DOCTORAL PROGRAM
Doctoral Program
Doctoral students in the Ito Lab work on multiagent systems, automated negotiation, consensus-building support and collective intelligence. They pose their own research questions and grow into independent researchers.
To date, 12 researchers have earned their doctorates in the lab, and 8 of them now teach and conduct research as university faculty (including the Nagoya Institute of Technology years).
- Current doctoral students
- 5
- Doctorates awarded
- 12
- Now university faculty
- 8
Doctoral graduates12 Ph.D.s
Researchers who earned their doctorates under Takayuki Ito, at Kyoto University and the Nagoya Institute of Technology.
| Year | Name | Degree | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Yihan DongDONG Yihan | Ph.D. in InformaticsGraduate School of Informatics, Kyoto UniversityDissertation“Consensus-Reaching Process Support with LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems” | Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo |
| 2022 | Jawad Haqbeen | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation“A Study on Conversational AI Platform for Participatory Democracy” | Researcher, Kyoto University (Ito Lab) |
| 2022 | Natsuki Matsunami松波 夏樹 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation「マルチエージェント強化学習におけるチーミング機構に関する研究 ―連携を促進する組織構造と報酬メカニズムの設計―」 | |
| 2022 | Wen Gu谷 文 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of International Collaborative Informatics, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation“Towards Intelligent Automated Online Forum Facilitation” | Associate Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology |
| 2022 | Pankaj Prakash Mishra | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of International Collaborative Informatics, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation“Reinforcement Learning aided Optimal Resource Allocation Mechanism for Open Markets” | Assistant Professor, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, India |
| 2020 | Shun Okuhara奥原 俊 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation「エージェントの説明可能な交渉・協調モデルとその応用に関する研究」 | Lecturer, Mie University |
| 2020 | Ryuji Hotta堀田 竜士 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation「研究者と市民の共創支援に関する研究」 | |
| Mar 2016 | Takanobu Otsuka大塚 孝信 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation「サービス指向ワイヤレスセンサネットワークの理論とその実装に関する研究」 | Associate Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology |
| Mar 2015 | Rafik Hadfi | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation“Utility Hyper-graphs for Complex Decision Making” | Program-Specific Associate Professor, Kyoto University (Ito Lab) |
| Jun 2011 | Katsuhide Fujita藤田 桂英 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation“Automated multi-agent negotiation protocols for highly nonlinear utility space” | Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| Mar 2007 | Masaaki Tanaka*田中 雅章 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation「インタラクティブな教育環境における学習支援とその効果に関する研究」 | Professor, Aichi Medical College |
| Mar 2006 | Tokuro Matsuo*松尾 徳朗 | Ph.D. in EngineeringDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDissertation「経済システムの定性的モデリングと計算論的解析に関する研究」 | Professor, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University |
* Co-supervised by Takayuki Ito as associate professor in the Shintani Laboratory, Nagoya Institute of Technology (2002–2007).
Current doctoral students5
- Tianyou Gao
- Hana Momoi
- Hanwen Zhang
- Qilong Wu
- Yu Kimura
For prospective doctoral students
Admission to the doctoral program is through the entrance examination of the Social Informatics Course, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. See Join us for the steps.
The Graduate School of Informatics runs the Doctoral Student Support Program (DoGS SPRING Program). We also encourage applicants to consider the JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC).
If you are interested in doctoral research with us, please contact the laboratory at contact@agent.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp.