Although I find it interesting that he works for Toyota:
> My name is Jun Fukuyama. I’m currently a researcher at Toyota InfoTechnology Center. I’m visiting WINLAB and Civil Engineering department at Rutgers University, working on algorithms and mathematical analysis related to vehicular communications and mobility modeling.
Unless he's been doing this research in his spare time, it seems like an odd fit for Toyota to dedicate research to. Obviously large companies employ theory-oriented researchers, but when I think Toyota I don't really think about very abstract computer science. I'm curious if there are any particular applications for the company one way or the other.
I go to UChicago; that place is sort of like an eerie mystery box that nobody ever goes to or talks about. I didn't even find out about it's existence until my 3rd year here. My one friend who's been in there described the experience as really bizarre; it left him half convinced that its actually a front for some sort of Israeli money laundering operation.
They have some very prominent machine learning folks there and I went to the Machine Learning Summer School they hosted a few years back. Seemed legitimate enough to me!
Although I find it interesting that he works for Toyota:
> My name is Jun Fukuyama. I’m currently a researcher at Toyota InfoTechnology Center. I’m visiting WINLAB and Civil Engineering department at Rutgers University, working on algorithms and mathematical analysis related to vehicular communications and mobility modeling.
Unless he's been doing this research in his spare time, it seems like an odd fit for Toyota to dedicate research to. Obviously large companies employ theory-oriented researchers, but when I think Toyota I don't really think about very abstract computer science. I'm curious if there are any particular applications for the company one way or the other.