Author Profile(s)
Nodoka YAMADA is a research associate affiliated with NIAD-QE, and she is also studying for her PhD at the University of Tokyo. She works in mechanical engineering, focusing on design science and cognitive science on attention, perception, information processing, and learning. She is interested in the processes and mechanisms of public acceptance of innovative science and technology and is currently researching user behavior in observing and using industrial products. She received her Master of Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo in 2021.
Kikue SAKAGUCHI, Professor in the research division, NIAD-QE. She is interested in developing a report-evaluating system that estimates “understanding levels,” building a digital credential exchanging system across institutions and countries with better user experiences, and improving diversity/ inclusion in the educational environment. She is biologically oriented psychologist and have studied sexuality/gender development, with recent interest in gifted education.
Yu NAKAMURA, Research associate in research division, NIAD-QE, and PhD candidate in graduate school of education, The University of Tokyo. Interested in history of educational philosophy in post-war period of Japan, focusing on Kyoto School which is the philosophers’ network expanded from the father of Japanese philosophy, Nishida Kitaro. Their thoughts have been so far criticized ideologically in the context of political conflict in Japan so-called 1955 system. It is needed to reveal their thoughts from political viewpoint and re-criticize the discourse of the ideological critics.As for this collaborative research, the interest is in pedagogical aspect of the degree-awarding program in NIAD-QE.
Kazuteru MIYAZAKI, Professor in the research division, NIAD-QE. He has been involved in machine-learning research, particularly reinforcement learning, deep reinforcement learning, and text mining.
Shu YAMAGUCHI, Special appointed professor, NIAD-QE. He has been studied Materials Engineering, especially Solid Sate Ionics. He contributed to explore expecting achievement levels of students through plagiarism rates of reports they submitted.