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Takahiro Nakayama received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, all in electronic engineering, from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1998, 2000, and 2003, respectively. From 2003 to 2007, he served as a Research Associate in New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, where he researched algorithms, circuits, and systems for image compression, transmission, and recognition. In 2007, he joined Toyota Motor Corporation, Aichi, Japan. He is currently engaged in research and development of functional safety system, tactile sensor system, and inertial sensor system for robot application. His research interests include functional safety technology for electronic/programmable electronic related system, sensor device and sensing method, and intelligent sensor network system. Dr. Nakayama is a member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.