Hideto Tomabechi
is a Japanese cognitive scientist who is an adjunct fellow at a number of universities and has had an executive role in several companies.
Early life and education
He graduated from Komaba Toho High School and then joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received his first degree from Sophia University, then joined Mitsubishi Real Estate.
Tomabechi was a Fulbright Research Scientist at Yale University and became member of Yale University Artificial Intelligence Research Center and Yale Cognitive Science Program as a research scientist. He took part in research by cognitive psychologist Roger Schank. Hideto Tomabechi's Ph.D. research topic was: Cognition Models for Language Expressions and Computational Methods (Tomabechi Algorithm). He later applied to the doctoral program at Carnegie Mellon University. He continued his research in cognitive science and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.
Hideto Tomabechi received his Ph.D. in the field of computational linguistics from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). His 1993 Ph.D. Thesis was entitled "Efficient Unification for Natural Language".
Career timeline
- 1987-1992: Research scientist at Center for Machine Translation (currently Language Technology Institute) Robotics Institute and Laboratory for Computational Linguistics, Carnegie Mellon University.
- 1990-1991: Research scientist, ATR: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute Kyoto for Artificial Intelligence and speech-to-speech translation research.
- 1992-1995: Assistant Professor, Tokushima University, Department Of Information Science and Intelligent Systems, Japan. Established the Altered Consciousness Research Center in the university.
- 1992-1998: VP R&D, Justsystem and Director, Justsystem Scientific Institute. Largest software maker in Japan then with 1500+ engineers.
- 1998: CEO of Cognitive Research Laboratories Inc.
- 2007: Adjunct Fellow and professor at the Cyber Security & Privacy Research Institute (CyLab) at Carnegie Mellon University.
- 2014: Independent Consultant to the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
- 2019:Research professor at National Chengchi University, Taiwan.
- 2020: Visiting professor at Nano & Life Research Center, Waseda University.
- 2020: Chairman, Resilience Japan, LLC.
- 2022: Chairman of Japan Society for Foreign Policy.
Brain research
Hideto Tomabechi was head of JustSystems as a professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems at Tokushima University.
In 1993, Hideto Tomabechi became director of the Development Department. Later, Tomabechi became director of the JustSystems Basic Research Institute Tomabechi researched the basic functions of the human brain and mind. The purpose of brain and consciousness research were to develop the human machine interface. The main areas of research were altered states of consciousness, hypnosis, homeostasis, brain functions, and functions of the human mind in cyberspace.
Dr. Tomabechi founded the Bechi Unit, the world's First Virtual currency at JustSystems, based on Tomabech Algorithms.
Brainwashing
Tomabechi was the scientist who Deprogrammed the leaders of the religious cult responsible for the [...] attack in the Tokyo subway. The cult (Aum Shinrikyo) brainwashed its people and they carried out the attacks in an influenced state of consciousness.
In 1995, the Japanese Police requested Tomabechi Hideto to assist in their investigation of the Tokyo subway sarin attack. He successfully deprogrammed leaders of Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult responsible for the attack. Tomabechi was one of Aum's greatest enemies, and an [...] attempt was made against him, which was unsuccessful.