I have investigated all aspects (including theory, methodology, and applications) of optimization and satisfaction.
My major interest is to extend a traditional framework into a realistic environment having distributed or dynamic nature.
I am working on the field related to Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research.
My major past and current projects are as follows.
Senior PC member of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2010, AAAI-2011, AAAI-2022)
PC member of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2012)
Senior PC member of International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2014, AAMAS-2015, AAMAS-2019)
PC member of International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2002, AAMAS-2003, AAMAS-2004, AAMAS-2005, AAMAS-2008, AAMAS-2009, AAMAS-2013, AAMAS-2020, AAMAS-2023)
PC co-chairs of International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR-2009)
PC member of International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR-2006, DCR-2007, DCR-2008, DCR-2010, DCR-2011, DCR-2013)
PC member of European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2014)
Reviewer of 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2006)
PC member of International FLAIRS Conference (FLAIRS-2004, FLAIRS-2005)
Local co-chairs of International Symposium on Functional and Logic Programming (FLOPS-2012)
PC member of IEEE International Conference on Agents (IEEE ICA-2016)
Senior PC member of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-2013, IJCAI-2018)
PC member of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-2001, IJCAI-2003, IJCAI-2005, IJCAI-2007, IJCAI-2011, IJCAI-2016, IJCAI-2020)
PC member of International Workshop on Optimization and Learning in Multiagent Systems (OptLearnMAS-2020, OptLearnMAS-2023)
PC member of International Workshop on Optimisation in Multi-Agent Systems (OPTMAS-2012, OPTMAS-2013, OPTMAS-2015, OPTMAS-2016, OPTMAS-2017, OPTMAS-2018, OPTMAS-2019)
PC member of International Joint Workshop on Optimisation in Multi-Agent Systems and Distributed Constraint Reasoning (OPTMAS-DCR-2014)
PC member of International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS-2021)
General co-chairs of International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2016)
Senior PC member of International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2012, PRIMA-2013, PRIMA-2014, PRIMA-2015, PRIMA-2017, PRIMA-2018, PRIMA-2019)
PC member of International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2016)
PC member of International Conference on Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI-2021)
Scientific Programme Committee of International Conference on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (TransNav-2019, TransNav-2021)
Editorial Committee of IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems (2007/4--2011/4)
Awards
Incentive Award in the 5th Symposium on Multi Agent Systems for Harmonization 2022（SMASH22 Winter Symposium) to Kazuma Gohara, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Tenda Okimoto, and Donggyun Kim
Best Paper Award in the 20th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS 2019) to Tenda Okimoto and Katsutoshi Hirayama
FIT Funai Best Paper Award in 2018 to Tenda Okimoto, Suguru Ueda, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Maiku Fujimoto, and Hiroya Toyoshima
Best Paper Award in the 21st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2018) to Kouki Matsumura, Tenda Okimoto, and Katsutoshi Hirayama
Best Presentation Award and Best Session Paper Award in the 16th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS-2015) to Tenda Okimoto, Maxime Clement, Katsutoshi Hirayama, and Katsumi Inoue
2014 Japan Society for Software Science and Technology (JSSST) Basic Research Award in 2015
Best Application Paper Award in the 17th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP-2011) to Venkatesh Ramamoorthy, Marius Silaghi, Toshihiro Matsui, Katsutoshi Hirayama, and Makoto Yokoo
International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS) Influential Paper Award in 2010 to Makoto Yokoo, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Toru Ishida, Edmund H Durfee, and Kazuhiro Kuwabara
Awards for Students
Best Student Paper Award in the Joint Agent Workshop & Symposium 2019 (JAWS-2019) to Takayuki KOURA
Student Encouragement Award in the 81st National Convention of IPSJ in 2019 to Kouki MIYAKE
Student Excellent Paper Award in the Joint Agent Workshop & Symposium 2012 (JAWS-2012) to Daisuke HATANO
Runner up for Best Student Paper Award in the 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2011) to Kenta HANADA
Lectures
Mathematical Programming (in Japanese)
Algorithm (in Japanese)
Applied Mathematical Programming
Advanced Multi-Agent Systems
Professional Career
2024--???? Dean, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
2022--2024 Vice-Dean, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
2013--???? Professor, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
2007--2012 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
2003--2007 Associate Professor, Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
2001--2003 Associate Professor, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine
1999--2000 Visiting Scientist, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
1997--2001 Lecturer, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine
1995--1997 Research Associate, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine
Educational Background
Doctor of Engineering
1992--1995 Graduate School of Engineering Science (doctor course), Osaka University
1990--1992 Graduate School of Engineering Science (master course), Osaka University
1986--1990 School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
