Takahiko Uchide

Leader, Seismotectonics Research Group, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology (IEVG), Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.
Nickname: Taka
Nationality: Japanese
Sex: Male (he/him/his)
ORCID: 0000-0001-5106-11860000-0001-5106-1186
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ResearcherID: D-2093-2009
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E-mail: t_uchide/aist_go_jp
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Research Fields

Earthquake Seismology

Earthquake Source Physics
Seismicity Studies

Data Analyses

Time-series Data and Spectral Analyses for Seismograms
Statistical Analyses of Earthquake Catalogs
Seismic Data Processing Supported by Seismic Sonification
Seismic Data Processing using Machine Learning

Education

Doctor (Science), The University of Tokyo, Japan, March 2009.
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science
- Dissertation: "Observational study on the self-similarity of earthquake rupture growth in Parkfield area" [The University of Tokyo Library]
- Advisor: Prof. Satoshi Ide
Master (Science), The University of Tokyo, Japan, March 2006.
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science
- Advisor: Prof. Satoshi Ide
Bachelor (Science), The University of Tokyo, Japan, March 2004.
- Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, Faculty of Science
Graduated from Tsuchiura 1st High School, Ibaraki, Japan, in March, 1998.

Employment

Apr 2013 - present: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.
- Apr 2025 - present: Leader, Seismotectonics Research Group, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology (IEVG), Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
- Oct 2024 - Mar 2025: Chief Senior Researcher, Seismotectonics Research Group, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology (IEVG), Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
- Oct 2023 - Sep 2024: Planning Officer, Research Strategy Planning Office, Research Strategy Planning Department
- Oct 2023 - Sep 2024: also at Seismotectonics Research Group, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology (IEVG), Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
- Apr 2022 - Sep 2023: Chief Senior Researcher, Seismotectonics Research Group, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology (IEVG), Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
- Oct 2017 - Mar 2022: Senior Researcher, Seismotectonics Research Group, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology (IEVG), Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
- Apr 2014 - Sep 2017: Researcher, Seismotectonics Research Group, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology (IEVG), Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
- Apr 2013 - Mar 2014: Researcher, Seismogenic Process Research Team, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center, Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
Apr 2022 - Sep 2022: Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Japan.
- Intensive lectures in Sep 2022.
Apr 2010 - Mar 2013: Kyoto University, Japan.
- JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Earthquake Hazards Division, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI)
- Host Researcher: Prof. James J. Mori
Jun 2009 - Sep 2011: University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA.
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
- Advisor: Prof. Peter M. Shearer
Apr 2008 - Mar 2010: The University of Tokyo, Japan.
- Apr 2009 - Mar 2010: JSPS Research Fellow (PD), promotion due to the acquisition of Doctorate Degree.
- Apr 2008 - Mar 2009: JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science
- Host Researcher: Prof. Satoshi Ide
Sep 1 - Oct 1, 2006: Oversea Internship of 21COE Program, the University of Tokyo
- Host Institute: Earthquake Seismology Group, Department of Geophysics, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, USA.
- Host Researcher: Prof. Gregory C. Beroza

Awards

Mar 31, 2025: President Award, AIST
- Contribution to National Earthquake Disaster Prevension Measures: Reponse to the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Osamu Fujiwara and 30 others)
Feb 4, 2020: Excellent Reviewer, Earth, Planet, and Space (EPS)
- Reference (external link): Excellent Reviewers 2019
Apr 30, 2014: Young Scientist Award, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ).
Feb 20, 2013: Presentation Award of DPRI Annual Meeting, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan.
Mar 23, 2009: Research Encouragement Award (Doctor), Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Teaching Experience

Intensive Lecture at Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Japan (Sep 28, 2022 - Sep 29, 2022)
Special Lecture, Training Course, International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Building Research Institute, Japan (Jan. 26, 2026)

Mentoring Experience

Postdoctoral Researchers
- Ryo Okuwaki
  - JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (Apr 1, 2019 - Jun 15, 2019)
  - Currently an Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Yuta Amezawa
  - AIST Postdoctoral Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (Apr 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023)
  - Currently a Researcher at Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan.
- Kodai Sagae
  - AIST Postdoctoral Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (Apr 1, 2022 - March 31, 2026)
  - Co-authored Paper: Sagae et al. (2025), Sagae et al. (2026)
- Yasunori Sawaki
  - AIST Postdoctoral Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025)
  - Currently an Assistant Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  - Co-authored Papers: Sawaki et al. (2025a), Sawaki et al. (2025b)
- Admore Phindani Mpuang
  - AIST Postdoctoral Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (Apr 1, 2024 - March 31, 2026)
Graduate Students
- Mariano Supino
  - AIST Technical Trainee (Jul 2, 2018 - Aug 20, 2018)
  - Graduate Student at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
  - Currently a Researcher at INGV, Italy.
- Junyu Yu
  - AIST Research Assistant (May 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020)
  - Graduate Student at University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Amane Sugii
  - AIST Technical Trainee (Aug 21, 2023 - Sep 1, 2023)
  - Graduate Student at Kanazawa University, Japan
  - Co-authored Paper: Sugii et al. (2024)
- Masaki Orimo
  - AIST Technical Trainee (Sep 4, 2023 - Sep 8, 2023)
  - Tohoku University, Japan

Research Grant

Sep 2021 - present (Mar 2026): Grand-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), KAKENHI, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
- Research Project: "Science for Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes"
- Principal Investigator: Satoshi Ide (EPS, the University of Tokyo, Japan)
- B02 Group Leader: Aitaro Kato (ERI, the University of Tokyo, Japan)
- TU as one of Co-Investigators in B02 Group
Jul 2021 - present (Mar 2026): STAR-E Project, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
- Research Project: "Exploration of underground faults by seismic wave big data using signal processing and machine learning"
- Principal Investigator: Takahiko Uchide (GSJ/AIST)
- Co-Investigators
  - AIST
    - IEVG, Geological Survey of Japan: Haruo Horikawa, Takahiro Shiina, Yuta Amezawa (Apr 2022 - Aug 2023, Apr 2025 - ), Yasunori Sawaki (Apr 2023 - Mar 2025), and Admore P. Mpuang (Apr 2024 - )
    - AIRC: Jun Ogata (- Jun 2024), Satoru Fukayama, Tomohiko Nakamura (Apr 2023 - ), Nobutaka Ito (Apr 2025 - ), and Yoshihiro Sato (Apr 2022 - Mar 2023)
  - Tokyo City University: Yoshihiro Sato (Apr 2024 - )
  - Tokyo Institute of Technology (Institute of Science Tokyo, from Oct 2024): Yuta Amezawa (Apr 2024 - Mar 2025)
  - Ritsumeikan University: Yasunori Sawaki (Apr 2025 - )
- Research Collaborators
  - Ritsumeikan University: Hiroki Kuroda (- Nov 2022)
  - Nagaoka University of Technology: Hiroki Kuroda (Dec 2022 - )
  - Tokyo City University: Yoshihiro Sato (Apr 2023 - Mar 2024)
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019: Natural Science Research Grant, Mitsubishi Foundation
- Research Project: "Development of the Automatic Process System for Seismograms based on the Deep Learning Technique."
- 4 million Japanese Yen in total
Apr 2017 - Mar 2020: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Research Project: "Quantitative Evaluation of Earthquake Triggerability by Dynamic Stress Perturbation" as a Principal Investigator
- 3.2 million Japanese Yen for three years
Sep 2013 - Mar 2015: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Research Project: "Statistics of P-wave Polarization and Development of High-Sensitivity Detection Method of Earthquakes" as a Principal Investogator
- 1.5 million Japanese Yen for two years
Jul 2012: Travel Grant for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Apr 2010 - Mar 2013: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Research Project: "Transition of Frequency Contents of Seismic Radiation during Earthquake Rupture"
- 2.8 million Japanese Yen for three years
Dec 2009 - Mar 2010: Oversea Research Grant for Excellent Young Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Host Institute: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
- Host Researcher: Prof. Peter M. Shearer
Apr 2008 - Mar 2010: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Research Project: "Scaling Law of Earthquake Rupture Growth"
- 1.2 million Japanese Yen for two years
Dec 2007: Oversea Travel Grant, Seismological Society of Japan
- 2007 AGU Fall Meeting at San Francisco, CA, USA
Apr 2006 - Mar 2008: Research Assistantship, 21COE Program, The University of Tokyo
Apr 2006 - Mar 2008: First Category Scholarship (interest-free loan), Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
- Jun 2008: Awarded full repayment exemption for outstanding academic performance

Research Achievement

The lists of peer-reviewed papers and reports are here.

Societies

Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) (Regular Member in Solid Earth Sciences Section)
Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ) (Regular Member)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) (Regular Member)
Seismological Society of America (SSA) (Regular Member)
The Physical Society of Japan (JPS) (Regular Member)

Professional Services

Journal Editor
- Guest Editor, Special Section: Improving Measurements of Earthquake Source Parameters, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  - Guest Editors: Rachel Abercrombie, Annemarie Baltay, Adrien Oth, and Takahiko Uchide
- Guest Editor, State-of-the-Art Information Science in Earthquake Research: Developments and Applications, Earth, Planets and Space
  - Guest Editors: Hiromichi Nagao, Toshitaka Baba, Ying Chen, Masayuki Kano, Hisahiko Kubo, Zachary E. Ross, Takahiko Uchide, Jiancang Zhuang
Journal Paper Review
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Reviews of Geophysics
- Geophysical Journal International
- Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
- International Journal of Earth Sciences
- Earth, Planets and Space
- Nature Geoscience
- Seismological Research Letters
- Scientific Reports
- Nature Communications
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- Science Advances
- Tectonophysics
- Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAO)
- Annals of Geophysics
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Pure and Applied Geophysics
- Geosciences
- Solid Earth
- Journal of Geodynamics
- Journal of Disaster Research
- Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences
Committee Membership
- Jun 2025 - present (- Mar 2027): Member, Academic Subcommittee, Organizing Committee, 17th Japan Earthquake Engineering Symposium (17JEES), Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering (JAEE)
- May 2025 - present (- Mar 2026): Member, Future Planning Working Group, Seismological Society of Japan
- Oct 2019 - Oct 2020: Chair, Committee for the 2020 Seismology Summer School, Seismological Society of Japan
- Oct. 2019 - Mar. 2020: Member, Editorial Board of the 6th Monograph, Seismological Society of Japan
- Jun. 2018 - Jun. 2020: Member, Committee for Seismology Outreach, Seismological Society of Japan
- May 2018 - Jun. 2020: Board Member, Seismological Society of Japan
- Apr 2017 - Mar 2023: Newsletter Editorial Board, Seismological Society of Japan
  - Apr 2020 - Mar 2023: Member
  - Apr 2018 - Mar 2020: Chair
  - Apr 2017 - Mar 2018: Member
- Apr 2016 - present (- Mar 2026): Delegate, Seismological Society of Japan
- May 2015 - Jul. 2023: Liaison person for AIST, Seismological Society of Japan
Session Convener at Conferences
- Co-Convener, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2025, S-SS06 "New Trends in Data Acquisition, Analysis and Interpretation of Seismicity" with Bogdan Enescu (Primary Convener), Francesco Grigoli, and Yosuke Aoki.
- Co-Convener, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2024, S-SS04 "New Trends in Data Acquisition, Analysis and Interpretation of Seismicity" with Francesco Grigoli (Primary Convener), Bogdan Enescu, and Yosuke Aoki.
- Primary Convener, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2022, S-SS04 "Seismic Spectra for Source, Subsurface Structure, and Strong-motion Studies" with Rachel E. Abercrombie, Kuo-Fong Ma, and Kazuhiro Somei.
- Primary Convener, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ) Fall Meeting 2021, S21 "Seismic Spectral Analyses for Earthquake Source Physics, Earth Structure Estimation, and Strong Motion Assessment" with Kazuhiro Somei and Junichi Nakajima
- Primary Convener, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ) Fall Meeting 2019, S22 "Potentiality of Machine Learning in Seismology" with Yuki Kodera and Hisahiko Kubo.
- Primary Convener, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2019, S-CG62 "Potentiality of Machine Learning in Solid Earth Sciences" with Hirokuni Oda.
- Convener, 2019 Seismological Society of America (SSA) Annual Meeting, "Machine Learning in Seismology", with Youzuo Lin (corresponding convener), Sepideh Karimi, Qingkai Kong, Dario Baturan, Zhigang Peng, Ting Chen, Andrew Delorey, Min Chen, Chengping Chai, and Paul Johnson.
- Primary Convener, 2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, S11B, S12B, S13A, & S21C, "Earthquake Source Physics Inferred from Macroscopic Source Parameters and Seismicity Parameters" with Marine Denolle and Hiroki Sone.
- Primary Convener, 2017 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, S31C, S33E, & S34B, "Earthquake Source Properties inferred from Macroscopic Earthquake Source Parameters and Seismicity Parameters" with Xiaowei Chen and Hiroki Sone.
- Primary Convener, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017, S-SS06, "From Earthquake Source and Seismicity Parameters to Fault Properties and Strong-motion Assessment" with Bogdan Enescu and Hiroki Sone. (Posters, Oral #1, and #2)
- Primary Convener, 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, S13A & S21E "Macroscopic Earthquake Source Parameter Studies: from Basic to Application" with Xiaowei Chen and Germán Prieto
- Primary Convener, 2015 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, S43E, S44A, & S51A "Earthquake Source Studies: Advances in Investigation of Parameters of Simple Source Models" with Xiaowei Chen and Germán Prieto
Judge for Awards
- Outstanding Student Presentation Award, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
- Student Outstanding Presentation Awards, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ) Fall Meeting (2016, 2017, 2018)
- Student Outstanding Presentation Awards, Solid Earth Sciences Section, JpGU Meeting (2013, 2014)
- Outstanding Student Presentation Award, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018)

Inquiry

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