Dear Colleagues,
This is my first message to you in my new role as the chair of the MVL-TC.
I would like to thank all of you who elected me, and I am very honored
to
serve the community.
First, I like to also thank the past chair Rolf Drechsler for his work
in
the past two years.
For those of you who don't know me yet, here is a short CV:
Takao Waho received the B. S., M. S., and Ph. D. degrees in Physics from
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1973, 1975 and 1978, respectively.
In
1975, he joined Musashino Electrical Communications Laboratories, Nippon
Telegraph & Telephone Public Corporation, where he investigated
semiconductor device technology and circuit applications. He received ISMVL
Distinctive Contribution Paper Award in 1996. Since 1999, he has been a
Professor of Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo.
His research interest includes semiconductor device physics and circuit
applications, in particular, analog-to-digital converters, delta-sigma
modulators and multiple-valued logic circuits. Dr. Waho served as Editor
of
the IEICE Transactions on Electronics, and Chair of the IEICE Technical
Committee on Electron Devices.
My main goals as the chair of MVL-TC will be to continue the work of the
previous chairs and by this to bring new researchers into our field. A
wider
visibility will be crucial for the future development of the area of
multi-valued logic.
Recently, we had ISMVL2008 in Dallas, Texas. I would like to thank Professor
Thornton, ISMVL2008 Chair, for his many efforts to lead the symposium to
a
great success. Next year, ISMVL2009 will be held in Okinawa, Japan, in
May
2009. Professor Kameyama will serve as Symposium Chair. I look forward
to
seeing all of you in Okinawa, next year!
We all should work on making this a successful meeting with fruitful
discussions and inspirations.
With best wishes,
Takao Waho