Becoming Associate Professor
At last...
After more than 20 years I’ve made a bold career move -> from room 7-12 to air-conditioned room 7-14 😆 I’ve been waiting patiently as I’m in love with Hokkaido University since 1996. During these years I’ve declined many offers, including full professorships in Honshu and Kyushu and a NLP group leader position in a top 10 Japanese company. Thank you for your kind invitations and the trust you’ve placed in me, and sorry I (together with my family) decided to stay in Sapporo and wait. While I’ll be now taking on more teaching responsibilities, more balanced (fair?) distribution of "lab manager/admin" duties should give me greater freedom, so I’m open to expanding my national and international research 🫵🏻