Published over 260 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, conferences, and book chapters
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Recognized as a Top Scientist in Japan (Computer Science & Electronics)
Best Paper Award at Pacific-Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) in 2000
Future Program Special Contributor Award from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2004 for Multi-modal Anthropomorphic Interface project
Best Application of Lifelike Agents award at GALA competition (IVA 2006)
Finalist for COLING 2010 Best Paper Award
Recipient of the Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing in 2015 for the most innovative paper published in 2014 in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Co-edited the book 'Life-Like Characters' (with Mitsuru Ishizuka, University of Tokyo), published in Springer's Cognitive Technologies series in 2004
Research Experience
Conducts research at NII on AI, Deep Learning, LLMs, and intelligent drone systems
Leads research on drone traffic management, risk modeling, and collision avoidance within the NEDO ReAMo project
2019–2020: Delivered a 12-hour lecture series on 'Drone x AI' for the Advanced Robotics Foundation (ARF), covering AI and Deep Learning for drones
Frequently invited as keynote/invited speaker at international forums, including Japan Drone Consortium Forum, Center for Aerial Intelligent Vehicles Kick-off Symposium, and TECHNO-FRONTIER International Drone Symposium
Co-organized the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA'08) in Tokyo in 2008