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General Information
| Full Name | Xuanxin Wu |
| Languages | English (Advanced), Japanese (Advanced), Mandarin (Native), Cantonese (Native), Portuguese (Basic) |
Education
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2024 - Present Special Research Student in Computer Science
Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan -
2023 - Present PhD in Information Science and Technology
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan -
2023 M.A. in Linguistics
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan - Phonetic Acquisition in Second Language Learning
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2019 B.A. in Japanese
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China - GPA 3.96/5.0
- University’s First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Performance
Academic Experience
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FEB 2025 - MAR 2025 Research Intern
NTT Communication Science Laboratories - Research on the improvement of machine translation via preference optimization.
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APR 2025 - Present Research Collaborator
NTT Communication Science Laboratories - Research on text simplification.
International Experience
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2020 - 2024 Radio DJ
FM COCOLO, Osaka, Japan - Host multilingual radio programs.
- Broadcast notifications from local governments.
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2021 - 2024 International Talent
Freelance, Japan - Main cast in international travel promotion videos by Kagawa and Kochi Prefectures.
- International guest in Kansai Television.
Grants and Awards
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2023 - Present - Awarded Ph.D. fellowship by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
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2022 - Best Presentation Award at the 165th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan.
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2018 - The Second Prize at the 29th Dalian "Canon Cup" Japanese Speech Contest