Visiting Researchers

The Artificial Intelligence Research Center welcomes visiting researchers in all disciplines, with the aim of serving as a core center for AI research in Japan. Looking ahead, we plan to continue hosting numerous researchers.

Joint Appointed Fellows

Name	Professional Affiliation	Field of Expertise
Fukuhara, Yoshihiro	CADDi Inc.	Robust Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Adversarial Robustness, Real-world Deployment of Machine Learning Systems
Harada, Kensuke	Osaka University	Robot Manipulation, Grasping and Dexterous Manipulation, Robotics
Kato, Shota	Kyoto University	Chemical Engineering, Process Systems Engineering, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Automated Construction of Physical Models
Ogata, Tetsuya	Waseda University	Cognitive Robotics, Deep Predictive Learning, Multimodal Integration and Imitation Learning
Saito, Yuki	The University of Tokyo	Speech Synthesis, Voice Conversion, Speech Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Speech Quality Assessment
Saito, Yutaka	Kitasato University	Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Biomolecular Design, Omics Data Analysis, Automated Biological Experiments

Invited Senior Researchers

Name	Professional Affiliation	Field of Expertise
Asoh, Hideki	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, Intelligent Dialogue and Learning Systems
Kanamura, Atsunori	Mirai Hoshu Co., Ltd.	Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Brain-Tech, Brain-Machine Interface, Biosignal Processing, Soft Computing
Kawamoto, Tatsuro	Aska Intelligence LLC	Graph Clustering, Information Statistical Mechanics, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning
Kojima, Isao	AIST, Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute	Databases, Data Integration, Linked Data, Semantic Web, Spatio-Temporal and Geospatial Data Processing
Kobayashi, Ichiro	Ochanomizu University	Natural Language Processing, Language Information Processing, Intelligent Information Processing, Brain Information Decoding, Robotics
Kurita, Takio	Hiroshima University	Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Image Recognition
Miyao, Yusuke	The University of Tokyo	Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Syntactic Parsing, Semantic Analysis, Natural Language Generation, Question Answering, Grounding
Miyagawa, So	University of Tsukuba	Digital Humanities, Linguistics, Egyptology and Coptology, Natural Language Processing, Language Resources
Miwa, Makoto	Toyota Technological Institute	Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Knowledge Graphs, Biomedical Literature Information Extraction
Morita, Takeshi	Aoyama Gakuin University	Intelligent Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering, Ontology Engineering, Semantic Web, Intelligent Software Engineering
Mizuki, Sakae	Hotto Link Inc.	Natural Language Processing, Lexical Semantics, Word Embeddings, Word Sense Disambiguation
Nishida, Yoshifumi	Institute of Science Tokyo	Life-Centric Design, Human Informatics, Injury Prevention, IoT and Robotics, Behavior Modeling
Okazaki, Naoaki	Institute of Science Tokyo	Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Text Mining
Onoda, Takashi	Nagoya Institute of Technology	Technology Management, Science and Technology Studies, Research Collaboration, Organizational Ethnography
Sato, Seiya	Tokyo Denki University	Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition, Learning Algorithms
Sei, Yuichi	The University of Electro-Communications	Machine Learning, Generative AI, Agents, Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning, Software Engineering
Suzuki, Taiji	The University of Tokyo	Mathematics of Machine Learning, Deep Learning Theory
Takizawa, Daigo	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Topic, Goran	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Natural Language Processing, Natural Language Generation, Evaluation Tool Development, Research Software Development
Tsuji, Satoki	Ikotas Labs Inc.	Cybersecurity, Offensive Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Digital Forensics, Security Research and Development
Tsujii, Junichi	AIST, Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute	Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Machine Translation, Text Mining
Yamazaki, Ryoya	Hitotsubashi University	Ordinal Regression, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Nonparametric Statistics, Sparse Modeling, Feature Selection
Yano, Ken	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Medical Text Mining
Yokota, Rio	Institute of Science Tokyo	High-Performance Computing, Large-Scale Deep Learning, Numerical Linear Algebra, GPU Computing
Hayase, Tomohiro	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Free Probability Theory, Random Matrix Theory, Machine Learning, Deep Learning Theory, Meta Reinforcement Learning

Visiting Reseachers

(in alphabetical order; titles omitted)

Name	Professional Affiliation	Field of Expertise	HP
Akasaka, Ryouta	Associate Professor, Osaka University	Cyber law, Robot law	HP
Aramaki, Eiji	Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Fujiyoshi, Hironobu	Professor, Chubu University		HP
Hirao, Tsutomu	Kanazawa University		HP
Hobara, Hiroaki	Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Ikeya, Nozomi	Professor, Keio University		HP
Imoto, Keisuke	Associate Professor, Kyoto University		HP
Inui, Takashi	University of Tsukuba		HP
Kana, Iwamura	Waseda University		HP
Kawaguchi, Risa	The University of Tokyo		HP
Kay, Yura	Ochanomizu University		HP
Kazunori, Yamada	Tohoku University
Kazutaka, Kato	Osaka University		HP
Kouchi, Makiko	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kurita,Yuichi	Professor, Hiroshima University
Matsunaga, Shintaro	Associate Professor, Nagano University		HP
Matsuo, Yutaka	The University of Tokyo
Matsushita, Yuki	Institute of Science Tokyo
Miwa, Makoto	Professor, Toyota Technological Institute	Natural language processing	HP
Miyao, Yusuke	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Natural language processing, Statistical linguistics	HP
Morita,Takeshi	Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
Murata, Tsuyoshi	Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo		HP
Nagata, Ryo	Associate Professor, Konan University
Nariai, Tomoko	Nihon University
Nishida, Yoshifumi	Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo		HP
Obari, Noriyuki	Globiz Professional University
Ogawa, Tetsuji	Associate Professor, Waseda University	Speech and sound processing, machine learning	HP
Sagawa, Ryusuke	Denso IT Lab
Sakurada, Ken	Associate Professor, Kyoto University	Computer Vision	HP
Sato, Yoshihiro	lecturer, Tokyo City University	Image/signal processing, 3D structural analysis
Sese, Jun	Representative director, Humanome Lab		HP
Shiota, Sayaka	Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University	sound signal processing	HP
Shirou, Itai	Hiroshima Institute of Technology
Takamichi, Shinnosuke	Associate Professor, Keio University		HP
Takei, Akinori	PwC Business Assurance LLC		HP
Takemura, Hiroshi	Professor, Tokyo University of Science	Robotics, Biomechanics	HP
Tanaka, Kiyoshi	First Vice Chairman, Workroid Users Assosiation / Representative Director, Japan Technology Management Inc.	System Dynamics, Robotics, Embedded System, Technology Management	HP
Toda, Haruki	Associate Professor, Niigata University of Health and Welfare	Biomechanics, Rehabilitation science	HP
Topic, Goran	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tou, Hiroyuki	Kwansei Gakuin University		HP
Yamashita, Tomohisa	Associate Professor, Hokkaido University	Harmonious systems engineering	HP
Yokota, Rio	Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo		HP
Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro	Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation

Collaborative Researchers

Name	Professional Affiliation	Field of Expertise	HP
Afifi, Abdelwahab Fawzy Mohamed	Menoufia University	Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Deep Learning, Digital Predistortion, Wireless Sensor Networks
Arima, Junpei	Toyota Motor Corporation	Robotics, Robot Learning, Robot Foundation Models, Assistive Robots, Large-Scale Robot Data Collection
Chen, Chung-Chi	National Institute of Informatics	Natural Language Processing, Human-Agent Collaboration, Agent-Based Modeling, Agentic AI, Financial Text Processing
Hoshino, Takayuki	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Biosignal Processing, Machine Learning, Transfer Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Biomedical Engineering
Kawaharada, Masayuki	CyberAgent, Inc.	Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, AI Agents, Machine Learning
Kertkeidkachorn, Natthawut	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Web, Large Language Models, Generative AI	.
Liu, Muxuan	Ochanomizu University	Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Large Multimodal Models, Brain Language Decoding, Japanese Corpora, Socially-Aware Language Generation
Marrese, Taylor Edison	The University of Tokyo	Natural Language Processing, Representation Learning, Multimodal Learning, Video-Language Understanding, Opinion Mining, Document Editing Representations
Matsushima, Tatsuya	The University of Tokyo	Robotics, World Models, Model-Based Reinforcement Learning, Meta-Imitation Learning, Robot Foundation Models
Mibayashi, Ryota	Kobe University	Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Computational Social Science, Knowledge Graphs, Large Language Models
Okuma, Tomoko	Asahi Kasei Corporation	Natural Language Processing, Multilingual Processing, Clinical NLP, Generative AI, AI Utilization Strategy in Industry
Osawa, Hisao		Optics and Photonics (Near-Field Optics, Single-Molecule Spectroscopy, Wavelength Conversion Optical Systems)
Sagawa, Tatsumasa	DENSO IT LABORATORY, INC.	Computer Vision, 3D Measurement
Shigenaka, Shusuke	Senshu University	Simulation, Crowd Control, Mathematical Optimization, Data Assimilation, Parallel Computing
Tanaka, Shun	JX PRESS Corporation	Natural Language Processing
Taniguchi, Yuki	Asahi Kasei Corporation	Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, Application of NLP to Chemistry, Business Idea Generation and Evaluation

Research Support Advisors

Name	Professional Affiliation	Field of Expertise
Kase, Kei	NVIDIA G.K.	Physical AI, Robotics, Robot Simulation, World Foundation Models, Robot Foundation Models, Reinforcement Learning, Sim-to-Real
Matsuoka, Tatsuhiro	Rise Consulting Group, Inc.	Social Implementation of AI and Data Utilization
Takei, Akinori	PwC Business Assurance LLC	Social Implementation of AI and Data Utilization
Toyoda, Toshifumi	Artificial Intelligence Technology Consortium	Social Implementation of AI and Data Utilization
Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro	Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation	Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, Social Implementation of Research Outcomes

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