Summary
Tatsuya Hiraoka is an NLP researcher and visiting assistant professor with nine years of experience bridging academic research and industry collaboration across Japan and the UAE. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Tokyo Tech and has focused on tokenization, meta-learning, and language acquisition, producing multiple academic publications showcased on his research website. His career includes postdoctoral work at MBZUAI, visiting roles at RIKEN and NAIST, and applied research stints with Retrieva, Fujitsu, and Denso IT Laboratory, reflecting a knack for translating linguistic theory into practical NLP systems. Trained originally in English education and syntax at Waseda, he brings a rare combination of formal linguistics and machine learning expertise that informs his work on data-efficient language models.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science at Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Doctor of Engineering (Ph.D in Engineering) Computer Science, Doctor of Engineering (Ph.D in Engineering) Computer Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts - BA English Education Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA English Education Linguistics at Waseda University