
Toshimitsu Aritake
Research field:Statictical machine learning

Toshimitsu Aritake
Research field:Statictical machine learning
●What are your current research interests?
I am focusing on machine learning, particularly researching distribution shift aspects such as transfer learning and domain adaptation, and also meta-optimization, which involves learning how to optimize.
●What do you enjoy most about research?
I feel a sense of excitement when I thoroughly understand the problem at hand and come up with models or analytical methods that fit that problem well.
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
The pursuit of novelty and self-improvement.
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
Initially, I was motivated by my admiration for how my mentor and senior colleagues in the lab approached their research. Afterward, I worked at a company, but I couldn’t let go of my desire to become a researcher, so I returned to the path of research.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I aim to advance research on two fronts: addressing practical problems while also tackling mathematically intriguing problems.

Akimune Yoshida
Research field:Comparative Law and Animal Law

Akimune Yoshida
Research field:Comparative Law and Animal Law
●What are your current research interests?
Comparative Legal Culture, Animal’s Legal Status, and Education and Research of Japanese Law in English
●What do you enjoy most about research?
Finding out the relevance between things that seem unrelated.
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Improvement of arguments through discussion across time and space.
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
My respectful mentors and Seminaristen changed my life.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
My future goal is to contribute to academia and society.

Marco Nutta
Research field:Marketing

Marco Nutta
Research field:Marketing
●What are your current research interests?
Branding, Brand coolness, consumer behavior, foodservice and lodging marketing
●What do you enjoy most about research?
Learning a new skill each time I start a project.
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Discovering the unknown and confirming or denying assumptions
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
My mother because she is a researcher and I always wanted to be like her.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I would like to be well-known for brand coolness research. Additionally, my field lacks theoretical development and I would like to one day to contribute to the development of a new theory specific to hospitality and tourism.

Julia Mariko Jacoby
Research field:Early modern Japanese environmental and economic history

Julia Mariko Jacoby
Research field:Early modern Japanese environmental and economic history
●What are your current research interests?
I currently research the complex natural resource networks of early modern Japanese villages and how they continued into the Meiji period.
●What do you enjoy most about research?
I love to connect with people from the past through reading sources and to connect with colleagues about research.
●What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Research, for me, is an opportunity to never stop learning.
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
I’ve always been curious and loved analyzing things.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I want to be a researcher who brings people together internationally.

Ryoya Yamasaki
Research field:Machine Learning, Statistics

Ryoya Yamasaki
Research field:Machine Learning, Statistics
●What are your current research interests?
Ordinal regression, Sparse modeling
●What do you enjoy most about research?
I like being able to decide what to do by myself.
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
It’s just something I like to do, but I have to be cognizant of a job 🙂
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
I got hooked on ‘PSYCHO-PASS’ and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ when I was in a high school. This led me to informatics and research.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I want to do research that will still be cited 100 years from now.

Asako Toyama
Research field:Experimental psychology , Computational Behavioral Science

Asako Toyama
Research field:Experimental psychology , Computational Behavioral Science
●What are your current research interests?
Decision-making, reinforcement learning models, emotion, physiological responses, computational psychiatry
●What do you enjoy most about research?
I enjoy being able to approach topics of interest in my own way while learning along the way. I also find it exciting to hear about other researchers’ work.
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Trial and error driven by curiosity
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
I initially became interested in memory, which led me to study psychology. Over time, my research interests expanded to various other topics.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I aspire to be a researcher who integrates multiple perspectives—such as cognitive science, computational modeling, and psychology—to deepen our understanding of human behavior and the mind.

Makoto Kadowaki
Research field:Industrial Organization, Innovation Economics

Makoto Kadowaki
Research field:Industrial Organization, Innovation Economics
●What are your current research interests?
Economic analysis of intellectual property rights, the relationship between information disclosure and technological progress, economic effects of platforms
●What do you enjoy most about research?
I always enjoy it. (I also enjoy when I’m not doing research)
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
A meritorious deed regardless of productivity
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
I was curious whether it was something one could become simply by trying, so I gave it a shot
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
The kind whose opinion people think “Well, whether I agree or not, I should at least hear what this person has to say”

Etienne Makdissi
Research field:Family and Labor Economics

Etienne Makdissi
Research field:Family and Labor Economics
●What are your current research interests?
Marriage Formation and Location Choice
●What do you enjoy most about research?
Satisfying my curiosity
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Improving our understanding of society
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
Desire to explain why society is structured as it is, and to try to find out how to improve it.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
Better understanding of the relationship between family and socio-economic structures.

Elnura Baiaman kyzy
Research field:Mainly macroeconomics, with a focus on monetary and fiscal policy, uncertainty and, a love for Bayesian estimation

Elnura Baiaman kyzy
Research field:Mainly macroeconomics, with a focus on monetary and fiscal policy, uncertainty and, a love for Bayesian estimation
●What are your current research interests?
Currently I am working on stochastic volatility models and nonlinear filters.
●What do you enjoy most about research?
Uncovering new insights and solving both old and new puzzles
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
A long journey of exploring new ideas and solutions
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
The amazing women in science!
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
Keep exploring, keep solving, and keep enjoying my job!

Wenjiao Hu
Research field:International economics, monetary economics

Wenjiao Hu
Research field:International economics, monetary economics
●What are your current research interests?
exchange rate linkage with economic variables in developing countries
●What do you enjoy most about research?
I often enjoy the feeling of attention-focusing during research.
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
I treat academic research as a way to improve my personal integrity.
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
To save the world.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I want to make more contribution to financial stability in international community