Naoki Kimura
Chief Researcher at Microsoft Research Asia
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolNaoki Kimura is a Chief Researcher and ML×HCI specialist with a Ph.D. in Applied Computer Science from The University of Tokyo, co-advised by Jun Rekimoto and Thad Starner. Over a decade-long career spanning roles at LINEヤフー, Yahoo, Sony CSL, Google and Microsoft research fellowships, he focuses on silent speech interaction for wearables and deep generative models to enhance immersive experiences. He blends rigorous academic research—evidenced by Google Scholar visibility and top fellowships—with hands-on industry impact, including a visiting researcher stint at Georgia Tech and an HCI internship at Preferred Networks. Naoki is currently on the job market and based in Chiyoda, Japan, bringing both leadership in research teams and practical experience translating prototypes into product-relevant directions. An interesting thread across his work is the consistent pursuit of subtle, nonverbal interaction modalities that make computation more ambient and human-centered.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of Tokyo
Github Skills (17)
speech-to-text10
machine-translation10
chainer10
text-to-speech10
voice-conversion10
speech-synthesis10
kaldi10
speech10
speech-processing9
speaker-diarization9
pytorch9
speech-enhancement9
deep-learning9
speech-recognition9
zoo2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
supernaiter/SilentSpeller
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
supernaiter/splatoon3_battle_analysis
Jan 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:15 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
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