Junichi Tsujii

Junichi Tsujii is a Professor of Text Mining at the University of Manchester, UK, and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC) in Tokyo, Japan. He completed his first degree in Electronics at Kyoto University, followed by MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the same institution. His academic career spans multiple prestigious institutions including Kyoto University, CNRS Grenoble, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), and Tokyo University Graduate School.

• Broad research contributions in Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning
• Former Research Professor at UMIST (1988-2001)
• Principal researcher at Microsoft Research Asia (2011 onwards)
• Active in biomedical text mining and pharmacovigilance applications

His work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals through contributions to digital futures and interdisciplinary biocenters. Recent research focuses on clinical NER, document clustering, and phrase alignment techniques.

Key collaborations include Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre and researchers like Sophia Ananiadou. Though no explicit awards are listed, his 46 research outputs and leadership roles demonstrate significant impact.