Updated on 2024/12/05
Graduate School of Engineering Division of Aerospace and Marine-System Engineering
Assistant Professor 2024.04 - Now
School of Engineering Department of Marine System Engineering
Assistant Professor 2024.04 - Now
博士（工学） （ Osaka Prefecture University ）
Frontier Technology (Aerospace Engineering, Marine and Maritime Engineering) / Marine engineering
Surrogate Model
Inverse Reinforcement Learning
Automatic Collision Avoidance
Automatic Berthing
Particle Method
Imitation Learning
The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
2022.06 - Now
The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers
2015.04 - Now
Excellent Poster Award
2023.09 Osaka Metropolitan University Investigation and Imitation of Expert Decision-Making by Captains
工学研究科学生顕彰
2023.03 大阪府立大学
支部長賞（奨励）
2022.12 日本船舶海洋工学会関西支部 熟練船長による避航操船行動の解明と模倣
若手優秀講演賞
2022.05 日本船舶海洋工学会 自動避航操船のための最適航路計画の策定 −逆強化学習による熟練船長の模倣−
日本船舶海洋工学会奨学褒章
2019.03 日本船舶海洋工学会
大阪大学工学賞
2017.03 大阪大学
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowships for Young Researchers (DC1)
2022.04 - 2024.03
ソフトバンク株式会社
2019.04 - 2021.07
Osaka Prefecture University Doctor's Course Graduated/Completed
2021.09 - 2024.03
Osaka University Master's Course Graduated/Completed
2017.04 - 2019.03
Osaka University Bachelor's Course Graduated/Completed
2013.04 - 2017.03
Enhancing Graph Neural Network-Based Surrogate Models for Lagrangian Fluid Simulations: Accurate Pressure Prediction, Flexible Boundary Condition Handling, and Time-Step Convergence
Takefumi Higaki, Yuki Tanabe, Hirotada Hashimoto, Takahito Iida
SSRN (preprint) 2024.07
Berthing Assistance Method for Automated Docking by Backward-Time Imitation Learning and Kernel Density Estimation Based on AIS Data
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto
SSRN (preprint) 2024.05
Human-like Automatic Berthing System based on Imitative Trajectory Plan and Tracking Control
Takefumi Higaki, Hiroki Nobe, Hirotada Hashimoto
Proceedings of the OCEANS 2024-Singapore 3 1 - 5 2024.04（ ISSN:01977385 ） （ ISBN:9798350362077 ）
Online Berthing Trajectory Planner With Weak Constraint Based on AIS
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto, Hiroki Nobe
SSRN (preprint) 2023.11
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto
Applied Ocean Research 138 ( 103620 ) 1 - 12 2023.09
Apprentice Route Planner for Automatic Collision Avoidance
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto, Hitoshi Yoshioka
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart & Green Technology for Shipping and Offshore Decommissioning (SMATECH 2023) 104 - 109 2023.04
Investigation and Imitation of Human Captains' Maneuver Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning Reviewed
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto, Hitoshi Yoshioka
Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers 36 137 - 148 2022.12
MPS for Free Surface Flow with Elastic and Destructible Structures Reviewed
Takahito Iida, Takefumi Higaki
Proceedings of the 29th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference 2764 - 2771 2019.06
Trial Demonstration of Fluid Ice Ship Interactive Simulations by Particle Method
Takahito Iida, Takefumi Higaki
Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on the Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans 2019 258 - 261 2019.02
Hydroelastic Slamming Simulations by a Fully Lagrangian Coupled MPS Method Reviewed International coauthorship
Takefumi Higaki, Abbas Khayyer, Masashi Kashiwagi, Jong-Chun Park
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology 115 - 124 2018.09
Development of Maneuvering Motion Simulation Using DNN
Mizuki Kinugasa, Takefumi Higaki, Hitoshi Yoshioka, Daisuke Terada, Akihiko Matsuda, Toru Katayama
Proceedings of The Annual Autumn Meeting of JASNAOE 2024 ( 39 ) 115 - 119 2024.11
Captains-Like Berthing System Based on Imitation Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning
Takefumi Higaki, Hiroki Nobe, Hirotada Hashimoto
Proceedings of The Annual Spring Meeting of JASNAOE 2024 ( 38 ) 1 - 2 2024.05
Proposal of a Versatile Surrogate Model for Particle Methods Using Graph Neural Network
Yuki Tanabe, Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto
Proceedings of The Annual Spring Meeting of JASNAOE 2024 ( 38 ) 487 - 488 2024.05
Human-Supporting Berthing Trajectory by Imitation Learning in Backward-Time Simulation
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto
Proceedings of The Annual Autumn Meeting of JASNAOE 2023 ( 37 ) 65 - 66 2023.11
Recent Developments in Ship Collision Avoidance towards Autonomous Ships
Hirotada Hashimoto, Takefumi Higaki, Hitoshi Yoshioka
Proceedings of The Annual Autumn Meeting of JASNAOE 2023 ( 37 ) 7 - 10 2023.11
Development of Fluid-Solid Multiphase Flow Solver with Particle Method
Kazuki Furusho, Hirotada Hashimoto, Takefumi Higaki
Proceedings of The Annual Spring Meeting of JASNAOE 2023 ( 36 ) 483 - 484 2023.05
Development of Route Planner for Imitation of Given Collision Avoidance Trajectories
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto, Hitoshi Yoshioka
Proceedings of The Annual Spring Meeting of JASNAOE 2023 ( 36 ) 59 - 60 2023.05
Route Planning for Automatic Berthing Using Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning
Hiroki Nobe, Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto
Proceedings of The Annual Spring Meeting of JASNAOE 2023 ( 36 ) 31 - 32 2023.05
Reproduction of Anti-Collision Maneuver by Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto
Proceedings of The Annual Autumn Meeting of JASNAOE 2022 ( 35 ) 207 - 211 2022.11
Route Optimization for Automatic Collision Avoidance Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning
Takefumi Higaki, Hirotada Hashimoto, Hitoshi Yoshioka
Proceedings of The Annual Spring Meeting of JASNAOE 2022 ( 34 ) 189 - 192 2022.05
客船運航におけるAI技術の活用 Invited
橋本 博公, 檜垣 岳史
2024年度日本クルーズ&フェリー学会 講演会 2024.11
檜垣 岳史
第140回テクノラボツアー 2024.02 大阪公立大学産官学共同研究会, 大阪公立大学大学院工学研究科
Development and evaluation of route planner using imitation learning
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B) 2025
Proposal of particle-based surrogate modeling for ocean development: fast computation and data assimilation using graph networks
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up 2025
Development and evaluation of route planner using imitation learning
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B) 2024
Proposal of particle-based surrogate modeling for ocean development: fast computation and data assimilation using graph networks
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up 2024
海洋システム工学実験
2024 Weekly class Undergraduate
海洋システム機械工作実習
2024 Weekly class Undergraduate
学生ワークショップ
Role(s)： Lecturer, Planner
Type： Seminar, workshop
日本船舶海洋工学会 令和6年春季講演会 2024.05
海ごみ問題を通じた道徳授業（小学生対象）
Role(s)： Guest, Lecturer
Type： Visiting lecture
大阪大学大学院船舶海洋工学部門 海ごみ問題を考えるニュース番組をつくろう！ 吹田市立藤白台小学校 2022.02
蛍雪大学 オリジナル授業（高校生対象）
Role(s)： Lecturer, Planner, Performer
Type： Visiting lecture
どうして転覆しない！？～船から見る工学のお話～ 愛媛県立今治西高等学校 2015.08