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.

