Members

Katsumi Inoue
(Professor)
National Institute of Informatics (since 2004.03) /
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (since 2005.04) /
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Visiting Professor, since 2021.04)
(Specially Appointed Professor, 2015.04-2021.03)
Junko Inose
(Secretary)
National Institute of Informatics (since 2022.12)
Taisuke Sato
(Project Professor)
National Institute of Informatics (since 2020.10)
(Visiting Professor, 2012.04-2020.09)
(Coordinate Professor, 2008.04-2012.03)
Akihiro Takemura
(Project Researcher)
National Institute of Informatics (since 2022.10) /
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2019.10-2022.03) / INTAGE Inc.
Nguyen Quoc Tuan
(Project Researcher)
National Institute of Informatics (since 2022.10) (RA, 2020.12-2022.08) /
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2019.10-2022.09)
Mitsuhiro Odaka
(5-Year Doctoral Student)
École Centrale de Nantes (PhD Student, since 2021.04) /
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, since 2021.04) /
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (since 2019.04;2020.04) / National Institute of Informatics (RA, 2019.04-2021.03)
Fanqing Xu
(Doctoral Student)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (since 2021.10)
Koji Watanabe
(5-Year Doctoral Student)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (since 2021.04) / National Institute of Informatics (RA, 2021.04-2023.09)
Takeru Isobe
(5-Year Doctoral Student)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (since 2023.04) / National Institute of Informatics (RA, since 2023.04)
Masayuki Otani
(Master Student)
School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology (since 2022.04)
Sota Moriyama
(Master Student)
School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology (since 2023.04)

Guest Researchers

Morgan Magnin
(Professor, École Centrale de Nantes / LS2N, France)
Visiting Professor, National Institute of Informatics (since 2017.09)
(Visiting Associate Professor, 2015.04-2017.09)
(Invitation Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2014.06-2015.03)
Meghyn Bienvenu
(Senior Researcher, CNRS, Université Bordeaux, France)
Directrice de Recherche, Japanese-French Laboratory of Informatics, CNRS (2023.09-2024.08)
Alex Spies
(Ph.D. Student, Imperial College London, UK)
Pre/Post-Doctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2023.08-2024.08)


Former Researchers

Kotaro Okazaki
(SONAR Co., Ltd.)
PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2023.09)
Chiaki Sakama
(Wakayama University)
Visiting Professor (2017.04-2023.03)
Yin Jun Phua Master Degree, School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2019.03)
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2021.04-2022.03)
PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2022.03)
He moved to Tokyo Institute of Technology (2022.04).
Guillaume Lorthioir PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2021.09)
He moved to Joint Robotics Laboratory, AIST (2022.03).
Florian Richoux
(Université de Nantes, France)
Associate Professor, Japanese-French Laboratory of Informatics, CNRS (2018.09-2020.08)
He moved to Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST (2020.09).
Maxime Clement Research Assistant at NII (2014.01-03)
PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2017.09)
He became a project researcher at National Institute of Informatics (2017.10), then moved to Ascent Robotics Inc. (2019.04).
Sophie Tourret Researcher by Special Appointment, National Institute of Informatics (2016.04-2017.09)
She moved to Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany (2017.10).
Nicolas Schwind Researcher by Special Appointment, National Institute of Informatics (2012.04-2014.03)
Assistant Professor by Special Appointment, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center (2014.04-2016.03)
He moved to Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST (2016.04).
Tony Ribeiro PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2015.09)
He moved to École Centrale de Nantes, IRCCyN (now LS2N), France (2015.10).
Suguru Ueda Assistant Professor by Special Appointment, National Institute of Informatics (2014.04-2015.03)
He moved to Kyushu University (2015.04).
Tenda Okimoto Assistant Professor by Special Appointment, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center (2012.08-2014.03)
He moved to Kobe University (2014.04).
Hei Chan Assistant Professor by Special Appointment, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center (2012.05-2014.03)
He moved to Institute of Statistical Mathematics (2014.04).
Andrei Doncescu
(LAAS-CNRS, France)
Invitation Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2006.05-2007.03)
Visiting Associate Professor at NII (2010.04-2014.03)
Tomoya Tanjo Researcher by Special Appointment, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center (2012.04-2013.03)
He moved to Institute of Statistical Mathematics (2013.04).
Gauvain Bourgne Visiting Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2009.04-2010.03)
Researcher by Special Appointment, National Institute of Informatics (2010.04-2012.03)
He moved to Université d'Artois (2012.03), then moved to LIP6, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université), France (2012.09).
Takehide Soh PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2011.09)
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2010.04-2011.09)
Researcher by Special Appointment, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center (2011.10-2012.03)
He moved to Kobe University (2012.04).
Lena Wiese Postdoc, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / National Institute of Informatics (2010.10-2011.08)
She moved to Universität Hildesheim (2011.09), then moved to Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (2012.11).
Yoshitaka Yamamoto PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (2010.09)
He moved to University of Yamanashi (2009.04), then moved to Shizuoka University (2019.03).
Oliver Ray
(University of Bristol, UK)
Visiting Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2007.02-05)


Intern/Exchange Students

Nelson Higuera Technische Universität Wien, Austria 2024.04-09
Robin Jean Université Bordeaux / LaBRI - CNRS, France 2024.02-08
Yvon Awuklu Université Bordeaux / LaBRI - CNRS, France 2024.02-07
Kexin Gu Baugh Imperial College London, UK 2024.01-05
Vincent Perreault Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 2024.01-05
Federico Leuze Aalto University, Finland 2023.10-2024.02
Rolf Morel Universtity of Oxford, UK 2023.01-2023.03
Céline Hocquette Imperial College London, UK 2020.03-04
Cyril Reymond Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France 2020.03-08
Fanqing Xu University of Southern California, USA 2020.01-04
Kun Gao Peking University, China 2019.09-2020.03
Gary Smith University of Edinburgh, UK 2019.03-06
Samuel Buchet École Centrale de Nantes / LS2N, France 2019.02-08
Hugo Chary Grenoble INP Ensimag, France 2019.02-08
Jose María Barambones-Ramírez Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain 2019.01-07
Valerii Praid Universität Potsdam, Germany 2018.10-2019.04
Nguyen Quoc Tuan Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam 2018.10-2019.01
Sheng Yan University of Science and Technology of China, China 2018.07
Guillaume Lorthioir Sorbonne Université, France 2018.02-08
Teemu Rintala Aalto University, Finland 2018.02-07
Nan Jiang RWTH Aachen University, Germany 2018.02-07
Xinwei Chai École Centrale de Nantes / LS2N, France 2018.02-05
Bojana Kodric Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science / Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany 2017.12-2018.05
Benjamin Wu Imperial College London, UK 2017.11-2018.04
Tobias Kaminski Technische Universität Wien, Austria 2017.09-2018.01
Nguyen Dinh Hien Ho Chi Minh City University of Information Technology, Vietnam 2017.03-09
Alexis Robbes Université de Nantes, France 2017.02-08
Abderrahmane Chaabani Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 2017.02-08
Mathias Kaas-Olsen Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark 2016.09-2017.02
Huynh Thanh Trung Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam 2016.09-2017.03
Wulfrano Arturo Luna Ramírez University of Essex, UK 2016.09-12
Théo Le Calvar Université d'Angers, France 2016.03-08
Enguerrand Gentet Université Paris-Saclay (Paris-Sud), France 2016.02-08
Emir Demirović Technische Universität Wien, Austria 2016.02-06
Mohammed Alshamrani McGill University, Canada 2016.02-07
Daniel Grigat University College London, UK 2016.01-03
Adrien Rougny LRI, Université Paris-Sud 11, France
INRIA Saclay, France
2015.07-09
2013.02-08
David Martínez Martínez Institut de Robótica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC, Spain 2015.02-08
Emna Ben Abdallah École Centrale de Nantes / IRCCyN, France 2015.02-04
Jacopo Panerati École Polytechnique de Montreal, QC, Canada 2015.01-06
Heng Liu Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada 2015.01-04
Andrew Cropper Imperial College London, UK 2014.10-2015.01
Alexander Andreychenko Saarland University, Germany 2014.09-2015.01
Damien Bouchabou Université Paul Sabatier, France 2014.03-08
Maxime Wack Grenoble INP ESISAR, France 2014.02-08
Stefan Zeltner University of Southern California, USA 2014.01-04
Yoshihiro Maruyama University of Oxford, UK 2013.10-12
Marcus Völker RWTH Aachen University, Germany 2013.10-2014.03
Pritha Chanana Indiana University Bloomington, USA 2013.06-08
Maxime Clement Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 2013.04-09
Alexandre Medi Université de Nantes, France 2013.03-08
Alexandre Rocca Grenoble INP Ensimag, France 2013.03-08
Earl Bellinger Indiana University Bloomington, USA 2013.02-05
Leon Palafox University of Tokyo, Japan 2012.07-2013.03
Newfel Messouci Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 2012.06-09
Ben Wright New Mexico State University, USA 2012.06
Maxime Folschette École Centrale de Nantes / IRCCyN, France 2012.02-05
Tony Ribeiro Université d'Angers, France 2012.02-08
Pham Le Thi Anh Thu Ho Chi Minh City University of Information Technology, Vietnam 2012.02-08
Teeradaj Racharak Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 2012.01-04
Maheen Bakhtyar Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 2011.06-12
Nam Dang Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 2011.06-09
Johannes Oetsch Technische Universität Wien, Austria 2011.02-04
Barthélémy Dworkin Université Paul Sabatier, France 2011.03
Domenico Corapi Imperial College London, UK 2010.09-11
Grégoire Lejay Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 2010.06-09
Charlotte Viel Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 2010.06-08
James Ray Wagner McGill University, Canada 2010.03-06
Matej Holec Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech 2010.03-06
Gabriel Synnaeve TIMC-IMAG, France 2009.02-06
Petr Buryan Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech 2009.03-06


Visitors and Invited Researchers

Tony Ribeiro École Centrale de Nantes / LS2N, France 2024.07-09, 2020.02-08, 2018.06-08, 2018.02-03, 2017.06, 2017.03
Daniil Kozhemiachenko LaBRI - CNRS, France 2024.01-2024.07
Pierre Lafourcade Université Bordeaux / LaBRI - CNRS, France 2024.01-2024.03
Meghyn Bienvenu LaBRI - CNRS, France 2023.07-2024.08, 2022.10-11
Camilo Sarmiento LIP6, Sorbonne Université, France 2023.06
Gauvain Bourgne LIP6, Sorbonne Université, France 2023.05-06, 2019.05-06, 2018.03-06, 2015.08-09, 2013.12-2014.01, 2013.08, 2012.07-08, 2008.07-08
Jean-Marie Lagniez CRIL - CNRS / Université d'Artois, France 2023.05, 2018.06
Sébastien Konieczny CRIL - CNRS, France 2022.08-09, 2018.06, 2017.03-04, 2016.01-02, 2014.01-02
Morgan Magnin École Centrale de Nantes / LS2N, France 2020.01-07, 2019.08, 2019.02-03, 2018.03, 2016.07-08, 2016.02-03, 2015.06-08, 2013.03-05, 2013.01
Vaishak Belle University of Edinburgh / Alan Turing Institute, UK 2019.07
Esra Erdem Sabanci University, Turkey 2019.07, 2013.11
Gauvain Bourgne LIP6, Sorbonne Université, France 2019.05-06, 2018.03-06, 2015.08-09, 2013.12-2014.01, 2013.08, 2012.07-08, 2008.07-08
Stefano Teso Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 2019.03
Tobias Kaminski Technische Universität Wien, Austria 2019.01-02
Jean-Marie Lagniez CRIL - CNRS / Université d'Artois, France 2018.06
Pierre Marquis CRIL - CNRS / Université d'Artois, France 2018.06, 2017.03-04, 2014.01-02
Emir Demirović University of Melbourne, Australia 2018.05, 2016.10
Théo Le Calvar Université d'Angers, France 2018.03
Zied Bouraoui CRIL - CNRS / Université d'Artois, France 2017.12
Andrew Cropper Imperial College London, UK 2017.04-07, 2015.08-09
David Toman University of Waterloo, Canada 2016.11
Benoit Garnier Thales Alenia Space, France 2016.08
Sophie Tourret LIG, Université Joseph Fourier, France 2016.01
Gerson Zaverucha Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2015.08
Fabrizio Riguzzi Università di Ferrara, Italy 2015.08
Helmut Veith Technische Universität Wien, Austria 2015.07
Avraham Melkman Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2015.03
Maxime Folschette École Centrale de Nantes / IRCCyN, France 2014.10-11
Andrei Doncescu LAAS-CNRS, France 2014.02-03, 2013.02-03, 2012.02-03, 2011.11, 2010.03, 2009.03-05
Luc De Raedt Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 2014.01
Ádamo Lima de Santana UFPA - Federal University of Pará, Brazil 2013.06
Dalal Alrajeh Imperial College London, UK 2012.12
Torsten Schaub Universität Potsdam, Germany 2012.10
2011.11
Nicolas Stefanovitch Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 2012.07-08
Chitta Baral Arizona State University, USA 2012.05
Luis Fariñas del Cerro IRIT, France 2011.12
Nicolas Schwind CRIL, Université d'Artois, France 2012.01, 2011.12
Laurent Simon LRI, Université Paris-Sud 11, France 2011.11
Oliver Ray University of Bristol, UK 2011.11, 2009.11-12, 2008.10-11, 2007.09-10
Stephen Muggleton Imperial College London, UK 2011.11, 2009.02, 2007.02
M. Sriram Iyengar University of Texas, US 2011.11
Patrick Grüneberg Technische Universität Berlin, Germany 2011.06
Rina Dechter University of California, Irvine, USA 2010.03
Hiroaki Watanabe Imperial College London, UK 2010.02, 2009.02, 2008.02, 2007.02
Dianhuan Lin Imperial College London, UK 2010.01
Narendra Jussien Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France 2009.12
Randy Goebel University of Alberta, Canada 2009.09
Thomas Eiter Technische Universität Wien, Austria 2009.06
Alexander Bochman Holon Institute of Technology, Israel 2009.06
Ross King University of Wales, UK 2008.11
Ateet Bhalla Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal 2008.10-11
Tran Cao Son New Mexico State University, USA 2008.07
Martin Camidana University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2007.04
Gilles Richard IRIT, France 2006.11


Other Alumni

Ryota Yakushiji Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2021.04-2023.03
Asaki Kamada Secretary 2021.04-2022.11
Zhenheng Xu Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2020.04-2022.03
Aya Gotoda Secretary 2019.05-2021.03
Tomomi Mitsudera Secretary (Tokyo Tech) 2015.04-2021.03
Yutaro Totsuka Bachelor/Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2018.04-2021.03
Tianyu Chen Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2019.04-2021.03
Seiya Nakata Undergraduate Student (Tokyo Tech) 2018.04-2021.03
Yu Tomita Doctoral Student (SOKENDAI) 2018.08-2020.09
Shota Katsumata Bachelor/Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2017.04-2020.03
Hikaru Ikeda Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2018.04-2020.03
Karthik Rampalli Bachelor Student (Tokyo Tech) 2019.04-2020.03
Yuko Kitamura Secretary 2018.04-2019.04
Junya Yamaguchi Bachelor/Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2016.04-2019.03
Jun-ichi Sakuma Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2017.04-2019.03
Kensuke Kikuchi Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2017.04-2019.03
Yoko Sekino Secretary 2017.04-2018.03
Hitomi Komata Master Student (Tokyo Tech) 2016.04-2018.03
Sho Hatazaki Bachelor Student (Tokyo Tech) 2017.04-2018.03
Kimiko Kato Secretary 2012.05-2017.03
Hiroko Ichikawa Technical Staff 2016.07-09
Tomoko Nishino Secretary 2010.02-2012.05
Hiroko Ozaki Secretary 2009.11-2010.01
Michi Tanaka Secretary 2009.04-10
Miki Ohhori Secretary 2007.08-2009.03
Eiji Iwauchi Special Joint Researcher (Kobe University) 2004.04-2005.03
Takayuki Okamoto Special Joint Researcher (Kobe University) 2004.04-2005.03
Yoshitaka Yamamoto Special Joint Researcher (Kobe University) 2004.04-2005.03