Curriculum Vitae

Contact: wkawabe (at) iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Education

• Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025 (expected)
  • Advisor: Assoc.Prof. Yusuke Sugano
• M.S. in Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2022
  • Advisor: Assoc.Prof. Yusuke Sugano
• B.Eng, Department of Systems Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2020
  • Advisor: Prof. Kazuhiro Aoyama

Experience

• Singapore Management University, May. 2023 - Nov. 2023
  • Visiting Postgraduate Research Student
• Preferred Networks, Oct. 2022 - Mar. 2023
  • Project Engineer
• Preferred Networks, Aug. 2022 - Sep. 2022
  • Research Intern
• SPRING GX, Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025
  • Member
• AIP Challenge, Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
  • Member
• Ghelia Inc., Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2021
  • Machine Learning Engineer
• UTokyo Spring Founders Program, Mar. 2019
  • Member

Research

Please check my projects page.

Events

• A workshop in Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Japan), Dec. 2024
  • This event is a workshop using xMod and an LLM-based training strategy.
• A workshop in VIVISTOP Kanazawa, Aug. 2024
  • This event is an ideation workshop for children using a tangible machine learning device.
• A workshop in Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Japan), Jun. 2024
  • This event is a workshop using the same tangibles interactive as the one in March.
• A workshop in Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Japan), Mar. 2024
  • This event is a workshop using a tangibles interactive machine learning system that uses sound as input and motion as output.
• A workshop in Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Japan), Jul. 2022
  • The event allowed Miraikan visitors to easily try out interactive machine learning systems on the spot.
  • Video of this event

Talks

• Green Transformation (GX) in The University of Tokyo, Apr. 2024
  • I participated in research introductions and roundtable-style interviews.
• Lab Encounter with CUDANLab, Tallinn University, Apr. 2024
  • Lab members including me gave a presentation about published topics.
• A presentation in Graduate Student Forum, The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2022
  • This talk is about end-user involvement with interactive machine learning systems.