Ryota Kanai

Founder of Araya Co., Ltd. After graduating from the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University in 2000, obtained a PhD (Cum Laude) in 2005 from Utrecht University in the Netherlands for research on human visual information processing mechanisms. Researcher at University College London, California, USA. After working as a JST PRESTO researcher and an associate professor at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom (cognitive neuroscience), he founded Araya Co., Ltd. in 2013. Engaged in research on the principle of consciousness in the brain and the implementation of consciousness in AI through the fusion of neuroscience and information theory, and at the same time, work on the practical application of AI and brain science in industry. Received numerous awards such as the Young Scientist Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the JEITA Venture Award (2020) as Araya Co., Ltd., and the ET / IoT Technology Award (2019). From 2020, he will work on the practical application of Brain Machine Interface as a project manager of the Moonshot Business of the Cabinet Office.