Shusaku Maeda

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Shusaku Maeda

Researcher at NTT Corporation
Biomechanics, Numerical Simulation, and Machine Learning

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🧬 Research Interests

My research focuses on the intersection of Computational Biomechanics and Scientific Machine Learning.

πŸŽ“ Education

  • Ph.D. in Department of Engineering Science | Osaka University
    3, 2025 – 4, 2022
    • Thesis: β€œThe Ventricular Cerbrospinal Fluid Flow Dynamics of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patients: An MRI Based Computational Study”
    • Advisor: Prof. Shigeo Wada, Prof. Tomohiro Otani
  • M.S. in Department of Engineering Science | Osaka University
    3, 2022 – 4, 2020
  • B.S. in Department of Engineering Science | Osaka University
    3, 2020 – 4, 2018
  • Associate B.S. in Department of Mechanical Engineering | Kobe City College of Technology
    4, 2013 – 3, 2018

πŸ“ Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. Shusaku Maeda, Masahiro Nakano, Tomoharu Iwata, Kenji Komiya, Ryo Nishikimi, Kunio Kashino, in review.
  2. Shusaku Maeda, Tomohiro Otani, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Shigeo Wada, β€œSubject-specific variability in cerebrospinal fluid flow characteristics through cerebral aqueducts in a healthy population: a magnetic resonance imaging and computational investigation.”, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing vol.63 page:3275-3284, 2025. Link
  3. Shusaku Maeda, Tomohiro Otani, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Selin Yavuz Ilik, Shigeo Wada. β€œBiomechanical effects of hyper-dynamic cerebrospinal fluid flow through the cerebral aqueduct in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients.” Journal of Biomechanics vol.156, No.111671, 2023. Link

Preprint

  1. Shusaku Maeda, Masahiro Nakano, Tomoharu Iwata, Kenji Komiya, Ryo Nishikimi, Kunio Kashino, β€œImpact of Multiple Non-Invasive Biosignals on Cardiovascular Biomarker Estimation via Simulation-Based Inference”, arXiv, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.11969

International Conferences

  1. Shusaku Maeda, Masahiro Nakano, Kashino Kunio, β€œA surrogate framework for coupled cardiac dynamics using latent neural ODEs” IEEE EMBC, Toronto, Canada, July, 2026. (Poster)
  2. Shusaku Maeda, Tomohiro Otani, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Shigeo Wada, β€œComputational investigation on cerebrospinal fluid flow mixing states in aqueduct of patients with Hakim’s disease” The 16th Meeting of the Hydrocephalus society, Japan, 2024. (Oral)
  3. Shusaku Maeda, Tomohiro Otani, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Shigeo Wada, β€œComputational investigation of cerebrospinal fluid mixing in the cerebral aqueduct across a wide range of ages in healthy population” 8th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, United States, 2024. (Oral)
  4. Shusaku Maeda, Tomohiro Otani, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Shigeo Wada, β€œNumerical analysis of cerebrospinal fluid mixing in normal pressure hydrocephalus” 6th Japan-Switzerland workshop on Biomechanics, Japan, 2023. (Poster)
  5. Shusaku Maeda, Tomohiro Otani, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Shigeo Wada, β€œComputational study of cerebrospinal fluid mixing in cerebral aqueduct in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients” 9th World Congress of Biomechanics, Taiwan. 2022 (Oral)
  6. Shusaku Maeda, Tomohiro Otani, Selin Yavuz Ilik, Shigeki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Shigeo Wada, β€œDevelopment on a computational framework to express patient-specific intracranial cerebrospinal fluid flow based on phase-contrast magnetic resonance images” Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference, United States. 2021 (Poster)

πŸ›  Technical Skills

Programming & Software

  • Languages: C++ (Object-Oriented Programming), Python (PyTorch, NumPy)
  • Data Management: HDF5 (High-efficiency data storage)
  • Tools: $\LaTeX$ (Academic Writing), Git/GitHub, Linux (HPC)

Scientific Expertise

  • Numerical Analysis: Solution of ODEs/PDEs using Finite Element Method (FEM).

πŸ† Honors & Awards

  • Encouragement Award, Society of Biomedical Engineering, 6/2026.
  • Best Poster Award, Division of Bioengineering, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, 5/2024.
  • Nakatani Foundation Visiting Overseas Fellowship, Nakatani foundation, 2024.
  • Best Presentation Award, Division of Bioengineering, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, 12/2022.
  • Best Student Award, Department of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 3/2022.
  • JSPS Research Fellowship, Japan society for the promotion of science, 2023-2025.

πŸ“„ Peer Review Experience

  • Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering
  • Scientific Reports

βœ‰οΈ Contact

  • Office: Communication and Science Laboratories, NTT corporation
  • Email: shusaku.maeda@ntt.com