MembersTsuyoshi Okamoto

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Tsuyoshi Okamoto is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University. Building on neuroscience and biomedical engineering, he has proposed a new concept, “Future Brain Science.”, and develops research, education, and social implementation in connection with educational design and Future Design methodologies.

Researcher IDs & External Profiles

• ORCID
• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate
• researchmap
• LinkedIn

Essays & Outreach

Notes on daily life in the laboratory and fragments of ongoing thoughts are shared in the note magazine “From the Corner of the Laboratory.”

• From the Corner of the Laboratory | note

Positions & Affiliations

Current Position

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts And Science, Kyushu University

Graduate Programs (Concurrent Appointments)

• Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
• Graduate School of Mathematics
• Graduate School of Mathematics for Innovation

Selected Internal Roles

• Advisor, Reasonable Accommodation Web System Working Group
• Member, Committee for the Promotion of Disability Support
• Member, Data Management Committee (Institute for Advanced Education)
• Co-supervisor, Advanced Scientist Program (PhD program, Graduate School of Sciences)

Selected External Roles

• Representative, Future Design Consortium
• Organizer, Kyushu Branch (Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering)
• Advisor, Sleep Environment Research Association

Research Areas

• Future Brain Science: an emerging interdisciplinary field that integrates neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and Future Design for research, education, and social implementation
• Neuroscience: including psychophysiology and physiological psychology
• Biomedical Engineering
• Future Design

Education & Mentoring

An overview of his teaching and educational activities is provided on Courses. His work includes the design and management of large-scale active learning courses, supervision of graduate students, and participation in thesis examinations, through which he fosters human resources by integrating research and education.

Academic Activities

Societies

• Society for Neuroscience (member)
• Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (Kyushu Branch organizer)

Selected Awards

• 2004-09-28 Award for Young Researchers (Japanese Neural Network Society)
• 2008-03-01 Research Encouragement Award (JSMBE Kyushu Branch)
• 2015-11-20 Wood Design Award 2015 (project member)
• 2016-10-26 1st IMS Japan Award - Grand Prize (Participating Center)
• Awards received by supervised students: 12 (as of March 2026)

Education & Career (Brief)

Education

• 1999-03-23 B.S. in Physics, Keio University
• 2001-03-29 M.Eng. in Engineering, The University of Tokyo
• 2004-03-25 Ph.D. in Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Appointments (Selected)

• 2004-04-01–2006-01-31
  Researcher, JST ERATO Project
• 2006-02-01–2013-06-30
  Kyushu University (Graduate School of Medical Sciences and related organizations)
• 2013-07-01–
  Associate Professor, Kyushu University (Institute for Advanced Education)

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