Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Graduate School of  International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University

41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8576, Japan

E-mail: kazuaki.okubo.d5 [at] tohoku.ac.jp


Research Grants (PI Only) 

Casio Science Promotion Foundation, A Study on a Plastic Sorting Model and an Evaluation Method based on Big Data Analysis, Dec. 2022 - Dec. 2023.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), A Study on Data-Driven Robust Optimization for Reconstruction Land Use Planning, Grant  Number: 22K04361, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, FY2022–FY2024.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Developing a Robust Optimal Maintenance Planning Model Considering the Inspected Information, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, FY2018–FY2021.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Analyzing market structure and mechanism design in reverse logistics, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, FY2014–FY2017.

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), A study on recycling model based on robust optimization, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, FY2012–FY2013.

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), A study on recycling firm in a sound material-cycle society, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, FY2010–FY2011.


Professional Experience: 

Apr. 1st, 2021 - Present: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Tohoku University. 

Dec. 1st, 2018 - Mar. 31st, 2021: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Tohoku University. 

Apr. 1st, 2017 - Nov. 30th,  2018: Project Associate Professor,  Center for Disaster Informatics Research, Ehime University.

Apr. 1st, 2013 - Mar. 31st, 2017: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University. 

Apr. 1st, 2009 - Mar. 31st, 2013: Assistant Professor, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University. 


Education: 

Ph.D.  March 2009, Tohoku Univeristy.

Thesis: Price dynamics and firms' behavior in supply push markets

Supervisor: Prof. Hajime Inamura

Master of Information Science. March 2006, Tohoku Univeristy.

Bachelor of Engineering. March 2005, Tohoku Univeristy.

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