Yuya SHIBUYA, Ph.D.

Ph.D. (Socio-information and Communication Studies)

Associate Professor

Human Centered Urban Informatics Lab.

Center for Spatial Information Science

The University of Tokyo

Email: yuya-shibuya[at]csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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RESEARCH INTEREST

Human Behavior Informatics, Social Computing, Computational Social Science, Human-Centered Data Science, Civic Tech, Digital Civics, Crisis Informatics, Open Data, Open Governance

ACADEMIC POSITION

Jan 2022- present	Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo	Associate Professor
Apr 2019- Dec 2021	Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo	Project Research Associate
Sep 2020- Mar 2022	Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan	Part-time Lecturer
2020	The Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany	Research Fellow

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2020-2021	Corpy&CO., Inc., Tokyo, Japan	Research Manager
2019-2021	The Open Governance Network, Tokyo, Japan Event management and research	Research Director
2018	Hitachi Transport System, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan	Data Analyst Intern
2010 - 2014	Higashi Nippon Broadcasting Co, Ltd., Sendai, Japan (Mainly covered crime and legal stories, as well as covering the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011)	Journalist

FELLOWSHIP/GRANTS

2020	The Weizenbaum Institute	Digital Research Fellow
2019-2020	The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation	Funding for a research project
2016-2019	The Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders
2017	Leave a Nest Grant (LNest), Japan

EDUCATION

2019	The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies	PhD (Graduated as a representative of the school)
2019	Completed the Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders of the University of Tokyo
2016	The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies	MA
2010	Keio University (2010)	BA in Philosophy

SKILLS

Data Analysis/Visualization/Modeling/Simulation, Java, Python, R, Stata, Latex and others...

AWARDS

2023	IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award
2022	Best Paper Award at Computer Security Symposium in Kumamoto, Japan
2019	Budding Scholar Award [Shinshin-kenkyu-syo] at the Society of Sciety of Socio-Informatics, Japan
2019	PhD Thesis Award of The Society of Socio-Informatics, Japan
2019	Academic Award of the Japan Economic Policy Association (Junior award)
2019	Best Student Paper Nomination at ISCRAM 2019
2019	Graduated PhD as a representative of GSII, the University of Tokyo
2017	LNest Grant, Proto Award, Japan
2016	Distinguished Paper Award at 2016 e-Case & e-Tech