On June 26, 2026, Associate Professor Ohashi Takumi appeared on the business video platform PIVOT, in conversation with PIVOT CEO Norihiko Sasaki on the theme of training semiconductor talent.
As investment pours into advanced manufacturing lines, why does Japan need people who handle design? Touching on his own path from research in two-dimensional semiconductor materials to Transition Design, Ohashi discusses the kind of talent who can translate a social problem into a chip design. The conversation ranges from how to widen the base of those who use semiconductors, to what is worth learning in an era when AI automates design, and on to education and human resource development in Japan more broadly.
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Our laboratory works on research and education that design the connection between technology and society, with Transition Design as its axis. The conversation is in Japanese.