used in medicine, cell phones, and the Internet of Things (IoT) will be commercially available this year. “Industrial-academic collaboration can be difficult, but I wanted to make this technology applicable in the real world. We are about to make this a reality.” Professor Kasahara has maintained his passion for research for over 30 years and continues to inspire students around him.
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Original article from Waseda Weekly