Hirofumi Shiba
Education
Ph.D. in Statistical Science. Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Tokyo, Japan. 2023.4 – 2028.3
Superivsor: Kengo Kamatani
B.A. in Mathematics. The University of Tokyo, Japan. 2019.4 – 2023.3
Supervisor: Nakahiro Yoshida
Main Research Interests
Monte Carlo methods, Diffusion Models, Neural Networks, and Bayesian Statistical Modelling, especially in Political Science & Biostatistics
Experience
Data Scientist. PreMedica, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. 2024.9 – today
Provided Bayesian data analysis solutions to healthcare applications.
Research Assistant. The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan. 2023.7 – 2025.3
Contributed to the R package
YUIMA
, an open-source project aiming to simulate and infer multidimensional stochastic differential equations, with an emphasis on Bayesian inference.
Research Visit
Department of Statistical Science, University College London, United Kingdom. 2024.11.4 – 2024.12.2
Supervisor: Alexandros Beskos
Department of Statistics & Data Science, National University of Singapore. 2025.6.1 – 2025.6.30
Supervisor: Alexandre Thiéry
Institute of Stochastics, Ulm University, Germany. 2025.7.13 – 2025.7.26
Supervisor: Evgeny Spodarev
Grants & Awards
Research Fellow. Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Tokyo, Japan. 2025.4 – today
Supported by JST BOOST, Japan Grant Number JPMJBS2412: A Radical Approach to Trustworthy AI in the Coming Era. ¥ 11,700,000.
Best Poster Award, 19th Spring Meeting of the Japan Statistical Society. 2025.3.8
Director’s Award from the Japan Statistical Society Certificate. 2025.3.8