Waidyasoriya Hasitha Muthumala is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Tohoku University. He received the BE degree in information engineering, the MS degree in information sciences, and the PhD degree in information sciences from Tohoku University, Japan, in 2006, 2008, and 2010 respectively. His research interests include reconfigurable computing, processor architectures for big-data applications, and high-level design methodology for VLSIs. He is a member of the IEEE.
Masanori Hariyama is a Professor in the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Tohoku University. He received the BE degree in electronic engineering, the MS degree in information sciences, and the PhD degree in information sciences from Tohoku University, Japan, in 1992, 1994, and 1997, respectively. His research interests include real-world applications such as robotics and medical applications, big data applications such as bio-informatics, high-performance computing, VLSI comp
