PROFILE
GREETING
I graduated from Waseda University with a master’s degree in March 2011. At the time, I was studying machine learning for analyzing brain activities. Around the time of my graduation, the Great East Japan Earthquake was occured. I tried to understand the situation, and thought about what I could do, then I provided information visualizations and statistics from data related to the earthquake in terms of time and space through SNS. I received encouragement and support from many people, and experienced the value of information technology first-hand.
After that, I had worked at NTT for 10 years as a researcher. I was involved in research on machine learning and data mining, which analyze big data measured from cities and regions and provide information that is useful for understanding society through data analysis.
After obtaining a doctorate in informatics from Kyoto University, I moved to the Graduate School of Informatics at Kyoto University, where I have been focusing on research into fundamental technologies for spatio-temporal data analysis using deep learning and causal inference, as well as data analysis technologies for prediction that can be used in practical applications through joint research projects.
Artificial intelligence for understanding society?
Our society continues to create various tools. For example, telescopes were created to see things far away, and microscopes were created to see things close up, and astronomy and biology developed. It is said that astronomy accurately observed celestial bodies and accurately predicted their movements, and that this led to the creation of calendars, which in turn supported decision-making when growing crops. So, what is artificial intelligence a tool for seeing? I think there are as many ways of looking at it as there are people, but I think it is a tool for understanding society by measuring information from society as data and analyzing and predicting it.
Koh Takeuchi
Senior Lecturer: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Education
B. E.: Waseda University, Japan. Mar. 2009
M. E: Waseda University, Japan. Mar. 2011
Ph. D.: Kyoto University, Japan. Mar. 2019
Work Experience
Researcher, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, NTT. Apr. 2011 - Jan. 2022
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. Feb. 2020 - Sep. 2023
Senior Lecturer: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. Oct. 2023 - Current
