The paper by Arai Takao and Hiroyasu Inoue was published in PLOS One on September 9, 2026. Finding commercially promising inventions among the many patents held by companies and universities requires costly expert review. Licensing provides evidence of commercial value. Predicting which patents are likely to be licensed can help prioritize candidates for closer assessment...
Student report On September 3, 2026, Rikuto Ito, a second-year master’s student in our laboratory, attended the 25th Forum on Information Technology (FIT2026) in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hiroyasu Inoue contributed an article, “Can Japan’s Economy Withstand a Major Disaster?” (a translation of the Japanese title 「大災害に日本経済は耐えられるか」), to the October 2026 issue of Voice, published by PHP Institute and released on September 4, 2026. The article appears in the issue’s special feature on responding to disasters. Issue information and table of contents (in...
Student report Rikuto Ito, a second-year master’s student in our laboratory, attended the 40th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, held on June 8–12, 2026. The conference took place in a hybrid format at G Messe Gunma in Takasaki, Gunma, and online.
On March 26, 2026, the University of Hyogo held its degree conferral ceremony. We look forward to our graduates’ future achievements. Commemorative photo for the degree conferral ceremony (March 26, 2026)
Student report Rikuto Ito, a first-year master’s student in our laboratory, attended the 38th Symposium on Decentralized Autonomous Systems at Shizuoka University’s Hamamatsu Campus on February 18–19, 2026.
Student report Four students from our laboratory participated in the 31st International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2026), held at B-Con Plaza in Beppu, Oita, and online on January 21–23, 2026: first-year master’s student Rikuto Ito and second-year master’s students Rintaro Karashima, Misato Fukui, and Junhyon Chae. All four successfully delivered their presentations...
Misato Fukui, a second-year master’s student, received the Academic Research Award from the Hokkaido Branch of the Information Processing Society of Japan at the Hokkaido Symposium on Information Processing 2025, held on October 18, 2025. This was the highest distinction among the symposium’s awards, recognizing the quality of her research. Congratulations!
Student report Four students from our laboratory attended the Hokkaido Symposium on Information Processing 2025 at Muroran Institute of Technology in Muroran, Hokkaido, on October 18, 2025: first-year master’s student Rikuto Ito and second-year master’s students Rintaro Karashima, Misato Fukui, and Junhyon Chae.
