Yamen Saraiji
Syria
CAREER Enrolled in April 2013; Completed master‘s degree in March 2015/ Enrolled in April 2015; Completed doctoral degree in March 2018
“Explore, Learn, and Create” have been my life theme for the past ten years. After graduating from my Computer Science bachelor’s degree back in Syria 2010, I decided to carry on my postgraduate studies in Japan with an interest in learning about robotics and virtual reality. I found KMD as a great educational environment that converged both technology and design thinking, which was a unique approach in comparison with purely engineering schools. I joined KMD as a master’s student in 2013, followed by a Ph.D. program in 2015 which I finished in 2018. My journey there didn’t finish yet then, as I had the opportunity to join the school as an assistant professor for two brilliant years, working as a researcher and as an educator.
Persuading my explorative and creative passions, I decided to move to the industry to explore the world of business and deployment. In April 2020 I joined AvatarIn Inc., a new startup in Tokyo, as a director taking part in leading the development of a service-oriented avatars platform, which my research theme back at KMD focused on this topic. We aim to reshape the medium of communication, and taking major steps in deploying a massive network of service avatars.
(This article was written in March 2021.)