Keynote
TRON RTOS Family and IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Technology Award
Dr. Ken SakamuraDean of the Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design (INIAD), Toyo University
Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo
CEO of the YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory
Biography
Dr. Ken Sakamura was born in Tokyo in 1951. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design (INIAD), Toyo University. He has the title of emeritus professor of the University of Tokyo. He also serves as CEO of YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory. He has been the leader of the TRON project since 1984. In this capacity, he has designed the TRON open computer system architecture, which will be useful for the Internet of Things (IoT). Today the real-time operating systems based on the TRON specifications are used for mobile phones, digital cameras, and many consumer electronics appliances.
He won many awards: Medal with Purple Ribbon from Japanese government in 2003, Japan Academy Prize in 2006 and ITU150 Award in 2015, to name a few.
He is a Life Fellow and the golden core member of IEEE Computer Society.