Masayoshi Sakakura
Urbana,IL
Summary
A curious, dedicated third-year ECE Ph.D. student with a strong background in digital signals such as audio and images. High skills and interest in deep learning tasks as well as Fourier-based analysis of digital signals. Also a passionate mentor with experience in teaching assistant duty.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Graduate Research Assistant
University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
08.2020 - Current
- Designed and executed image-to-image translation task over biological images using original deep learning framework
- Capable of numerous data curation tasks before machine learning translation for transferable performance
- Presented one solo talk at international-level conference in quantitative phase imaging
- Independent projects with three major collaborators for broader application (one under review)
- Passed the ECE qualifier exam with a high score of 8 out of 10.
Teaching Assistant
University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
08.2021 - Current
ECE 460
- Written exams and homework problems according to coverage of course
- Designed and operated all lab sections with high safety measures
- Delivered extra lecture sections for assisting students with conceptual understandings
- Operated class of 15 students
ECE 205
- Maintained safety portion of building new circuit
- Taught non-major students with building intuition of different circuit components
- Encouraged dynamic collaboration between students
- Graded lab reports
EBICS Undergraduate Mentor
National Science Foundation
Urbana, IL
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Helped mentee comprehend academic papers and further analyze contents
- Guided through few of my experiments, addressing significance of results that experiment entails
- Advised throughout final presentation given by student
Education
Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL01.2026
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL05.2020
Skills
- Python
- TensorFlow
- PyTorch
- MATLAB
- Signal Processing
- Deep Learning
Certification
- Natural Language Processing Specialization, DeepLearning.AI - Aug 2022
- TensorFlow Developer Specialization, DeepLearning.AI - Aug 2022
- Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) Specialization, DeepLearning.AI - Aug 2022
- Deep Learning Specialization, DeepLearning.AI - Jul 2022
Conference
1. Sakakura, Masayoshi, et al. "Label-free imaging of collagen fibers in tissue slices using phase imaging with computational specificity (PICS)." Quantitative Phase Imaging VIII. SPIE, 2022.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Japanese
Professional Working
Korean
Full Professional
Publications
1. Naseri Kouzehgarani, G., Kandel, M. E., Sakakura, M., Dupaty, J. S., Popescu, G., & Gillette, M. U. (2022). Circadian volume changes in hippocampal glia studied by label-free interferometric imaging. Cells, 11(13), 2073.
2. Sakakura, M. (2020). Holographic fast gradient light interference microscopy (HF-GLIM).
3. M. Sakakura, V. Macias, S. Borhani, A. Balla, G. Popescu, Light: Science & Applications (IN PREPARATION)
Timeline
EBICS Undergraduate Mentor
National Science Foundation
01.2022 - 05.2022
Teaching Assistant
University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
08.2021 - Current
Graduate Research Assistant
University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
08.2020 - Current
Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign