Educational Background

  • Mar. 1994, Bachelor of Physics, Dept. of Science, Kyushu University
  • Mar. 1996, Master of Informatics, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu Univrsity
  • Dec. 1998, Doctor of Science, Dpet. of Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Univrsity

Professional Experience

  • Apr. 1996-Dec. 1998: Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC-1)
  • Jan. 1999-Jul. 2003: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Jun. 2002-May 2003: Monbusyo Fellow for Japanese Scholars and Researchers to Study Abroad (UNSW, Sydney)
  • Aug. 2003-Mar. 2013: Associate Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
  • Oct. 2009-Mar. 2013: Research Fellow of Japan Science and Technology Agency (additional post)
  • Apr. 2013-present: Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology

Awards

  • Sept. 2015: Best paper award at VLDB2015 workshop: BPOE-6 "Stream-based Lossless Data Compression Hardware using Adaptive Frequency Table Management"
  • Jun. 2016: JSAI Incentive Award
  • Jun. 2007: JSAI best paper award

Research Grants

Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  • Apr. 2014-Mar. 2018: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
  • Apr. 2014-Mar. 2017: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
  • Apr. 2011-Mar. 2014: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
  • Apr. 2011-Mar. 2013: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
  • Apr. 2008-Mar. 2011: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
  • Apr. 2006-Mar. 2008: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
  • Apr. 2005-Mar. 2006: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
  • Apr. 2003-Mar. 2005: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
  • Apr. 2000-Mar. 2002: Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Scientists
  • Apr. 1996-Dec. 1998: Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC-1)
JST Basic Research Programs (by Japan Science and Technology Agency)

Membership and Professional Activities