Dr. Junichi Nakamura received a B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degree in electronics engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 1979 and 1981, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 2000. Highlights of his early work with image sensors include optical image processing, work on the development of active pixel sensors, including static induction transistor image sensors and MOS type image sensors at the Olympus Optical Company. He was a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, where he helped pioneer many CMOS advancements. In 2000 he joined Photobit where he led several sensor developments and founded Photobit’s Tokyo Design Center.

Since 2001 Dr. Nakamura has led the Tokyo Imaging Design Center, Micron Japan, Ltd., an integral part of Aptina’s CMOS image sensor design initiatives. In 2006 he was Editor of the book Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras. Dr. Nakamura is a member of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (ITE) of Japan and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In 2009 he received the distinguished ITE Takayanagi Memorial Award for Encouragement and in 2011 was named a Fellow member of ITE.

He served as Technical Program Chair of the IISW in 1995, 1999, and 2005, and co-chaired the meeting in 2011.