Professor, Technology Management for Innovation, School of Engineering, UTokyo Expertise: AI, especially deep learning and web mining 1997 Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Tokyo with a Bachelorʼs degree in Information and Communication Engineering 2002 Completed a doctoral program and earned a doctorate in engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering at The University of Tokyo Became a researcher with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) From Oct. 2005. Visiting Scholar, Stanford University From Oct. 2007 Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering Innovation / Center for Structuring of Knowledge / Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo From 2014. Joint Representative and Project Associate Professor, Chair for Global Consumer Intelligence, Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo 2012–14 Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, then Chair of Ethics Committee (present post) June 2017 Founder and Director, Japan Deep Learning Association (JDLA) From April 2019 Professor of Research Into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE) / Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo From June 2019 Concurrent Outside Director, SoftBank Group Corp. From Oct. 2021 Member, PMʼs Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization From May. 2023 Member, PMʼs Council of AI Strategy Japan Deep Learning Association