Prof. Hiroshi Iwai is an IEEE Fellow, former President of the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS), IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer。He is now a professor of Frontier Collaborative Research Center and Dept. of Advanced Applied Electronics, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan. His awards include Local Commendation for Invention from Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (1990, 2005), Grand Prize of Nikkei BP Technology Awards (1994), IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award (1994), IEICE ES Electronics Award (1998), IEEE EDS J.J.Ebers Award (2001), and JSAP Award for the best paper (2002).