Prof.Kenji Doya

Prof. Kenji Doya is a Professor of Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University. He took his PhD in engineering in 1991 at University of Tokyo. After postdoctoral training at U. C. San Diego and Salk Institute, in 1994 he joined Advanced Telecommunications Research International (ATR) as a Senior Researcher. In 2004, he was appointed as a Principal Investigator of the OIST Initial Research Project and started Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC) as the chief organizer. As OIST established itself as a Graduate University in 2011, he became a Professor and served as the Vice Provost for Research till 2014. He is interested in reinforcement learning in both natural and artificial creatures. He served as a Co-Editor in Chief of Neural Networks from 2008 to 2021 and the Chairperson of Japan Neuroscience Society Meeting (Neuro2022) in Okinawa. He currently serves as a board member of International Neural Network Society (INNS) and Asia-Pacific Neural Network Society (APNNS), and the President of Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS). He received INNS Donald O. Hebb Award in 2018, APNNS Outstanding Achievement Award and JNNS Academic Award in 2019, and age-group 2nd place at Ironman Malaysia in 2022.

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