Dr. Masahiro Horibe earned his Ph.D. in quantum engineering from Nagoya University in 2001. He is Deputy Director of AIST’s G-QuAT center and Group Leader at NMIJ, focusing on high-frequency precision measurement. His career spans Fujitsu, METI, and CSTI roles. He serves as Convenor of IEC/ISO WG12 on Quantum Computing Benchmarking and is a Senior Member of IEEE Standards Association.