Yukiyasu Kamitani (Department Head)
Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
I have started a new lab at Kyoto University in April, 2015. While I continue research at ATR, I accept graduate students at Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, 2001
- M.S. in Philosophy of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 1995
- B.A. in Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 1993
Professional Experience
- Professor, 2015-Present: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Head of Department of Neuroinformatics, 2008-Present: ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
- Professor, 2011-Present: Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
- Senior Research Scientist, 2007-2008: ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
- Associate Professor, 2006-Present: Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
- Researcher, 2004-2007: ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
- Visiting Research Stuff, 2003-2004: Princeton University, Princeton, MA, USA
- Research Fellow (SPD), 2003-2004: University of Tokyo, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Research Fellow, 2001-2003: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Awards
- World Technology Award, Finalist, 2014
- JSPS Award, Japan Society for the Promption of Science, 2014
- The Tsukahara Memorial Award, The Brain Science Foundation, 2013
- Hiruma-Wagner Award, Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology, 2010
- Young Investigator Award , Japan Neuroscience Society, 2009
- Asahi 21 Square Award, Asahi Shinbunsha, 2009
- Paper Award of Japanese Neural Network Society, 2009
- Research Award of Japanese Neural Network Society, 2006
- Scientific American 50 (named “Research Reader in Neural Imaging”), 2005