Ph.D.
2017 - 2019
Information Science
M.Eng.
2015 - 2017
Information Science
GPA: 2.96/3.00
B.Sc., cum laude
2010 - 2014
Informatics
GPA: 3.50/4.00
Dialog Systems and Machine Learning, Heinrich Heine University, Germany
May 2019 - present
Towards intelligent dialogue systems. In particular I am working on learning a dialogue policy without explicitly predefined action spaces using variational inference and reinforcement learning approaches.
SCOPE Project, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
October 2016 - 2018
End-to-end affective dialogue systems with awareness of emotional context.
Honda Research Institute Japan, Japan
July - September 2015
Data collection and machine learning for audio-visual emotion recognition in Japanese.
Augmented Human Communication Laboratory, Nara Institute Of Science and Technology, Japan
June - August 2013
Study of emotion and elicited emotion in spontaneous conversational data.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
December 2022
21st Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue
July 2020
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
March 2019
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
October 2014 - March 2019
The Technological Advancement Foundation
April 2017
IEEE Spoken Language Technology Committee
December 2014, South Lake Tahoe, United States of America
International Committee for the Co-ordination and Standardization of Speech Databases and Assessment Techniques
October 2014, Phuket, Thailand
Japan Student Services Organization
June - August 2013
Bank Indonesia
July 2007 - June 2010
Python, C++
Deep Learning on PyTorch and Tensorflow
Python toolkits and libraries, e.g. numpy, scipy, nltk, etc.
Proficient in working on large clusters and Google Cloud Platform
Native
Proficient
TOEIC: 985/990
TOEFL:113/120
Limited proficiency
B2
Elementary
JLPT: N5 157/180
I've been practicing fiber arts almost daily since 2017, mostly knitting and spinning. I have a huge appreciation for natural fibers, especially wool.
I play the ukulele from time to time.
I love traveling and photography.