Hidehisa Arai is a Senior Researcher with nine years of experience specializing in autonomous driving AI and simulation, currently developing Japan’s first proprietary world model for self-driving applications at TURING Inc. A triple Kaggle Grandmaster across Competitions, Notebooks, and Discussion, he blends top-tier machine learning expertise with practical engineering. His background in aeronautics and astronautics from the University of Tokyo informs a principled approach to physical-world simulation and model-based video generation. He has driven Vision Language Model and Vision Language Action research that has translated into external presentations and publications. Prior roles across industry and research labs have given him strong experience in NLP, search, and applied data science at companies like Recruit and NABLAS. Based in Shinagawa, Japan, he combines competitive ML rigor with product-focused simulation engineering for real-world autonomy.
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