Kento Sasaki

I am a graduate student in Informatics at the University of Tsukuba, affiliated with the Communication Understanding Laboratory. My current research focuses on the applications of Large Language Models for Autonomous Driving (LLM4AD).

Education

• Master of Science in Informatics, University of Tsukuba (2023 - present)
• Bachelor of Arts in Library and Information Science, University of Tsukuba (2021 - 2023)
• Associate Degree in Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Numazu College (2015 - 2020)

Work Experience

• Turing Inc. Software Engineer (April 2023 - present)
• Turing Inc. Engineering Internship (June 2022 - March 2023)
• National Institute for Materials Science, Technical Staff (December 2021 - June 2022)
• National Institute for Materials Science, Research Internship (August 2021 - September 2021)

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

1. 佐々木謙人, 関洋平 : 将棋解説文の構成要素を考慮した解説文生成手法の検討, 日本データベース学会 データドリブンスタディーズ, 2024, Vol. 2, Article No 3.

Domestic Conferences

1. 佐々木謙人, 関洋平 : 将棋解説文の構成要素を考慮した解説文生成手法の検討, 第15回データ工学と情報マネジメントに関するフォーラム, 2023, 1a-7-5.
2. 佐々木謙人, 関洋平 : 将棋解説文の構成要素の定義と判別, ARG 第18回 Webインテリジェンスとインタラクション研究会, 2022, pp. 75-78.
3. 佐々木謙人, 山路倍弘，橋本敬之，北本朝展，鈴木静男 : 伊豆地域における古文書のディープラーニングを用いた文字認識の予備的調査, GIS -理論と応用-, 2019, Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 159(93).

arXiv

1. Yuichi Inoue*, Kento Sasaki*, Yuma Ochi, Kazuki Fujii, Kotaro Tanahashi, Yu Yamaguchi. HERON-BENCH: A BENCHMARK FOR EVALUATING VISON LANGUAGE MODELS IN JAPANESE. arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.07824, 2024. (*contributed equeally to this work)

Awards and Honors

• University of Tsukuba Almni Association Ezaki Award
• DEIM 2023 Excellent Interactive Award
• DEIM 2023 Sponsor Award (LayerX Inc.)
• ARG 18th Workshop on WI2 Excellent Research Award
• 28th GISA Conference Poster Session Award
• Suzuki Education & Culture Foundation Scholarship (April 2015- March 2020)

Talks

• Cultural Lecture 2023, Numazu College of Technology (October 2023)

Academic Members

• The Database Society of Japan (March 2023 - present)