Masato Ota
Applied Research Engineer at Sakana AI
Greater Tokyo Area Japan
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Top SchoolMasato Ota is an Applied Research Engineer based in the Greater Tokyo Area with nine years of experience bringing AI from research into real-world client projects. He has worked across national research institutes and industry—most recently at Sakana AI after roles at Dentsu Research Institute and AIST—combining hands-on engineering with applied research. Author of a practical Japanese guide to deploying AI agents, he focuses on making AI systems usable on the ground rather than purely theoretical models. His background in human systems engineering gives him a user-centered perspective on AI adoption, and he has a track record of translating prototypes from research internships into deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
修士（理工学）, 人間システム工学専攻, 修士（理工学）, 人間システム工学専攻 at 関西学院大学 / Kwansei Gakuin University
Github Skills (4)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
masamasa59/ai-agent-papers
Nov 2024 - May 2026
A collection of AI Agents papers (Updated biweekly)
Contributions:1 review, 55 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 6 months
ai-agentagentsllmplanningpaper-list
masamasa59/uncertainty-paper
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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