September 28, 2022

The 9th SOKENDAI Award

SOKENDAI Award is founded in Academic Year 2018 to commend the students who have accomplished their outstanding research and have been conferred their degrees with the excellent doctoral thesis.

The 9th SOKENDAI Award was held in Hayama campus on September 28, 2022.

The recipients of the 9th SOKENDAI Award
Name Department Doctoral thesis
CHEW(TORII) Yuki Functional Molecular Ultrafast quantum dynamics of ultracold Rydberg atoms in arrays of optical tweezers
ATIS YOSPRAKOB Particle and Nuclear Physics Complex Langevin, thimbles and tensor networks as solutions to the sign problem
Li Haoyu Informatics Improving Neural-Network-Based Speech Enhancement for Noise Reduction and Intelligibility Boosting
Photo：CHEW(TORII) Yuki / ATIS YOSPRAKOB / Prof. HASEGAWA Mariko, President / Li Haoyu

ATIS　YOSPRAKOB

Winner of The 9th SOKENDAI Award

Department: Particle and Nuclear Physics

Doctorial thesis: Complex Langevin, thimbles and tensor networks as solutions to the sign problem

 

Comment

I was enrolled in the department of Particle and Nuclear Physics, which is hosted by the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Tsukuba. During my time there, I had a great opportunity to work on various subjects in theoretical physics. My research topic is performing numerical simulations of complex systems, specifically, those which suffer from the notorious "sign problem". There are many techniques available but with guidance from my advisor and peers, I was able to master many of these techniques, despite being very challenging. With my many contributions to the field, I was accepted as a postdoc at Niigata University. I would encourage aspiring students to come to SOKENDAI for a great opportunity in furthering their careers.

LI Haoyu 

Winner of The 9th SOKENDAI Award

Department: Informatics

Doctorial thesis: Improving Neural-Network-Based Speech Enhancement for Noise Reduction and Intelligibility Boosting

Comment

The Department of Informatics is located in the city center of Tokyo and affiliated to the National Institute of Informatics (NII). There are many well-known professors conducting cutting-edge researches at NII. If you are interested in Informatics or Computer Science, you can always find an interested research topic here and get supervised by a nice researcher. NII (SOKENDAI) also provides excellent research environment. We students can receive RA salary as financial support. We are allocated to shared offices, where you can have free discussion and coffee with your colleagues who may come from different countries and hold various research topics. On the weekend, you can explore Tokyo (suppose you are an international student), have a trip or visit a restaurant, etc. For me, three-year PhD journey is a memorable life experience. Studying in NII, SOKENDAI is definitely a good option for you.

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