NAME: Narihisa MATSUMOTO
GENDER: Male
CITIZENSHIP: Japan
DEGREE: Ph.D (Engineering)
E-MAIL: xmatumo@*
*: ni.aist.go.jp

Research & Professional Experience
2010/4-present
Research Scientist, Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
2009/3-2010/3
Special Volunteer, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
2004/4-2010/3
Research Scientist, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
2003/4-2007/3
Visiting Research Scientist, Laboratory for Mathematical Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
2003/4-2004/3
Postdoctoral Researcher, Masato Okada Group, "Intelligent Cooperation and Control", PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
2001/4-2003/3
Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Mathematical Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
1999/10-2001/3
Student Member, Doya Project, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
1999/4-2001/2
Student Intern, ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories, Japan
Education
2003/3
Ph.D (Engineering) from Saitama University
2001/4-2003/3
Yoshizawa Lab.(Prof. Shuji Yoshizawa), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan
2001/3
MSc (Engineering) from Nara Institute of Science and Technology
1999/4-2001/3
Computational Neuroscience Lab.(Prof. Mitsuo Kawato), Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Sicence and Technology, Japan
1999/3
BSc (Engineering) from Osaka University
1995/4-1999/3
Nakano Lab.(Prof. Kaoru Nakano), Department of Biophysical Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
Membership of Scientific Societies
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Japan Neuroscience Society
  • Japanese Neural Network Society

    Awards & Research Grants
  • 2008/4-2010/3 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
  • 2007/11 Young Researcher Award, Japanese Neural Network Society
  • 2006/9-2007/8 Research Grant supported by The Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications, Japan
  • 2005/4-2008/3 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan

    Major Fields of Reseach Interest
  • attractor network
  • population coding
  • analysis of neuronal activity
  • brain machine interfaces (BMI)

    Skills
  • Matlab programming
  • C programming
  • R programming
  • Perl & awk programming
  • REX operation

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