Takako Hashimoto, PhD

Professor, Chiba University of Commerce

Dr. Takako Hashimoto is a Professor at the Chiba University of Commerce (CUC). Her research uses advanced data mining techniques for large-scale social media analysis, such as investigating a dataset of over 200 million tweets sent during the 21 days following the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and over 100 million tweets related to the COVID-19 vaccine. She holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Tsukuba and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Hashimoto has also worked as the technical lead for over 24 years at the Research & Development Center of the multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh Co. Ltd. She has also held numerous influential leadership positions including Board Member of The Database Society of Japan and Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering, a global organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.