Biography (temporally out of date)

Tadahiro Taniguchi received the ME and Ph.D. degrees from Kyoto University, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. From April 2005 to March 2006, he was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow (DC2) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. From April 2006 to March 2007, he was a JSPS Research Fellow (PD) at the same department. From April 2007 to March 2009, he was a JSPS Research Fellow at Kyoto University.  From April 2008 to March 2010, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human and Computer Intelligence, Ritsumeikan University. Since From April 2010 to March 2017, he was an Associate Professor at the same department. From September 2015 to September 2016, he was a visiting associate professor at Imperial College London. From April 2017, he has been a Professor at the Department of Information and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University. From April 2017, he has been a visiting general chief scientist, AI solution center, Panasonic, as well. He has been engaged in research on machine learning, emergent systems, intelligent vehicle, and symbol emergence in robotics.

1978年6月24日京都生まれ。2006年京都大学工学研究科博士課程修了。博士（工学・京都大学）。2005年より日本学術振興会特別研究員(DC2)、2006年より同(PD)。2008年より立命館大学情報理工学部助教、2010年より同准教授。2015年より2016年までImperial College London客員准教授。2017年より立命館大学情報理工学部教授、また、パナソニック客員総括主幹技師としてAI研究開発に携わる（国内初の大学から企業へのクロスアポイントメント事例）。専門は人工知能、創発システム、認知発達ロボティクス、コミュニケーション場のメカニズムデザイン。記号創発システムという概念を提唱し、また記号創発ロボティクスと呼ばれるAIやロボットを作ることにより人間のコミュニケーションの本質的理解につなげる研究領域を創成している。様々なプロジェクトや産学連携を通して機械学習技術の応用に関する研究に従事。また全国に広まる書評を通じたコミュニケーションの場作り手法であるビブリオバトルの考案者でもある。計測自動制御学会学術奨励賞、システム制御情報学会学会賞奨励賞、論文賞、砂原賞など受賞。主著に「心を知るための人工知能: 認知科学としての記号創発ロボティクス」共立出版、「賀茂川コミュニケーション塾」世界思想社、「コミュニケーションするロボットは創れるか」NTT出版、「ビブリオバトル」文藝春秋、「記号創発ロボティクス」講談社、「イラストで学ぶ人工知能概論」講談社など。一般社団法人ビブリオバトル協会代表理事。計測自動制御学会，日本認知科学会，日本人工知能学会，IEEEなどの会員。

Private Information

Born: June 24 1978

Place of birth: Kyoto, Japan

Citizenship: Japan

Marital status: Married

Education

1. Ph.D. Engineering, Kyoto University, 2006

   • Dissertation: Constructive Approach towards Autonomous Adaptive System Interacting with Environment. (in Japanese).

   • Committee: T. Sawaragi, T. Monnai, and N. Tomita.

2. M.A. Engineering, Kyoto University, 2003

3. B.S. Engineering, Kyoto University, 2001

Employment/Work

1. RARA Fellow, Ritsumeikan University, Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy, April 2022 - present.

2. Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Department of Human & Computer Intelligence, College of Information Science and Engineering,  April 2017 - present.

3. Visiting General Chief Scientist, Panasonic, April 2017- present

4. Visiting Associate Professor, Imperial College London,  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, September 2015 -- September 2016. (Host researcher: Dr. Yiannis Demiris)

5. Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Department of Human & Computer Intelligence, College of Information Science and Engineering, April 2010 - March 2017.

6. Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Department of Human & Computer Intelligence, College of Information Science and Engineering, April 2008 - March 2010.

7. Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology,  June 2008 - - March 2010.

8. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, April 2007 - March 2008.

9. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, April 2006 - March 2007.

10. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2), Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, April 2005 - March 2006.

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• Overleaf

Fields of Interest

Symbol Emergence Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cognitive Robotics, Symbol Grounding, Decentralized Systems,