Kensuke ITO

Keywords: mechanism design, cumulative cultural evolution, blockchain, network analysis
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Kensuke ITO is a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at The University of Tokyo, whose main interest is the mechanism design to stimulate cultural accumulation. He has been doing the theoretical research on cumulative cultural evolution that aims to clarify determinants of the accumulation speed of cultural traits. His main contribution to the field is the use of the methodology of economic growth theory in which rational agents try to maximize their utility. In order for a practical application of the proposed theories, he also researches the incentive design behind blockchain technologies. His another recent study intends to extend Bitcoin’s protocol to citation network formation and thereby design a decentralized autonomous reward system which further promotes cultural accumulation.

伊東の主な関心は、文化の累積を促すメカニズムの設計である。彼はこれまで文化的形質の蓄積速度の決定要因を明らかにすることを目指す累積的文化進化に関する研究を行ってきた。当分野に対する彼の主な貢献は、合理的なエージェントが効用最大化を試みる経済成長理論の手法を用いたことである。また、提案した理論を現実に応用すべく、彼はブロックチェーン技術の背後にあるインセンティブ設計に関しても研究を行っている。最近の別の研究では、ビットコインのプロトコルを引用ネットワークの形成へと拡張することで、文化の蓄積をさらに促進する自律分散型報酬システムの設計を志向している。

Referred papers and conference proceedings

Ito, Kensuke and Hideyuki Tanaka. (2019), “Token-Curated Registry with Citation Graph”, LEDGER, Vol.4, pp. 191-209, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2019.182
Ito, Kensuke, Shohei Ohsawa, and Hideyuki Tanaka. (2019), “Information Diffusion Enhanced by Multi-Task Peer Prediction”, Journal of Data Intelligence (JDI), Vol.1, No.1, pp. 018-035, Rinton Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26421/JDI1.1
Ito, Kensuke, Shohei Ohsawa, and Hideyuki Tanaka. (2018), “Information Diffusion Enhanced by Multi-Task Peer Prediction”, the 20th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS2018), November 19th to 21st, 2018, Yogyakarta: Grand Mercure Yogyakarta Adisucipto, pp.96-104.【Best Paper Award】
伊東謙介. (2018), 分散型オラクルの合意形成に対するピア予測法の潜在的有用性, Journal of Information Studies, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, No.95 pp.45-56.
Ito, Kensuke. (2016), “Dynamics of Cumulative Culture with Microfoundation”, Journal of Information Studies, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, No.91 pp.47-55.

Panels

Ito, Kensuke. (2017), “A Commons-Based Intellectual Property Management Incentivised by Peer-Review and Reward Tokens”, Blockchain and Intellectual Property organized by European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) at Alicante.
伊東謙介. (2017), “累積的文化進化のミクロ的基礎付け”, 日本数理生物学会 (JSMB) 27周年記念大会, 北海道大学.

Non-referred papers

Ito, Kensuke. (2017), “A Survey for the Methodology of the Theories on Cumulative Cultural Evolution”, Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics the 21th anniversary meeting at Kyoto University.
Ito, Kensuke. (2015), “A Fundamental Dynamics of Cultural Growth with Microfoundations”, Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics the 19th anniversary meeting at Otaru University of Commerce.

Articles and chapters in edited books

伊東謙介. (2019), 第3章 Art Blockchain Networkが取り組む課題, Art Blockchain Network: The White Paper, Startbahn, Inc.
Ito, Kensuke, and Marcus O’Dair. (2019) “A Critical Examination of the Application of Blockchain Technology to Intellectual Property Management”, Business Transformation through Blockchain. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp.317-335.
伊東謙介. (2018), 先行研究の調査を通じて考える学問としてのCryptoeconomics, d10nLab 寄稿レポート 12/27
伊東謙介. (2018), P2Pネットワーク上に文脈を累積させるプロトコルは設計可能か？, 美術手帖 2018年12月号, pp.90-93.

Education

March 2016	M.A. in Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at The University of Tokyo (supervised by Professor Hideyuki Tanaka)
March 2014	B.A. in Economics at Waseda University (supervised by Professor Yoshiaki Ogura)
March 2010	Waseda Highschool

Work Experience

March 2014 – March 2017	Manager at Startbahn, Inc
June 2013 – August 2013	Internship at Wako Works of Art
April 2010 – May 2012	Part Timer at Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.