Hidetoshi Nishimori

Professor at Institute of Science Tokyo, NEC C&C Prize, MEXT Commendation for Science and Technology, Nishina Memorial Prize, Senior Scientist RIKEN (iTHEMS)

I am a Professor at the Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Tech, and head of the Quantum Computing Research Unit. After earning my BSc, MSc, and DSc in Physics from the University of Tokyo and completing postdoctoral work at Carnegie Mellon and Rutgers, I returned to Japan. My research centers on spin glass theory and, more recently, quantum annealing for combinatorial optimization. I am excited about the interdisciplinary nature of this field and look forward to advancing it further within the stimulating environment of iTHEMS.