Profile

Basic Information

  • Tetsuroh Watanabe

  • Ph.D of Engineering

Short Biography

Education

  • 2001–2005
    Bachelor of Engineering in Program for Social Innovation, Department of Systems Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
    (Bachelor thesis supervisor: Associate Prof. Jun Ota)
  • 2005–2007
    Master of Science, Department of Frontier Informatics, School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
    (Master thesis supervisor: Prof. Takashi Chikayama)
  • 2014–2018
    Ph.D of Engineering, Department of Technology Management for Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
    (Doctor thesis supervisor: Prof. Kazuo Furuta)

Work Experience

  • 2007–2014
    • One of the largest video game companies (R&D, Game software development support)
    • Preparing for examinations of certified public accountant & tax account, including working at an accountant office
    • Game application company for smartphones (Data scientist)
  • 2018–2019
    • Financial data analysis company (Practicing and researching advanced data analysis technologies, especially Deep Learning)
  • 2019–
    • LINE Corporation - Data Labs / Machine Learning Team

Affiliated Academic Society

  • The Japanese Society for Evolutionary Computation
  • The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

Research Interests

  • Evolutionary Computation
    • Genetic Algorithm
    • Genetic Programming
    • Co-evolution
    • Multi-objective optimization
  • Multi-agent
    • Social simulation
    • Decision-making mechanism
  • Data science
    • Machine learning
    • Deep Learning
    • Natural language processing
    • Web data analysis

Qualifications (in Japan)

  • Information Processing
    • Registered Information Security Specialist [RISS] (National Qualification)
    • JDLA Deep Learning for ENGINEER 2020#1
    • JDLA Deep Learning for GENERAL 2019#1
    • Network Specialist
    • Information Security Specialist
    • Software Design & Development Engineer
    • Fundamental Information Technology Engineer
    • System Administrator
  • Bookkeeping & Accounting
    • Bookkeeping Examination of The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Grade 1
    • Bookkeeping Examination of The Japan Association of Accounting Education - Superior Grade
    • Tax Accountant Examination "Financial Statements Theory" Subject Passed
  • Others
    • Member of JAPAN MENSA
    • CG Engineer Examination - CG Department - Grade 2
    • CG Creator Examination - Digital Image Department - Grade 2
    • Train Time Table Examination - Grade 2
  • etc.

Private Hobbies

  • Watching Japanese animations
  • Playing Japanese video games
  • Quiz (using push buttons / as a competitive sport)
  • Travelling by trains
  • Real escape game
  • Programming(especially Python)
  • Managing home servers
  • Playing musical instruments(especially Drums)
  • etc.