Assistant Professor Warit Asavanant received "Innovators Under 35 Japan 2024"

On 1st November 2024, Assistant Professor Warit Asavanant, Department of Applied Physics, received "Innovators Under 35 Japan 2024".

Innovators Under 35 Japan 2024

"Innovators Under 35" is an international award organized by MIT Technology Review, the media division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The aim is to discover creative and talented young innovators under the age of 35 who are working to solve global problems and shape the future for the next few decades. It is highly regarded as an internationally prestigious award, with past recipients including Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, and Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Facebook.

"Innovators Under 35 Japan" is the Japanese version of the award, and this year marks the fifth time it has been held. This year, 10 winners were selected after a rigorous screening process from over 200 candidates in eight fields: "Computers/Electronics," "Software," "Transportation (Space Development)," "Internet," "AI/Robotics," "Communications," "Energy/Sustainability," and "Medicine/Bioengineering." The winners of the Japanese version will be nominated as candidates for the global version next year.

About awarded research

Development of optical quantum computation technology and founding of optical quantum computer startup

Your impression & future plan

I look forward to further development of optical quantum computer and its commercialization.