Principal investigator
Kazumasa Uehara
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
Visiting Researcher, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
Associate Professor (Adj.), Division of Neural Dynamics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO
E-mail：uehara.kazumasa.so[AT]tut.jp
Research Interests
Neuroscience, Neuroengineering, Neuroinformatics, AI
Academic Experiences
April 2023-present: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
April 2023-present: Associate Professor (Adj.), Division of Neural Dynamics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
April 2021-present: Visiting Researcher, SONY Computer Science Laboratory, Japan
May 2019-March 2023: Assistant Professor, Division of Neural Dynamics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan/ Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
July 2018-April 2019: SPDR, RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) -Toyota Collaboration Center, Rhythm-Based Brain Information Processing Unit, Japan, Mentor: Dr. Keiichi Kitajo
August 2016-June 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Neural Control of Movement laboratory. School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, USA, Mentor: Professor Marco Santello
April 2014-June 2018:JSPS Research Fellowship PD, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan, Mentor: Dr. Takashi Hanakawa
April 2013-March 2014: JSPS Research Fellowship DC2 & PD, Movement Neuroscience Laboratory Department of Sport and Exercise Science, and Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, Mentor: Prof. Winston D. Byblow
Education
April 2010-March 2013: Ph.D. in Science/ Human Motor Control Laboratory, Division of Human Sciences, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan, Supervisor: Prof. Kozo Funase
April 2008-March 2010: MSc. in Rehabilitation/ Graduate School of Health and Social Work Sciences, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Japan, Supervisor: Prof. Kenichi Sugawara
April 2002-March 2005: Specialist in Physical Therapist/ Medical Corporation Keizankai group, Chubu rehabilitation college, Japan
March 2013：PhD in Science (Hiroshima University)
March 2010：Master in Rehabilitation Science (Kanagawa University of Human Services)
May 2005：Resistered Physical Therapist
Committee (International)
July 2022-present： Experimental Brain Research, Editorial Board member
September 2023-present: Neuroscience Research, Associate Editor
Awards
April 2021: IEEE Paper award winners of IEEE LifeTech 2021(Kasahara K, Nakamura T, Uehara K, Ogata Y, Doya K, Hanakawa T)
August 2018: Young researcher award from The Japanese Society for motor control
July 2015: Young researcher award from The Japanese Society for motor control
March 2014: International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Award
March 2013: Prize of an honor student at Hiroshima University
June 2012: Excellent students’ scholarship at Hiroshima University