Toshiaki Omori, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Kobe University, The University of Tokyo, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, JSPS Research Fellow

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• Associate Professor
  
  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
  Graduate School of Engineering,
  Kobe University, Japan
  
  


• omori(AT)port.kobe-u.ac.jp

- Current Research Interest -

Statistical Machine Learning, Neural Network Theory, Computational and Mathematical Neuroscience, Probabilistic Information Processing, Mathematical Physiology, and Biophysics


• Extracting spatiotemporal dynamics from complex systems by using statistical methods
• Probabilistic time-series analysis methods
• Information extraction from high dimensional data by using sparse modeling
  
  
• Mathematical model of higher functions in hippocampus
• Dendritic computation, and its role in neural circuitry computation
• Encoding characteristics in neural systems
• Application of neural network theory to information science

- Research -

List of Publications

- Professional Career -

• Apr. 2012 - present
  
  Associate Professor,
  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
  Graduate School of Engineering,
  Kobe University, Japan
  
  [Lectures: Control Engineering I, Control Engineering II, Special Lecture on Modern Control Theory, Machine Learning II, Learning and Inference, etc.]



• Oct. 2008 - Mar. 2012
  
  Assistant Professor,
  Department of Complexity Science and Engineering,
  Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,
  The University of Tokyo, Japan



• Apr. 2008 - Sep. 2008
  
  Research Assistant Professor,
  Department of Complexity Science and Engineering,
  Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,
  The University of Tokyo, Japan



• Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2008
  
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

(Professor Shun-ichi Amari's Research Unit, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan)


• Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006
  
  Group Member (Researcher)
  Japan Science and Technology Agency
  Research Area "Intelligent Cooperation and Control", PRESTO (Postdoc-participant Type)

c/o Prof. Masato Okada's Laboratory, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan


• Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2004
  
  Predoctoral Research Fellow,
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

- Visiting Position -

• Apr. 2016 - present
  
  Adjunct Lecturer
  Graduate School of Engineering,
  Nagoya University, Japan
  
  
• Apr. 2013 - Sep. 2013, Apr. 2014 - Sep. 2014, Apr. 2015 - Aug. 2015, Apr. 2016 - present
  
  Adjunct Lecturer
  Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,
  The University of Tokyo, Japan
  
  [Lectures: Special Lecture on Information Perception, Introduction to Data-Driven Science II, Nonlinear System Analysis I]



• May. 2007 - Aug. 2007
  
  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neural Systems, Memory, and Aging
  University of Arizona, USA



• Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2008
  
  Visiting Researcher
  Amari Research Unit, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan



• Jun. 2004 - Mar. 2006, Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2012
  
  Visiting Scientist
  Amari Laboratory for Mathematical Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

- Education -

• Mar. 2004 Ph. D. in Information Science, Tohoku University



• Apr. 1999 - Mar. 2004
  
  Laboratory of Statistical Physics for Information Science (Horiguchi Laboratory),
  Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences,
  Graduate School of Information Sciences,
  Tohoku University, Japan
  
  Supervisor: Professor Tsuyoshi Horiguchi



• Apr. 1995 - Mar. 1999
  
  Department of Physics, College of Natural Science, First Cluster of Colleges,
  University of Tsukuba, Japan

- Award -

• Best Presentation Award, Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (2018)
• Best Presentation Award, Japanese Associate for the Study of Taste and Smell (2018)
• Best Paper Award, 18th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (2017)
• Achievement Award [Electrical Engineering], The Japan Electric Association Kansai Branch (2014)
• Appreciation Letter from President Ryoji Noyori, RIKEN (2012)
• Outstanding Paper Award, Information Processing Society of Japan (2011).
• Young Researcher Award [Biological and Physiological Engineering], The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (2010).

- Research Grants -

• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
  • FY2003, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (Principal Investigator: PI)
  • FY2005, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (PI)
  • FY2006-FY2007, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PI)
  • FY2008, Grant-in-Aid for Special Purposes (PI)
  • FY2009-FY2011, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI)
  • FY2010-FY2011, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (PI)
  • FY2012, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
  • FY2013-FY2015, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (PI)
  • FY2013-FY2017, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
  • FY2016-FY2019, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI)
  • FY2016-FY2019, a Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research) (PI)
  • FY2018-FY2019, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
  • FY2021-, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI)
• Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  • FY2017-, CREST [Opt bio] Development and application of optical technology for spatiotemporal control of biological functions
  • FY2018-, CREST [Intelligent Measurement Analysis] Development and application of intelligent measurement-analysis methods through coalition between measurement technologies and informatics
  • FY2019-, CREST [Mathematical Information Platform] Creating information utilization platform by integrating mathematical and information sciences, and development to society (Co-PI)
• Japan Agency for the Medical Research and Development (AMED)
  • FY2021-, Project for Basic Medical Research

- Society -

• Member
  • The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan
  • Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)
  • The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS)
  • The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Japan
  • Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
  • American Physical Society (APS)
  • Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
  • The Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS)
  • The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
• Technical Committee Member, 15th International Conference on Neural Information Processings (2008).
• Program Committee Member, 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processings (2009).
• Program Committee Member, 17th International Conference on Neural Information Processings (2010).
• Program Committee Member, 18th International Conference on Neural Information Processings (2011).
• Program Committee Member, 20th International Conference on Neural Information Processings (2013).
• Program Committee Member, 21th International Conference on Neural Information Processings (2014)
• Program Committee Member, 15th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (2016).
• Organizing Committee Member, 23rd International Conference on Neural Information Processings (2016), 2015-2016.
• Reviewer of IEEE Trans. Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEICE Trans., and other journals.