Faculty, Affiliation

Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering,Institute of Science and Engineering

College and School Educational Field

Division of Electrical,Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Course in Information and Communication Engineering, School of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, College of Science and Engineering

Laboratory

Computational Cognitive Science Lab

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
Kyoto University　Master　Graduate School of Informatics　Intelligence Science and Technology Course　200403　Completed
Kyoto University　Doctor　Graduate School of Informatics　Intelligence Science and Technology Course　200711　Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Kyushu University　Department of Biology　200203
【Degree】
Ph. D.

Career

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science　JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)(2006/04-2008/03)
Indiana University　The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences　Post-doctoral Research Fellow(2008/04-2010/03)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology　School of Knowledge Science　Assistant Professor(2008/10-2016/03)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology　Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology　Assistant Professor(2016/04-2017/03)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology　Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology　Associate Professor(2017/04-2026/09)
Japan Science and Technology Agency　PRESTO. Individual Researcher(2020/04-2023/03)
City, University of London　Visiting Senior Scholar(2023/04-2024/03)
Kanazawa University　School of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, College of Science and Engineering　Professor(2026/10-)

Year & Month of Birth

Academic Society

Japanese Cognitive Science Society
Cognitive Science Society
The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics
The Association for Natural Language Processing

Award

○Outstanding Presentation Award at the 22th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society(2005/07)
○International Collaboration Award(2010)
○International Collaboration Award(2010)
○JSAI Annual Conference Award(2014/09)
○The 5th Forum for Knowledge Co-Creation Knowledge Co-creation Award(2015/03)
○The 5th Forum for Knowledge Co-Creation Exploratory Research Award(2015/09)
○Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics Encouragement Award(2015/09)
○Cognitive Studies Incentive Paper Award(2017/09)
○The 5th Nojima Hisao Award(2017/09)
○Outstanding Presentation Award at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society(2017/12)
○Outstanding Presentation Award at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society(2017/12)
○Cognitive Studies Best Paper Award(2022/09)
○NLP2023 Committee Special Award(2023/03)
○NLP2023 Excellence Award Award(2025/03)