Researchers (April.1st.2025)

Researchers (April.1st.2025)

2025年4月1日

Database Center for Life Science

Director/Project Professor KOHARA, Yuji ​Advanced genomics for knowledge discovery
Vice Director/Professor GOTO, Susumu Database integration and its application for life science
Vice Director/Project Professor KATAYAMA, Toshiaki Research and development of database integration for data science
Project Associate Professor KAWASHIMA, Shuichi Databases integration using semantic web technology
Project Associate Professor KIM, Jin-Dong Improvement of productivity and usability of databases using natural language processing technology
Project Associate Professor HATANAKA, Hideki Data science on foods, allergy, plants, viruses or structural biology
Research Coordinator/Project Associate Professor MINOWA, Mari International standardization on data use and guideline formulation
Project Associate Professor YAMAMOTO, Yasunori Technology development for database integration using text processing and semantic web technology
Project Associate Professor KAWASHIMA, Minae Human Genetics, ELSI in human data sharing
Project Associate Professor FUJIWARA, Toyofumi Database integration and its application for rare genetic diseases
Project Associate Professor MORIYA, Yuki Omics database construction and its application
Project Assistant Professor CHIBA, Hirokazu Technology development for database integration
Project Assistant Professor HOSODA, Masae Integration and Utilization of Glycan-Related Data
Project Researcher IKEDA, Shuya Improvement of database usability using large language models
Project Researcher MITSUHASHI, Nobutaka Variant-centric integration of human data
Project Researcher SHIN, Jaemoon Development of technologies for the integration and utilization of gene panel data

Polar Environment Data Science Center

Director/Project Professor KADOKURA, Akira Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences data
Associate Professor KANAO, Masaki NIPR Science Database, Seismology and Solid Earth Geophysics data
Associate Professor TAKAHASHI, Kunio Bioscience (Marine Ecology) database and analysis
Associate Professor TANAKA, Yoshimasa Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences database and analysis IUGONET(Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork) system
Assistant Professor OKUNO, Jun'ichi Geophysics database and analysis
Project Researcher KOZAI, Masayoshi Multidisciplinary Database development, Cosmic ray data analysis
Professor (Concurrently) KUDO, Sakae Bioscience database and analysis
Professor (Concurrently) TSUTSUMI, Masaki Radar observation data analysis
Professor (Concurrently) OGAWA, Yasunobu Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences database and analysis
Associate Professor (Concurrently) TOMIKAWA, Yoshihiro Middle Atmosphere Science data analysis
Professor (Concurrently) HOKADA, Tomokazu Geology database and analysis
Associate Professor (Concurrently) YAMAGUCHI, Akira Meteorite database and analysis
Assistant Professor (Concurrently) HIRASAWA, Naohiko Meteorology database and analysis
Assistant Professor (Concurrently) HASHIMOTO, Taishi Radar observation data analysis

Center for Social Data Structuring

Director/Associate Professor MAEDA, Tadahiko Sampling in social surveys. General topics on survey methodology and survey data management.
Professor (Concurrently) YAMASHITA, Satoshi Developing methods of Data Matching and Structuring
Professor (Concurrently) ECHIZEN, Isao Security and Privacy in Social Media
Professor (Concurrently) MINAMI, Kazuhiro Statistical Disclosure Control, Anonymization for Privacy Protection
Associate Professor (Concurrently) MIZUNO, Takayuki Integration of data science with politics and economics
Project Assistant Professor XUE, Yujie Applications of time series analysis using micro data
Project Researcher TANAKA, Yasuhiro Data sharing and Compliance management system based on legal risk assessment
Project Assistant Professor ZHANG, Wenting Financial Time Series Analysis, Quantitative Finance, Volatility Analysis, Finantial Risk Modelling
Project Assistant Professor YAGISHITA, Shotaro Detection of heterogeneous subgroups of policy effects and their applications
Project Researcher ISHIBASHI, Aguru Quantitative Analysis of Social Survey Data, Social Stratification, > Subjective and Social Well-being

Center for Open Data in the Humanities

Director/Professor KITAMOTO, Asanobu Digital humanities in general, machine learning application, Historical document analysis(OCR)
Associate Professor (Concurrently) MOCHIHASHI, Daichi Statistical natural language processing, machine learning
Project Assistant Professor ICHINO, Mika Historical big data, Interactions between climate and society variations using historical materials
Project Researcher OGAWA, Jun Digital history, Historical big data
Project Researcher WANG, Xiaoxing Historical daily weather reconstruction system

Center for Genome Informatics

Director/Project Professor NOGUCHI, Hideki Genome sequence analyses
Project Associate Professor KOSUGI, Shunichi Development of methods for detecting genomic variations, including single nucleotide variations (SNVs), short indels (indels), structural variations (SVs), and variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR). Association analysis for genomic variants with phenotypic traits.
Project Associate Professor KRYUKOV, Kirill Biological databases, genomics, metagenomics, development of tools and pipelines.
Project Researcher MIYAZAWA, Hideyuki De novo genome assembly and development of genome polishing tool
Project Researcher TERAUCHI, Makoto Development of RNA-seq assembler and genome resequencing

Center for Data Assimilation Research and Applications

Director/Professor UENO, Genta Data assimilation system for geosciences
Professor (Concurrently) NAKANO, Shin'ya Data assimilation for high-dimensional systems, Data analysis based on state space model, Statistical emulator
Research Coordinator/Associate Professor MURAKAMI, Daisuke Spatial data analysis, Geographic Information System, Mining of urban environmental data
Project Professor FUJITA, Shigeru Development of the magnetosphere-ionosphere MHD simulation and application of the data assimilation
Project Researcher LIN, Zhiheng Tsunami data assimilation study for improving tsunami early warning
Professor (Concurrently) KIMURA, Akatsuki Data assimilation for biosciences
Professor (Concurrently) OGAWA, Yasunobu Data analysis of aeronomy based on data assimilation and related statistical methods

Center for Juris-Informatics

Director/Project Professor SATOH, Ken juris-informatics
Vice Director/Professor (Concurrently) TAKEDA, Hideaki Legal Ontology and Knowledge Graph, Ontology and Knowledge Graph in Society

Data Science Promotion Section

Research Coordinator/Project Associate Professor BABA, Tomoya You may contact us via email about the organization or activities of our centers, or about collaboration proposals on the subjects you may not find proper contact person.
Research Coordinator/Project Associate Professor MINOWA, Mari You may contact us via email about the organization or activities of our centers, or about collaboration proposals on the subjects you may not find proper contact person.