Research Experience

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)