Masaru Isonuma, Ph.D.
JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, The University of Edinburgh (Host: Prof. Ivan Titov)
Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Research Interests
Natural Language Processing (Text Generation, Text Summarization, Topic Model)
Professional Experiences
Apr. 2023-Present: JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
Apr. 2022-Mar. 2023: Project Research Associate, The University of Tokyo
Nov. 2021-Mar. 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2020-Oct. 2021: JSPS Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2017-Sep. 2018: Professional Staff, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
Education & Qualifications
Oct. 2018-Sep. 2021: Ph.D. (Engineering), The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2015-Mar. 2017: M.S., The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2011-Mar. 2015: B.S., The University of Tokyo
Grants & Fellowships
Apr. 2023-Present: JSPS Overseas Research Fellowships
Apr. 2023-Present: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Apr. 2022-Mar. 2023: JST ACT-X Acceleration Phase (Frontier of Mathematics and Information Science)
Oct. 2019-Mar. 2022: JST ACT-X (Frontier of Mathematics and Information Science)
Apr. 2020-Sep. 2021: JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (Doctoral Course 2)
Apr. 2019-Sep. 2021: TOYOTA/Dwango Scholarship for Advanced Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Sep. 2020-Mar. 2021: JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers (declined due to COVID-19)
Apr. 2020-Mar. 2021: UTokyo-TOYOTA Study Abroad Scholarships for Advanced Artificial Intelligence Researcher (declined due to COVID-19)
Oct. 2018-Mar. 2020: SEUT Doctoral Student Special Incentives Program (Type A)
Awards
Jun. 2023: JSAI Annual Conference Award, The 37th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Mar. 2023: Outstanding Award, The 29th Annual Meeting of the Association for Natural Language Processing
Mar. 2022: Yamashita SIG Research Award, Information Processing Society of Japan
Mar. 2022: Dean's Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Mar. 2021: Young Researcher Encouragement Award, The 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for Natural Language Processing
Dec. 2020: Excellence Award, Special Interest Group of Natural Language Processing