ABOUT
Our Member
Directors
CEO
Masaki Takaishi
March 2019
Graduated from Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Physical Engineering
November 2019
Established AIxtal Co., Ltd. Appointed director
March 2021
Completed, Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Appointed Representative Director of AIxtal Co., Ltd. (current position)
Concurrently responsible for the process informatics business / AI engineer.
Specializes in physics simulation x machine learning, mathematical optimization, and Bayesian optimization.
In his fourth year of undergraduate studies, he developed a method for estimating the state of the entire solution from the state of a part of the solution, and patented it.
From the first year of the master's course, researched the search for optimal crystal growth conditions in SiC solution growth using numerical analysis, machine learning, and optimization technology. In addition, we have also conducted numerous joint research projects with companies to optimize the material manufacturing process.
Director
Shota Seki
April 2017
Admission to Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering
August 2020
Appointed director of AIxtal Co., Ltd. (current position)
March 2022
Graduated from Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering
April 2022
Admission to the Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
June 2023
AIxtal Co., Ltd. Executive Officer Appointed (current position)
Concurrently responsible for AI education business / AI engineer / data scientist.
His main research themes are first-principles calculations, machine learning, and image analysis.
As an AI engineer, I was involved in image analysis projects for operating companies.
Hosts study sessions on process informatics for university teachers and students, mainly at Nagoya University.
Director
Takahiro Makino
March 1992
Graduated from Nagoya University Faculty of Education
November 1994
August 2000
February 2002
Established Wingtop Co., Ltd. Representative Director
September 2005
Ateam Co., Ltd.director
October 2009
Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering Visiting Instructor
May 2012
Mirai Project Co., Ltd.Established Representative Director (current position)
September 2013
Visiting faculty member, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya University (current position)
April 2017
Nagoya University Academic Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Promotion Headquarters Visiting Professor (current position)
November 2019
Established AIxtal Co., Ltd. Representative Director
March 2021
Director of the Company (current position)
After graduating from Nagoya University, he was in charge of sales at Information Services International-Dentsu and Microsoft, mainly in charge of major manufacturing customers in the Chubu region.
Since 2000, he has experienced investment fund management and management consulting at Inspire, and became independent two years later.
He has been involved with Ateam as a management consultant since May 2005, and was appointed as a director in September 2005, part-time from November 2013, one year after the listing, and retired in October 2019.
Mirai Project, which was established after Ateam was listed, conducts investment business while conducting nursing care business locally.
Since 2009, he has been an invited professor at Nagoya University, and has been a visiting professor since 2017.
Director
Toru Ujihara
March 1993
Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Metallurgy
March 1999
Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering Doctoral course Withdrawal after completing credits
(Materials Engineering Department)
April 1999
Tohoku University Research Institute for Materials Research Assistant (Nakajima Lab)
March 2000
Kyoto University Ph.D. (Engineering)
March 2004
Associate Professor, Department of Crystal Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
October 2010
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
April 2014
Professor, Green Mobility Collaborative Research Center, Nagoya University
October 2015
Nagoya University Future Materials and Systems Research Institute
Professor, Future Electronics Research Center (current position)
January 2020
Appointed director of AIxtal Co., Ltd. (current position)
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Chubu Center GaN Nitride Semiconductor Advanced Device Open Innovation Laboratory Lab Manager (cross appointment).
Director of U-MAP Co., Ltd.
Visiting researcher at RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project.
Representative Director of UJ-Crystal Co., Ltd.
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Director
Taichiro Maruyama
March 2003
Graduated from Gifu University, Faculty of Engineering.
October 2003
Joined Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
May 2013
Seconded to Chubu-Kinki Industrial Safety Inspection Department
August 2019
Seconded to Nagoya University / Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Office of Academic Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration
October 2023
Established X Futures Corporation, Representative Director (current position)
October 2023
Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Chubu Headquarters
Enterprise Advisor (current position)
October 2023
General Incorporated Association, Future Creation, Executive Directo(current position)
October 2023
AIxtal Co., Ltd. Director,AIxtal Corporation (current position)
経済産業省中部経済産業局でキャリアをスタートし、主に中部圏の事業会社・大学等に対し、新規事業の座組形成や事業計画・研究開発戦略支援、産学連携に係る多様な企画を運営。
名古屋大学では、大型共同研究の組成に携わる傍ら、東海発アントレプレナーシップ教育「Tongali」に参画。数多くの起業家の伴走支援に携わる。
独立後、株式会社X Futuresを設立し、中央官庁や自治体、スタートアップをはじめとした事業会社やアカデミア、インキュベーションなど多様なプレーヤーと連携し、オープンイノベーション企画・運営、新事業に係る経営支援等に取り組む。
Outside auditor
Hidetsugu Yamanaka
March 2011
Graduated from Nagoya University, Faculty of Economics
April 2011
AZSA Audit Corporation (currently AZSA LLC)
January 2022
Hidetsugu Yamanaka Certified Public Accountant Office opened (current position)
Appointed as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of All Hearts Company Co., Ltd. (current position)
April 2022
Director of Regional Medical Development Support Company (current position)
March 2023
AIxtal Co., Ltd. Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
Operating officer
Yuki Hattori
March 2013
Graduated from Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
March 2015
Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering Department of Crystal Materials Engineering Completed
April 2015
Denso Corporation
April 2023
AIxtal Co., Ltd.
June 2023
AIxtal Co., Ltd. Executive Officer Appointed (current position)
