Yasunori Yamada

Overview

Yasunori Yamada

Title

Senior Research Scientist & Technical Lead for Digital Health, IBM Research - Tokyo.

Location

IBM Research - Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Bio

Yasunori Yamada is a Senior Research Scientist and technical lead for the Digital Health group, IBM Research - Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. in Information Science & Technology from the University of Tokyo and joined IBM in 2015. His research interests include neuroscience, embodied intelligence, cognitive science, behavioral science, and digital health.

External Awards

  • Best Paper Award
    • IEEE International Conference on Digital Health (2023)
  • 1st Prize, IEEE LifeTech 2021 Excellent Paper Award for Oral Presentation
    • IEEE 3rd Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (2021) 
  • Best Paper Award (First Place Best Paper)
    • The 7th International Conference on the Human Side of Service Engineering (2020)
  • Best Paper Award
    • The 16th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2017)
  • Dean Prize
    • The University of Tokyo, Grad. School of Information Science & Technology (2015)
  • Young Researcher Presentation Award
    • The summer workshop of comprehensive brain science network (2013)
  • Paper of Excellent Award
    • The 2nd joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning-EpiRob (2012)
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Outstanding Student Paper Travel Grant Award
    • The 2nd joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning-EpiRob (2012)
  • NSF Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center Travel Grant Award
    • The 2nd joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning-EpiRob (2012)
  • Poster Award
    • The 12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science (2012)

Invited Talk

  • 'Behavioral analysis for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease',
    in Regional IPA/JPS Meeting, Sep, 2021.

  • 'Behavioral features for elderly health monitoring',
    in Rapid-2018 (Workshop of LREC), May, 2018.

  • Workshop of Scientific Approach for Philosophical Issues of Mind, December, 2017.

  • 'Simulating cortical learning of the human fetus via sensorimotor experiences',
    in the 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology, June, 2017.

  • Workshop about Machine Learning, Information Theory, and Neuroscience, March, 2017.

  • 'An Embodied Brain Model of the Human Fetus',
    in the 4th International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, March, 2017.

  • 'Brain and musculoskeletal models for motor and cognitive deficits'
    in Computational Biology Seminar at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Jul, 2016

  • 'Large-scale cortical simulation for human development & brain disorders'
    in Computational Biology Seminar at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Feb, 2016.

Biography

  • BS of Engineering (2010)
    The University of Tokyo, Japan

  • MA of Information Science & Technology (2012)
    The University of Tokyo, Japan

  • Ph.D. student (2012-2015)
    Grad. School of Information Science & Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan

  • A research fellow (2012-2015)
    in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

  • Researcher (2015-)
    in IBM Research - Tokyo

  • Research of my phD http://www.isi.imi.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~y-yamada/index.html

Publications

Patents

Projects

Behavioral Analysis for Alzheimer's Disease

Multiple digital health-related applications for Alzheimer's disease using behavioral sensor data

Blog posts

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