CV

Curriculum Vitae of Keigo Sakurai

Contact Information

Name Keigo Sakurai
Professional Title Assistant Professor
Email sakurai [at] lmd.ist.hokudai.ac.jp

Professional Summary

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University. Research on data mining centered on recommender systems across music, finance, and fashion domains.

Experience

  • Apr 2026 – Present

    Sapporo, Japan

    Assistant Professor
    Hokkaido University
    Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Laboratory of Media Creation Methodology.
  • Oct 2025 – Mar 2026

    Sapporo, Japan

    Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
    Hokkaido University
    Institute for Integrated Innovation, Data-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Emergence Department (D-RED).
  • Apr 2023 – Sep 2025

    Sapporo, Japan

    Research Fellow (DC1)
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  • Feb 2025 – Mar 2025

    Tsukuba, Japan

    Technical Trainee
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
    Media Interaction Research Group.
  • Nov 2024 – Dec 2024

    Tokyo, Japan

    Research Intern
    Nomura Asset Management, Innovation Lab.

Education

  • Apr 2023 – Sep 2025

    Sapporo, Japan

    Ph.D. (shortened completion)
    Hokkaido University
    Information Science (Laboratory of Media Dynamics, supervised by Prof. Miki Haseyama and Prof. Takahiro Ogawa)
    • JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
    • Dean’s Award, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology (Sep. 2025)
  • Apr 2021 – Mar 2023

    Sapporo, Japan

    M.S.
    Hokkaido University
    Information Science (Laboratory of Media Dynamics, supervised by Prof. Miki Haseyama and Prof. Takahiro Ogawa)
    • Dean’s Award, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology (Mar. 2023)
  • Apr 2017 – Mar 2021

    Sapporo, Japan

    B.E.
    Hokkaido University
    Electronics and Information Engineering, School of Engineering
  • Apr 2014 – Mar 2017

    Minami-Uonuma, Japan

    High School Diploma
    Niigata Prefectural Kokusai Joho High School
    Information and Science Course

Awards

  • Sep 2025
    Dean's Award, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
    Hokkaido University
  • Jul 2025
    JSAI Annual Conference Award (全国大会優秀賞)
    The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
  • Dec 2023
    AI & Data Science Paper Award (AI・データサイエンス論文賞)
    Japan Society of Civil Engineers
  • Mar 2023
    Dean's Award, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
    Hokkaido University
  • Mar 2023
    Student Encouragement Award (学生奨励賞)
    IEICE Hokkaido Section
  • Dec 2022
    Excellent Research Presentation Award (優秀研究発表賞)
    The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (ITE)
  • Jan 2022
    Best Paper Award
    International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT)
  • Nov 2021
    Young Researcher Excellent Paper Presentation Award (若手優秀論文発表賞)
    Joint Conference of Hokkaido Chapters of Electrical and Information Institutes
  • Oct 2021
    Best Student Presentation Award
    The Hokkaido Young Professionals Workshop

Supervised Students' Awards

  • Mar 2026
    Dean's Award, School of Engineering (工学部長賞) — 神崎恵土 (Keito Kozaki)
    School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • Mar 2026
    Student Presentation Award (学生プレゼンテーション賞) — 神崎恵土 (Keito Kozaki)
    DEIM2026
  • Nov 2025
    Young Researcher Excellent Paper Presentation Award (若手優秀論文発表賞) — 神崎恵土 (Keito Kozaki)
    Joint Conference of Hokkaido Chapters of Electrical and Information Institutes
  • Sep 2025
    Excellent Paper Award Silver Prize — 神崎恵土 (Keito Kozaki)
    IEEE GCCE 2025
  • Oct 2024
    Presentation Award — 朱金龍 (Jinlong Zhu)
    IEEE GCCE 2024
  • Jul 2024
    Best Paper Award 1st Place — 朱金龍 (Jinlong Zhu)
    IEEE ICCE-TW 2024

Grants & Fellowships

Talks

Teaching

  • 2021 – 2025

    Sapporo, Japan

    TA/TF — Media Network Experiment IA, IIA (Faculty of Engineering)
    Hokkaido University
  • 2021 – 2025

    Sapporo, Japan

    TA/TF — Media Network Seminar II (Faculty of Engineering)
    Hokkaido University
  • 2022 – 2022

    Sapporo, Japan

    TA — "Does a Robot Have Emotions?" (General Education)
    Hokkaido University

Academic Services

Conference Reviewer (International): ACM KDD 2027, ACM SIGIR 2026, ACM SIGIR-AP 2026, ACM CIKM 2026, ACM ICMR 2026, ACM MM 2025, ISMIR 2025–2026, IEEE CIFEr 2026, IEEE GCCE 2024–2026
Journal Reviewer: IPSJ Transactions on Databases (IPSJ-TOD), Transactions of the JSAI, ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Applications
Conference Reviewer (Domestic): MIRU 2024–2026

Media Coverage

Writing

Memberships

Academic Societies: ACM, IEEE, The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI), Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

Certificates

  • First-Class Land Mobile Radio Operator (第一級陸上特殊無線技士)
  • Third-Class Maritime Mobile Radio Operator (第三級海上特殊無線技士)
  • Kendo 2nd Dan (剣道二段)
  • Kodachi Goshindo 1st Dan (小太刀護身道初段)
  • Ordinary Automobile Driver's License (普通自動車第一種運転免許)