Signing ceremony (IMAGE) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Caption Kiyohiro Houkin, President of Hokkaido University, front left, and Martin A. Schmidt, President of RPI, sign a letter of intent. They are accompanied by Dr. Atsuyoshi Koike, CEO of Rapidus Corporation, left; Naomichi Suzuki, Governor of Hokkaido; Rebecca Doerge, Provost of RPI; and Mukesh Khare, General Manager of IBM Semiconductors division and Vice President of Hybrid Cloud research. Credit Kris Qua/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Usage Restrictions For use with credit License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.