Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Kenji Doya is a Professor of Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST). He studies reinforcement learning and probabilistic inference, and how they are realized in the brain. He took his PhD in 1991 at the University of Tokyo, worked as a postdoc at U. C. San Diego and the Salk Institute, and joined Advanced Telecommunications Research International (ATR) in 1994. In 2004, he was appointed as a Principal Investigator of the OIST Initial Research Project and as OIST established itself as a Graduate University in 2011, he became a Professor and served as the Vice Provost for Research till 2014. He served as Co-Editor in Chief of Neural Networks from 2008 to 2021, President of Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS) from 2023 to 2024, and General Chair of Neuro2022 and ICONIP2025 in Okinawa. He received INNS Donald O. Hebb Award in 2018, JNNS Academic Award and APNNS Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019, and finished Ironman World Championship 2024 in Kona, Hawaii.
