Masato Okada / Professor / Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences Department of Complexity Science and Engineering / / Theoretical neuroscience, statistical physics http://mns.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~okada/ Career Summary 1985: BSc, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University 1987: M. Science, Osaka University 1987-1989: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 1991-1996: Research Associate, Osaka University 1996-2001: Researcher, JST ERATO Kawato Dynamic Brain Project 2001-2004: Deputy Laboratory Head, RIKEN Brain Science Institute 2004-present: Professor, The University of Tokyo Educational Activities Graduate school: Machine learning Research Activities Theoretical neuroscience Statistical physics Literature 1) Hatchett JPL and Okada M., Dynamical replica theoretic analysis of CDMA detection dynamics. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 39 (15), 3883-3902, 2006 2) Mimura M. and Okada M., Generating functional analysis of CDMA detection dynamics. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 38(46), 9917 - 9929, 2005. 3) Tanaka T. and Okada M. Approximate belief propagation, density evolution, and statistical neurodynamics for CDMA multiuser detection. IEEE Transaction on information theory, 51, 700-706, 2005. 4) Matsumoto N., Okada M., Sugase-Miyamoto Y., Yamane S. and Kawano K., Population dynamics of face-responsive neurons in the inferior temporal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 1103-1112, 2005. Other Activities Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan The Japan Neuroscience Society Japanese Neural Network Society Society for Neuroscience Future Plan We are currently investigating the brain functions from theoretical point of view. We are also applying the statistical mechanical informatics and machine learning to wide areas of natural sciences, such as condensed matter physics, geoscience, biology and so on. Messages to Students I hope that you try to acquire the ability to view yourself in the third person.