About
Education
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Ph.D.
2017 - 2019
Information Science
M.Eng.
2015 - 2017
Information Science
GPA: 2.96/3.00
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
B.Sc., cum laude
2010 - 2014
Informatics
GPA: 3.50/4.00
Projects and Experiences
Postdoctoral Researcher
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.
Project Researcher
SCOPE Project, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
October 2016 - 2018
End-to-end affective dialogue systems with awareness of emotional context.
Intern Researcher
Honda Research Institute Japan, Japan
July - September 2015
Data collection and machine learning for audio-visual emotion recognition in Japanese.
Intern Researcher
Augmented Human Communication Laboratory, Nara Institute Of Science and Technology, Japan
June - August 2013
Study of emotion and elicited emotion in spontaneous conversational data.
Honors and Awards
Best Paper Award
21th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue
July 2020
NAIST Best Student Award
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
March 2019
MEXT Scholarship
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
October 2014 - March 2019
TAF Travel Grant
The Technological Advancement Foundation
April 2017
Best-Rated Poster Presentation Award
IEEE Spoken Language Technology Committee
December 2014, South Lake Tahoe, United States of America
Best Student Paper Award
International Committee for the Co-ordination and Standardization of Speech Databases and Assessment Techniques
October 2014, Phuket, Thailand
JASSO Scholarship
Japan Student Services Organization
June - August 2013
Bank Indonesia Scholarship
Bank Indonesia
July 2007 - June 2010
Skills
Programming
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
Languages
Indonesian
Native
English
Proficient
TOEIC: 985/990
TOEFL:113/120
German
Limited proficiency
B2
Japanese
Elementary
JLPT: N5 157/180
Other Interests
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.