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TSUMURA Tomoaki is a Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology. With a Doctor of Informatics from Kyoto University (2004), he has established himself as a leading researcher in computer architecture, parallel processing, and high-performance computing. His academic career spans from research assistant positions at Kyoto and Toyohashi Universities to his current professorship at Nagoya Institute of Technology.
- Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University (1996)
- Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University (1998)
- Doctor of Informatics, Graduate School of Information and Communication, Kyoto University (2004)
Professor TSUMURA's research focuses on parallel processing systems, high-performance computing architectures, and innovative memory systems. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical implementations, particularly in transactional memory systems, auto-memoization processors, and GPU computing. His research group has made significant contributions to shared memory parallel computing platforms that balance productivity and performance, with recent work extending to approximate computing applications and energy-efficient processor designs.
His publication record shows a consistent output of high-impact research, with numerous papers presented at prestigious venues like xSIG, IEEE conferences, and IPSJ journals. The research trends indicate a strong focus on practical computing systems that address real-world challenges in parallelism, memory management, and energy efficiency. Recent work has particularly emphasized GPU computing, transactional memory systems, and precision optimization in numerical computing.
- Computer Science Field Achievement Award (IPSJ, 2019)
- Activity Contribution Award (IEICE, 2017)
- Multiple Best Paper/Research Awards from IEEE, ICNC, and xSIG conferences
- 1st Place in Championship Branch Prediction (CBP 2025)
Professor TSUMURA has successfully secured substantial research funding, including multiple JSPS Grant-in-Aid projects spanning from 2006 to the present. His current major project "Software cache and distributed time management for shared memory massively parallel computing platform" (2025-2029) continues his long-standing research trajectory. He actively advises numerous graduate students, with many appearing as first authors on publications where he serves as corresponding author. His leadership extends to committee memberships including Chair of the IPSJ System Architecture Research Group and Editor-in-Chief of the IPSJ Journal of Computing Systems.
Through his laboratory (tsumulab.org), Professor TSUMURA leads a research team focused on next-generation computing systems, with particular emphasis on practical implementations of theoretical concepts in computer architecture. The lab maintains strong industry and academic collaborations, evidenced by joint research projects and participation in international competitions like Championship Branch Prediction.
