J. Joshua Yang is a professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California. His current research interest is Post-CMOS hardware for neuromorphic computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence, where he published several pioneering papers and holds 120 granted US Patents. He is the Founding Chair of the IEEE Neuromorphic Computing Technical Committee and the director of USC-Airforce Center of Excellent on Neuromorphic Computing. He was elected to the IEEE Fellow and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow for his contributions to resistive switching materials and devices for nonvolatile memory and neuromorphic computing.