Associate Professor Masaya Nakata's research on AI prediction of cognitive function was featured on TV Kanagawa (Feb. 8, 2026) and LIGHT UP KANAGAWA (Feb. 19, 2026), respectively.
Professor Keisuke Shima exhibited his research results at YOXO-FES 2026. (Jan.31-Feb.1, 2026)
Associate Professor Masaya Nakata presented research results on evolutionary Bayesian optimization at ENEX2026, the 50th Exhibition on Harmony between the Global Environment and Energy (Tokyo Big Sight). (Jan. 28-30, 2026)
The solo-authored book "Introduction to Explainable AI" (in Japanese) by Tomoharu Nagao, Distinguished YNU Professor, has been published by Corona Publishing. (Jan. 28, 2026)
Professor Takashi Tomii and others received the Student Encouragement Award at the Information Processing Society of Japan's Database and Data Science (DBS) Research Presentation Meeting. (Dec. 12, 2025)
At the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) System and Information Division Annual Conference (SSI2025), Mr. Hiroshima (D1) from the Shirakawa Lab received the SSI Best Presentation Award, and Mr. Kudo (M2) received the SSI Research Encouragement Award. (Dec. 10, 2025)
Mr. Shogo Yamada (D3) from the Okajima Lab received the Excellent Research Presentation Award at the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan (IEIJ) Tokyo Branch Conference. (Dec. 9, 2025)
Mr. Yuma Horaguchi from Nakata Laboratory received the IEEE Young Researcher Award. (Dec. 2025)
Associate Professor Masaya Nakata and others received the Best Presentation Award at ISIS 2025. (Nov. 2025)
Professor Shinichi Shirakawa and his team received the SSI Excellent Presentation Award and the SSI Research Encouragement Award at the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers System and Information Division Academic Conference (SSI 2025). (Nov. 2025)
Mayu Itakura from the Goto Laboratory received the Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the 15th CSJ Chemistry Festa. (Oct. 22-24, 2025)
Machine Intelligence Inc., a venture company originating from Yokohama National University, where Distinguished YNU Professor Tomoharu Nagao serves as CTO, exhibited the social implementation of research results from the NEDO Co-evolutional AI Project at the AI & Artificial Intelligence EXPO (Makuhari Messe)(Oct. 8-10, 2025).
Associate Professor Masaya Nakata and his colleagues received the IEEE System Technology Committee Chair Award and the Presentation Award at the 33rd Intelligent Systems Symposium (FAN2025). (Sep. 26, 2025)
Mr. Jota Nanbu from the Shima Laboratory received the Presentation Award at the 33rd Intelligent System Symposium (FAN2025). (Sep. 26, 2025)
Associate Professor Masaya Nakata and his team received the Excellent Presentation Award and the Encouragement Award from the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics at the 41st Fuzzy Systems Symposium (FSS2025). (Sep. 2025)
Associate Professor Hiroaki Goto has achieved a top 1% cited paper in the field of Biology & Biochemistry. (The period from Sep. to Oct. 2025)
Professor Takashi Tomii and colleagues received the Student Encouragement Award at the WebDB Summer Workshop 2025 of the Information Processing Society of Japan. (Sep. 9, 2025)
Professor Manabu Kuroki and his team received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 139th Research Presentation Meeting of the Japanese Society for Quality Control (Kansai Branch). (Sep. 2025)
Associate Professor Hiroaki Goto held the "Chemoinformatics × Hackathon Camp in Yokohama". (Aug. 28-29, 2025)
Skincare research involving Professor Katsunori Okajima was featured in a web article. (Aug. 1, 2025)
Professor Masanori Yasumoto received the 40th Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award - Telecom Humanities and Social Sciences Award. (May 2025)
Professor Manabu Kuroki and his team received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 137th Research Presentation Meeting of the Japanese Society for Quality Control. (May 2025)
A student from Kuroki Laboratory received the Student Research Presentation Award at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Computational Statistics. (May 2025)
Professor Manabu Kuroki and his team received the Excellent Poster Presentation Award and the Best Presentation Award at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Applied Statistics. (May 2025)
Associate Professor Toshihiko Shiraishi and others received the Excellent Paper Award from the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers for the 2025 fiscal year.
Associate Professor Masaya Nakata received the FY2025 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Young Scientists’Award).
Mr. Hiroto Kitahara from Shima Laboratory received the Encouragement Award at the 87th National Convention of the Information Processing Society of Japan. (Mar. 6, 2025)
Technology developed by UNTRACKED Inc., a Yokohama National University?launched venture (CEO: Prof. Shima), was featured in an overseas TV commercial produced by the Cabinet Office Government Public Relations Office. The commercial is also available on the Cabinet Office’s YouTube channel. (Mar. 25, 2025)
Daimon Sakaguchi, a doctoral student in the Goto Laboratory selected for the YNU-BOOST program, received the “Outstanding Presentation Award”at the 47th Chemoinformatics Discussion Meeting. (Awarded on Dec. 18, 2024)
Yokohama National University was selected for the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) program “BOOST: Next-Generation AI Human Resources Development Program (Support for Doctoral Students),” and began providing support to doctoral (PhD) students from FY2024 under the name YNU-BOOST.
The AI Research Center will contribute to developing next-generation AI talent through YNU-BOOST. In addition, Prof. Mori, a member of the Center, serves as the Program Director.
Received the Illuminating Engineering Society Paper Award (Sep. 11, 2024)
Mr. Jota Nambu (M2) from the Shima Lab received the FAN Presentation Award at the 33rd Intelligent Systems Symposium (FAN2025). (2025/09/26)
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