Education
- Mar 2020 — Ph.D. (Information Science), Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Department of Information and Physical Sciences.
- Mar 2017 — M.A. (Economics), Graduate School of Economics, Nagasaki University, Department of Economics and Management Studies.
Professional Appointments
- Nov 2023 – present — Visiting Lecturer, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM).
- Sep 2023 – present — Junior Associate Professor, Department of Management, School of Management, Tokyo University of Science.
- Oct 2021 – Sep 2023 — Trainee, “Statistical Expert Training Program” (Phase 1), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
- Apr 2020 – Aug 2023 — Assistant Professor, Department of Management, School of Management, Tokyo University of Science.
Service
- Jun 2025 – present — Member, Public Relations Committee, The Japan Statistical Society (JSS).
- Apr 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2026 — Technical Program Committee Member, 12th International Conference on Information Management (ICIM).
- Mar 5–7, 2025 — Refereeing Committee Member, Spring Meeting of the Operations Research Society of Japan.
- Dec 23, 2024 – Feb 17, 2025 — Technical Program Committee Member, 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2025).
- Nov 8, 2024 – Mar 30, 2025 — Technical Program Committee Member, 11th International Conference on Information Management (ICIM 2025).
- Dec 26, 2023 – Sep 6, 2024 — Executive Committee Member, Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting (JJSM) 2024.
- May 2021 – Apr 2023 — Editorial Secretary, Transactions of the Operations Research Society of Japan / ORSJ Journal.
- Mar 2021 – Mar 2024 — Secretary, ORSJ Research Group “Evaluation OR”.
Professional Memberships
- Aug 2022 – present — INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), Member.
- Apr 2022 – present — The Japan Statistical Society (JSS), Member.
- Oct 2015 – present — The Operations Research Society of Japan (ORSJ), Member.
Awards
- Mar 29, 2025 — Best Presentation Award (ICIM 2025).
- Sep 29, 2023 — Director-General’s Award, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (MEXT-funded project).
- Aug 18, 2022 — Best Oral Presentation Award (MMBD 2022).
- Apr 10, 2019 — Overseas Paper Presentation Encouragement Award, Seisan Gijutsu Shinko Kyokai
- Jun 15, 2018 — Best Thesis Award (DEAIC 2018).
- May 19, 2018 — Student Encouragement Award, ORSJ Research Group “Evaluation OR”.
- Mar 24, 2017 — Dean’s Award, Graduate School of Economics, Nagasaki University.
Grants & Collaborative Research
- Sep 2023 – Mar 2027 — JSPS KAKENHI, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Collaborative Research), Co-Investigator: “An empirical study on sustainable water and wastewater services under accelerating population decline,” No. 23KK0031.
- Apr 2022 – Mar 2025 — JSPS KAKENHI: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Principal Investigator: “Introducing uncertainty into DEA,” No. 22K14443.
- Apr 2021 – Apr 2023 — Tokyo University of Science Young Researcher Grant, Principal Investigator: “Nonparametric efficiency measures under uncertainty.”
- Apr 2017 – Mar 2022 — JSPS KAKENHI: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Co-Investigator: “Theoretical development and applications of dynamic DEA integrating high-quality efficiency measures and versatile analytic functions,” No. 17K01251.
Outreach & Media
- Aug 8, 2023 — Interview in The Yomiuri Shimbun, “Education Renaissance,” on the training of statistics instructors.
- Nov 2021 – Apr 2023 — Study on the efficiency of COVID-19 measures in Setagaya City (Lead: Yoshiko Hamaguchi; Model analysis: Zhao; Practical support: Setagaya City Public Health Center).