Experience
Research
2024~present Biometrics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
Principal Researcher at the Research Group for Biometirc Recognition Systems
2021~2023 Biometrics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
"Special Researcher"* at the Face Recognition Research Group
*A few distinguished researchers that are selected to enter a performance-based reward system instead of the traditional seniority wage system.
2018~2021 Biometrics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
Assistant Manager at the Face Recognition Research Group
- Invented a deep neural network-based sequential decision making algorithm. This algorithm is used in NEC Corporation's face recognition suite, NeoFace®*.
2016~2018 Data Science Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
Assistant Manager at the Face Recognition Research Group
Advisor: Dr. Hitoshi Imaoka and Mr. Kazuyuki Sakurai
- Invented a face presentation attack (spoofing) detection algorithm for resource-constrained devices. This algorithm is used in NEC Corporation's face recognition suite, NeoFace-G Lite®*.
*NeoFace/NeoFace-G Lite are a part of NEC's multimodal authentication solutions, Bio-IDiom.
2015~2016 Laboratory of Dr. Winrich Freiwald, Laboratory of Neural Systems, The Rockefeller University
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Provided an explanation to the encoding scheme of the temporal lobe face-selective neurons by using computational and statistical models
2008~2015 Laboratory of Dr. Winrich Freiwald, Laboratory of Neural Systems,
Laboratory of Dr. Marcelo Magnasco, Laboratory of Mathematical Physics,
The Rockefeller University
Graduate fellow, Biology
- Studied the representation of multiple objects in the temporal lobe face-selective neurons
- Piloted optogenetics experiments in rodents
2009~2010 Laboratory of Dr. Doris Tsao, California Institute of Technology
Visiting student, Department of Biology
- Conducted electrophysiological recording to study multiple object representation in temporal lobe
- Piloted optogenetic methods for controlling and recording neural activity
- Analyzed electrophysiological data of visual attention experiment
2006~2008 Laboratory of Dr. Hitoshi Sakano, The University of Tokyo
Undergraduate, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science
- Studied how mouse olfactory sensory neurons utilize enhancer element and transcription factors to ensure specific gene expression pattern
2006~2007 Molecular Biology Laboratory Course, The University of Tokyo
Undergraduate, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science
- Learned general molecular biology research skills
2006~2007 Summer Program for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, The University of Tokyo
Undergraduate, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science
- Developed programs for shotgun sequencing (Java), extracting information from databases (Perl regular expression) and MAP kinase cascade simulation (GENESIS/kinetikit)
Education
2008-2015 The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences
Ph.D. advisor: Dr. Winrich A. Freiwald, Laboratory of Neural Systems
Ph.D. co-advisor: Dr. Marcelo Magnasco, Laboratory of Mathematical Physics
Faculty advisory committee: Dr. Cornelia I. Bargmann and Dr. Charles D. Gilbert
Thesis: Normalization among heterogeneous population confers stimulus discriminability on the macaque face patch neurons
2004-2008 The University of Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Science in Biophysics and Biochemistry, March 2008
B.A. advisor: Dr. Hitoshi Sakano
B.A. mentor: Dr. Hirofumi Nishizumi
Thesis: Expression mechanism of mouse odorant receptor gene
GPA: 3.88/4.00
- Attended the Undergraduate Program for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (2006).
Service
Reviewer: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, BMVC, TMLR, and others. Reviewer awards are detailed under ‘Honors and Awards.’