Biography
Name
Jaw-Shen Tsai
Research Fellow, Smart Energy Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
Laboratory Head, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Lab, Riken
Professional Record
- 1983-1985
- Joined NEC
- Research Scientist, Microelectronics Research Laboratories
- 1985-1990
- Supervisor, Fundamental Research Laboratories
- 1990-1993
- Research Manager, Fundamental Research Laboratories
- 1993-1996
- Principal Researcher, Fundamental Research Laboratories
- 1996-2001
- Senior Principal Researcher, Fundamental Research Laboratories
- 2001-2004
- Research Fellow, Fundamental Research Laboratories
- Laboratory Head, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Lab, Riken
- 2004-2007
- Research Fellow, Fundamental and Environmental Research Laboratories
- Laboratory Head, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Lab, Riken
- 2007-2010
- Research Fellow, Nano Electronics Research Laboratories
- Laboratory Head, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Lab, Riken
- 2010-2011
- Research Fellow, Green Innovation Research Laboratories
- Laboratory Head, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Lab, Riken
- 2012-Present
- Research Fellow, Smart Energy Research Laboratories
- Laboratory Head, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Lab, Riken
Guest Positions
- 1988-1991
- Consultant, Chun-Shan Science & Technology Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 1993
- Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo, Department of Engineering, Tokyo
- 1996
- Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Metal, Tsukuba
- 1999-2001
- Visiting Professor, University of Tohoku, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Sendai
- 2000-2001
- Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics
- 2004-Present
- Advisor, Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics
- 2000-2007
- Concurrent Professor, Nanjing University, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering
- 2005-Present
- Visiting Professor, Tsukuba University, Department of Frontier Science, Tsukuba
- 2006-Present
- Visiting Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School, Engineering Department, Nagoya
Committees
- 1991
- The 3rd International Conference on Material & Mechanism of Superconductivity, Program Committee
- 1991
- Workshop on Physics & Technology of HTS Artificial Structures for Josephson Electronics, (satellite to International Conference on Material & Mechanism of Superconductivity, M2S ‘91), Workshop Chairperson
- 1989-1992
- Japanese Applied Physics Society, Superconductivity Division, Executive Committee
- 1992-Present
- Japanese Applied Physics Society Meeting, Program Committee (Leader)
- 1995-1998
- International Symposium on Superconductivity, Program Committee
- 1996-Present
- International Electrical Commission / TC 90, Technical Committee
- 1996-Present
- Advanced Technology Institute, Semiconductor Quantum Effect Research Committee
- 1997-Present
- International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials, Program Committee
- 1997-Present
- FED Journal, Editorial Committee
- 1998-1999
- Electron Transport in Mesoscopic System Conference, (satellite to International Conference on Low Temperature ’99, Helsinki), Program Committee
- 1999-2001
- Japan Electronic Industry Development Association, Quantum Correlated Electronics Special Committee
- 2000-2001
- Superconducting Device Physics Conference (SPD2001), Organization Committee, Guest Editor of proceedings (Special Issue of Physica C)
- 2001
- Tsukuba Symposium on Carbon Nanotube in Commemoration of 10th Anniversary of its Discovery (CNT10), Steering Committee Chair
- 2001-2002
- International Symposium on Quantum Computing, Steering Committee
- 2001-2004
- Japan Society of Promotion of Science, “Material Science and System Design” Research and Development Special Committee
- 2002-2003
- The 8th International Symposium on Advanced Physical Fields (APF8) "Advanced Materials for Quantum Computing", Program Committee
- 2003-2004
- Japan Applied Physics Society, Paper Award Committee
- 2003-Present
- Ministry of Science and Education, Science and Technology Policy Laboratory, Science and Technology Trend Research Center, Special Investigator
- 2004-2005
- ERATO conference on Quantum Information Science 2004 (EQIS'04), Program Committee
- 2004-Present
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Innovation Promoting Project "Quantum Information Processing Device", External Advisory Board
- 2004-2005
- 1st. Asia-Pacific Conference on Quantum Information Science, International Advisory Committe
- 2004-Present
- International Workshop on Macroscopic Quantum Coherence and Computing, Scientific Committee
- 2005-Present
- Japan Society of Promotion of Science, "New Function in Electronic Systems" Committee
- 2005-Present
- Tsukuba Prize Preliminary Review Committee
- 2005-2007
- Asia Quantum Information Science Conference (AQIS'06), Program Committee (Vice Chair for 2007)
- 2005-Present
- International Conference on Nanophysics, Advisory Committee
- 2006-Present
- International Workshop on SOLID-STATE QUANTUM COMPUTING, International Advisory Board
- 2006-2007
- Society of Nano Science and Technology, Program Committee
- 2007-Present
- The 9th International Conference on Material & Mechanism of Superconductivity, Japan Committee
National Projects
- 1988-1997
- Ministry of Trade and Industry, Future Electron Device Projects, "High Tc Superconductor based Single Electron Device", Project Head (1988-1990)
- 1996-2000
- Ministry of Education , Science and Culture, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CERST Project "Metallic Small Tunnel Junctions", NEC Group Head (Project Head: Prof. Yoichi Ootsuka、Tsukuba U.)
- 2003-2008
- Ministry of Science and Education, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CERST Project "Superconducting Quantum Bit Systems", Project Head
- 2009-Present
- Ministry of Science and Education, Scientific Research on Innovative Area, "Quantum Cybernetics", Project Director
- 2009-2014
- Saisentan R&D Support Project, "Quantum Information Processing", Co-director
Awards
- 2004
- Nishina Memorial Award, The Nishina Memorial Foundation, Japan
- 2007
- Honorary Professor, National Chiao Tung University
- 2008
- Simon Memorial Prize
Research Fields
Josephson effect, superconducting electronics, single-electron tunneling effect, single electronics, quantum coherence, quantum computing etc.
Societies
American Physical Society (Fellow)
The Japan Society of Applied Physics (Fellow)