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a Japanese doctor of engineering and assistant professor at Department of Communication Engineering and Informatics, Faculty of Informatics and Engineering, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Electro-Communications University of Electro-Communications], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dfu,_Tokyo Tokyo]. He serves as chair of the ''Cognitive Science and Entertainment (E&C) Research Station'' <ref>[http://entcog.c.ooco.jp/entcog/densei/eng/index.html First Densei-sen Competition]</ref>, and as director of the ''Computer Shogi Association (CSA)'' <ref>[http://www.computer-shogi.org/index_e.html Computer Shogi Association Web Site]</ref> <ref>[http://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2011/en/events/challenge/ai.html CEDEC Challange： Lightning GO 9×9 Board AI Matches | CEDEC 2011 | Computer Entertainment Developers Conference]</ref>. Takeshi Ito is engaged in research on players' thought and [[Cognition|cognitive processes]] such as [[Learning|learning]], especially in the context of [[Go]] and [[Shogi]]. He is co-author of the Shogi programs [http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/program.php?id=523 [HIT+SS]], a knowledge based system applying a ''Selfish Search'' <ref>[[Takeshi Ito]] ('''2007'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-74873-1_52 Selfish Search on Playing Shogi]''. [[CGW 2007]]</ref>, and [http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/program.php?id=215 [Bonanza]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/shogi-l/bazz1reADOY/KB8UvBZQf_cJ WCSC20 Participant List] by Nobu, SHOGI-L, Shogi Google Group, February 02, 2010</ref>, and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man] bot applying [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search]], which won the ''Screen Capture Competition at CIG 2011'' <ref>[http://dces.essex.ac.uk/staff/sml/pacman/CIG2011Results.html Ms Pac-Man Screen Capture Competition: CIG 2011 Results]</ref> <ref>[[Nozomu Ikehata]], [[Takeshi Ito]] ('''2011'''). ''Monte-Carlo Tree Search In Ms. Pac-Man''. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games 2011, Seoul, Korea</ref>.