Profile
Smart city researcher and developer. Majored in mathematics at Kyoto University, Osaka University (Master of Physics), and doctoral course at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering (completed all credits). Ph.D. (Engineering, University of Tokyo). Since 2004, he has engaged in the development and research of artificial intelligence in digital games. Rikkyo University Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence Science Specially Appointed Professor, University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science Specially Appointed Professor, Advanced Science and Technology Research Center Visiting Researcher, Kyushu University Visiting Professor. International Game Developers Association Japan Game AI Expert Subcommittee (Chair), Director of the Digital Game Society of Japan, Vice Chairman and Senior Editor of the Editorial Committee of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Steering Committee Member of the Game Informatics Study Group of the Information Processing Society of Japan. Received the 2020 Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence Best Paper Award for "General System and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Large-Scale Digital Games - Based on Actual Examples of FINAL FANTASY XV".