Prof Yasuhiko Arakawa is the Director of both the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics and the Nanoelectronics Collaborative Research Center- Tokyo- Japan. He received his BE, ME, and PhD degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from The University of Tokyo, Japan in 1975, 1977 and 1980, respectively.. He immediately joined The University of Tokyo as an assistant professor and became a full professor at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) in 1993. He is now Director of both the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics and the IIS-Center for Photonics and Electronics Convergence at The University of Tokyo. He is currently the President of International Commission for Optics (ICO). He has received several major awards, including Leo Esaki Award (2004), IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Award (2004), Fujiwara Award (2007), Prime Minister Award (2007), Medal with Purple Ribbon (2009), IEEE David Sarnoff Award (2009), C&C Award (2010), Heinrich Welker Award (2011), OSA Nick Holonyak Jr. Award (2011), and JSAP Isamu Akasaki Award (2012)