Yoshiaki Amano

Yoshiaki Amano received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He joined KDD Corporation (currently KDDI Corporation), in 1999, where he became involved in research and development on CDMA cellular systems, smart antennas, and wireless performance evaluation and improvement of mobile terminals. He also served as a member of the Energy Business Planning Division, KDDI Corporation, where he helped to launch the company’s electric power retail business, from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, he launched research and development on dynamic spectrum sharing systems and intelligent reflecting surfaces with KDDI Research Inc., before leading research on wireless communication systems with beyond 5G/6G technology. He received the Young Researcher’s Award from IEICE and the Meritorious Award on Radio from the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB), in 2005 and 2011, respectively.