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#Biography
I am a first-year Ph.d. student at The University of Osaka, Japan and am a specially appointed researcher at SANKEN. In a nutshell, I am interested in data mining of time series data. Specifically, my research topics are (RQ1) Stream processing and (RQ2) Causality. I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Yasushi Sakurai and Prof. Yasuko Matsubara at SANKEN. I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from The University of Osaka advised by Prof. Makoto Onizuka and Prof. Yasushi Sakurai in March, 2023 and March, 2025, respectively. I am participating in Humanware Innovation Program to deepen my knowledge in other fields.
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#Affiliation
Sakurai & Matsubara Lab.
The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN)
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
The University of Osaka
The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN)
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
The University of Osaka
Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
naoki88[at]sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp
#News
- I have received the DEIM2025 Best Paper Award Runner-up.
- I have completed my M.Sc. degree at Osaka University.
- I have received the Osaka University Graduate School of Information Science and Technology Award.
- I have received the DEIM2025 Student Presentation Award.
- I have been selected for the JST BOOST Program.
- Our paper has been accepted to KDD2025.
- I have been preliminarily selected for the JSPS DC1 Research Fellowship.
- I have received the IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award.
- Our paper has been accepted to the PhD Consortium at KDD2024.
- I have received the DEIM2024 Best Paper Award Runner-up.
- Our paper has been accepted to IPSJ Transactions on Databases (TOD).
- Our paper has been accepted to Astronomy and Computing.
- I have completed my B.Sc. degree at Osaka University.
- I have passed the selection exam for the Humanware Innovation Program.
#Grants & Awards
- DEIM2025 Best Paper Award Runner-up
- Osaka University Graduate School of Information Science and Technology Award
- DEIM2025 Student Presentation Award
- IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award
- DEIM2024 Best Paper Award Runner-up
- PAKDD2023 Volunteer Award
- Osaka University Humanware Innovation Program
- Research/Travel expenses and Grant-type scholarship
#Experiences
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2025.04-present
Research Fellow DC1
SANKEN, The University of Osaka
2023.06-present
Project researcher
School of Engineering, The University of Osaka
2023.04-2023.09
Teaching Assistant
Lessons: Exercises in Mathematical Analysis
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Osaka
2021.06-2023.03
Assistant in the detection of variable celestial objects
Nagase Co., Ltd.
2020.09-2023.03
Digital Technology Engineer
#Education
Ph.D. in Information Science
2025.04-present
The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Supervisor: Prof. Yasushi Sakurai
M.Sc. in Information Science
2023.04-2025.03
The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Thesis: Stream Mining Time-evolving Causality for Time Series Forecasting
Supervisor: Prof. Yasushi Sakurai
B.Sc. in Engineering
2019.04-2023.03
The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Thesis: Detection of Variable Celestial Objects using Machine Learning-based Periodic Analysis and Domain Knowledge
Supervisor: Prof. Makoto Onizuka
High School Diploma
2016.04-2019.03
Takarazuka Kita High School, Hyogo, Japan
#Miscellaneous
- Participated in the 2nd AI Agent Hackathon with Google Cloud [link] [code]
- Brief interview by Sakurai & Matsubara Lab. [link]
- Second-place award at the 2nd Recruit Programming Contest (PIGICON2023)
- Participated in PAKDD2023 as volunteer
- Developed online reservation app for local bakery (Pandacco) at Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) [link]