Shintaro Hashimoto
Japan
CAREER Enrolled in April 2014; Completed master’s degree in March 2016
I have been engaged in a wide range of work including mathematical optimization, spacecraft design, and security research, in addition to project launches at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). At first glance, this perhaps seems an unlikely career path to have branched out into after studying at KMD. I began contracted development of websites from when I was at elementary school. During university student, became entrepreneur receiving investment from a venture capital, going on to enroll at KMD with aspirations of creating a new media. However, what I was interested in was the security of web development that I had cultivated. Although this constituted a significant change in the direction of my research, the KMD faculty were readily receptive and provided personal connections with experts at the forefront of the field to me. Moreover, supervisor is traditionally another field teacher, but I also received support as academic advisor from two engineering academics. I learned the joys of research life while at KMD, which is what ultimately led me to my present occupation. I think this is the sense in which the KMD approach is imbued with diversity. When I proposed a VR project at my current job, it was the faculty at KMD who helped me find my way toward its realization. I feel that KMD has always dealt with me in this diverse manner both while I was enrolled at the school, and of course, even after I graduated.
(This article was written in March 2021.)