Koh Sakano

Bio

I'm a master's student at Institute of Science Tokyo, studying cheminformatics. Alongside my studies, I work part-time as a software developer.

I like writing clean, maintainable code even as an ML researcher (go figure). I'm a sucker for the latest technology, and I love trying new tools and ideas as soon as they show up.

Publications

Journals

  • Sakano, K., Furui, K., & Ohue, M. (2025). NPGPT: natural product-like compound generation with GPT-based chemical language models. The Journal of Supercomputing, 81(1).
  • Furui, K., Sakano, K., & Ohue, M. (2025). Predictive and therapeutic applications of protein language models. Allergology International, 74(4), 534-548.

Conferences

  • Sakano, K., Furui, K., & Ohue, M. (2024). Natural product-like compound generation with chemical language models. In Proceedings of PDPTA’24, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2256: 153-166.

Timeline

  1. Enrolled at Tokyo Institute of Technology (B.Eng.).

  2. AI Engineer (image generation) at VoicePing Inc.

  3. Graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology (B.Eng.).

  4. Enrolled at Tokyo Institute of Technology (M.Eng.).

  5. Software Engineer at neoAI Inc.

  6. Currently enrolled at Institute of Science Tokyo.