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NAKAJIMA Takahito

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Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba (Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology)
Chairman, Professor, Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology Department, University of Tsukuba Hospital
President & CEO, Advanced Medical Imaging Analysis Center, Inc. (a Tsukuba University startup)

  • He is responsible for image diagnosis in general, ICT design and installation between medical institutions, and image processing programming. Recently, he is involved in development using large-scale language models in the Nakajima Project of the "Tsubasa Initiative." As the head of the radiology department, he manages the hospital's image data and anonymization.

Masahiko GOSHO

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Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Director, Biostatistics Division, Tsukuba Clinical Research & Development Organization, T-CReDO

  • Primary research area: Biostatistics
    Specifically, my research interests include developing new statistical methods to deal with
    small sample issues, longitudinal measurement data, and missing data, as well as
    how to use different statistical methods appropriately..

SAKURAI Tetsuya

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Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Professor, University of Tsukuba
Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, University of Tsukuba
The Open University of Japan, Guest Professor
Visiting Senior Researcher, RIKEN
Center for Cyber Medicine Research Center

  • My research interests include mathematical algorithms (especially artificial intelligence algorithms such as knowledge discovery from data by latent spaces and privacy-enhancing machine learning) and high-performance computational algorithms for large-scale simulations.
    I am a member of SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, USA), the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM), the Mathematical Society of Japan, and the Information Processing Society of Japan.
    I was awarded the 2018 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Prize for Science and Technology for my research achievements in eigenvalue analysis algorithms.
    In the JST CREST “Creation of System Software Technology Contributing to Post-Petascale High-Performance Computing” project, I also developed massively parallel eigenvalue analysis software technology for next-generation supercomputers.

IMAKURA Akira

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Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
Researcher, Center for Artificial Intelligence Research University of Tsukuba
Collaborative Researcher, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba

  • He specializes in the development of high-performance numerical computation algorithms and is recently working on the development of various machine learning methods based on high-performance numerical computation, particularly the research, development, and practical application of privacy-preserving machine learning methods.

SANUKI Masaru

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Associate Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Deputy Director, Department of Medical Information and Management Strategy, University of Tsukuba Hospital
Cooperating Teachers, Academic Computing and Communications Center
Cybersecurity Operations Officer, Institute of Medicine / University of Tsukuba Hospital

  • I am in charge of medical and hospital systems and security, plus I build and operate the data analysis infrastructure.
    We support research in the fusion of different fields of biomedical science & science, engineering, and information from the bottom up by utilizing our knowledge of security, data characteristics, and computational efficiency to oversee and coordinate the entire process.
    Utilizing knowledge of security, data characteristics, and computational efficiency, I take charge of overall management and coordination, and foundationally support interdisciplinary research in life and medical sciences, in addition to science, engineering, and information fields.
    In using data, it is essential to strictly follow security measures, laws, and guidelines. Since data processing and handling are also involved, research needs to be carried out as a team. I participate as one part of that team.
    As a computer guy myself, specializing in applied mathematics, I believe I am in a position to support informatics participation in medical AI, so please feel free to contact me.

FUTAMURA Yasunori

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Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba
Researcher, Center for Artificial Intelligence Research University of Tsukuba

  • I work on algorithm acceleration in machine learning and scientific and engineering simulations. In particular, I specialize in speeding up various methods for dimensionality reduction and graphs (networks).

MARUO Kazushi

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Associate Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba

  • In clinical research, statistical thinking and practice are required at all stages—design, implementation, and data analysis. I am engaged in the development of clinical trial designs and statistical analysis methods aimed at improving efficiency in these processes.
    At the Department of Biostatistics, we also provide statistical consultation for clinical research:https://sites.google.com/view/tsukuba-biostatistics/consultant

KUME Keitaro

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Assistant Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Research Support Division, Center for Cyber Medicine Research

  • The utilization of medical data is an extremely important issue in the field of medicine.
    The electronic medical information accumulated nationwide is a valuable public asset and it is a mission of the entire medical community to provide this information for
    research and analysis, then return the results to the entire nation. However, medical data is often difficult to interpret without the specialized knowledge unique to actual clinical settings.  We are researching medical AI, privacy protection, etc., utilizing the strengths of university-affiliated hospitals and working directly with specialists in the very clinical fields where the information itself is generated.

YANO Takahiro

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Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Member, The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM)

  • I am conducting research on the application of the contour-integral-based eigenvalue solver (Sakurai–Sugiura method), a matrix eigenvalue computation technique for large-scale computing environments, and its derived method—the contour-integral-based dimensionality reduction method—to the field of medicine and healthcare.
    Based on my past experience in operating and managing computing environments in the laboratories I belonged to, I am involved in several observational studies using data from the Tsukuba Happiness Life Study and the University of Tsukuba Hospital.

OZAKI Haruka

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Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba

Researcher, Artificial Intelligence Science Center, University of Tsukuba
Team Director, Laboratory for AI Biology, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN

  • With the aim of “establishing biomedical science research driven by informatics,” we are developing and applying omics data analysis technology and developing information technology for research automation.

KAGAWA Rina

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Senior Researcher, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
AIRC, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Visiting Researcher,

  • We are interested in collaborative decision making between humans and AI.
    　Specifically, we describe the impact of human cognitive biases on each process of AI development, with an emphasis on cognitive science perspectives, and propose systems to eliminate them.
    Recently, we have been examining the  particular phenomenon of humans underestimating and overestimating AI.