＜Field of Specialization＞
AI Planning and Scheduling, Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent systems, Applied Optimization (Logistics and Transportation), Urban management and service improvement analytics, Algorithm engineering for combinatorial optimization, Quantum and quantum-inspired computing for combinatorial optimization

＜Brief introduction of collaborative research and aims at WRHI＞
We plan to study centralized and multi-agent coordination methods that optimize the efficiency in transportation and logistics, e.g., in ride-sharing and robotic order fulfillment. We also examine quantum annealing and hybrid algorithms for solving such combinatorial optimization problems.

＜Collaborative Researcher＞
Dr. Makoto Yamashita(Associate Professor, School of Computing, Tokyo Tech)