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Hiro Hamada

Hiro Hamada

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Research Team Lead at ARAYA Inc. working on machine learning and neuroimaging & Committee Chair of DeSci Tokyo

  • Education

    • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)

      2012 - 2019
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Systems Neuroscience

    • Waseda University

      2008 - 2012
      Bachelor's degree Human Science

  • Experience

    • Tokyo Institute of Technology

      Oct 2011 - Apr 2012
      Research Assistant

      My mission was to build a program to visualize protein interactions through python and Cytoscape collaborating with a pharmaceutical company (supervisor, Associate Prof. Sese.)

    • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2012
      Research Assistant

      Signal cascade modeling in the medium spiny neurons in the striatum (supervision, Prof. Kenji Doya)

    • UC San Diego Extension

      Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
      English Training

      Three months' English training in San Diego.

    • Salk Institute for Biological Studies

      Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
      Summer Internship

      Search for Neuroprosthetics in Prof. Sejnowski's laboratory.

    • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)

      Sept 2012 - Jul 2019

      My mission is to study how serotonin system regulate the brain-wide dynamics combining with pharmacology, behavioral assessments, and optogenetics. I access to brain dynamics using machine learning techniques (supervisor Prof. Kenji Doya).2013-presentLab Rotations in 2012-20131. Imaging ascending thalamic neurons in the cortex with two-photon microscopy with Associate Prof. Bernd Kuhn.2. Modeling serotonin modulation with firing rate model with Prof. Kenji Doya.3. Modeling geothermal heat with Associate Prof. Pinaki Chakraborty. Show less

      • Junior Research Fellow

        Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

      • Ph.D student/Research Associate

        Sept 2012 - Jan 2019

    • Coursera

      Aug 2018 - now
      Coursera GTC Language Coordinator

    • ARAYA Inc.

      Oct 2019 - now

      Working on brain imaging and behavioral experiments for curiosity. Analysis and modeling with machine learning. Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC83SNfiL0XQoiF1yrHCrW_wMain Page: http://conscious-machine.org/club/Event Page: https://peatix.com/group/7196030/view

      • Research Team Lead

        Aug 2019 - now

      • Moderator of Consciousness Club Tokyo

        Oct 2019 - Sept 2024

    • National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)

      Oct 2019 - now
      Visiting Researcher

    • Neuromatch Academy

      May 2021 - Jul 2021
      Neuromatch Academy outreach volunteer

      outreach into Japanese institutes.

    • VitaDAO

      Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
      VitaDAO Japanese Explainer

    • デサイロ

      Oct 2022 - now
      DeSciアドバイザー

    • DeSci Tokyo

      Feb 2023 - now
      Committee Chair

    • Merito Network

      May 2025 - now
      Scientific Advisory Council

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Hiro Hamada
      Travel Grant Molecule Sep 2023 DeSci.Berlin 2023 Travel Grant
    • Awarded to Hiro Hamada
      Best presentation awards 1st place AAAI 2022 Spring Symposia Mar 2022 "AI agents for facilitating social interactions and wellbeing"Hiroaki Hamada and Ryota Kanaihttps://sites.google.com/view/hfif-aaai-2022/home
    • Awarded to Hiro Hamada
      Lift me up competition 3rd Place Unearthed Sep 2019 https://unearthed.solutions/u/competitions/lift-me
    • Awarded to Hiro Hamada
      Research grant from Naito Foundation Naito Foundation Mar 2018 https://www.naito-f.or.jp/jp/joseikn/jo_index.php?data=past
    • Awarded to Hiro Hamada
      Excellent poster in 44th Naito Conference Naito foundation Oct 2017 A poster presentation award in the 44th Naito Conference.http://naito.umin.jp/index-e.htm
    • Awarded to Hiro Hamada
      OIST Fellowship OIST Sep 2012 2012-Sep to 2018-June
    • Awarded to Hiro Hamada
      An Excellent Essay in OIST Essay Contest Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Mar 2011 One of the top 20 Winners in an English essay contest from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technologyhttps://www.oist.jp/press-room/news/2011/3/1/20-essay-contest-winners-announced