Hiroki

Hiroki Tanioka, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Center for Administration of Information Technology, Tokushima University

Design-Oriented AI Education and Research Center

About

Dr. Hiroki Tanioka is a Senior Lecturer at Tokushima University, affiliated with the Information Center and the Design-Oriented AI Education and Research Center.

His work spans data science, machine learning, natural language processing, information security, sports analytics, and AI education, with a strong focus on real-world and socially responsible AI deployment.

Key interests include:

Privacy-preserving AI for public and educational sectors
Large-scale analysis of sensitive real-world data
AI-driven learning support and human-centered systems

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Tokushima University (2024–Present)
Director, AI Social Implementation Division,
Design-Oriented AI Education and Research Center (2020–Present)
Visiting Senior Researcher,
International Consumer Policy Research Center, Consumer Affairs Agency of Japan (2020–Present)

Research Interests

Data Science & Text Mining
Machine Learning and NLP (including LLMs)
Information Security & Privacy
Learning Support Systems
Medical AI and Sports Analytics

Selected Research Topics

Risk assessment of medical dialogues using large language models
AI-assisted sports motion analysis and performance evaluation
Large-scale summarization of consumer complaint data
Local and privacy-aware conversational AI systems

Education & Outreach

Dr. Tanioka is actively engaged in:

Undergraduate and graduate education in AI and data science
STEAM and programming education for children and educators
Regional and public-sector AI capacity building