(Last Update: Sep 7, 2026)
Associate Professor
Department of Information and Physical Sciences,
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology,
Osaka University
Information Science and Technology Building C, Room C506,
1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Email: yutaro.yamaguchi [at] ist.osaka-u.ac.jp
(old: ymgc [at] kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp, yutaro_yamaguchi [at] mist.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp, yutaro_yamaguchi [at] ist.osaka-u.ac.jp, yutaro_yamaguchi [at] inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
Mar. 2008: Graduation from Tennoji High School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan.
Mar. 2011: Withdrawal from Undergraduate School of Informatics and Mathematical Science,
Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan. (Due to proceeding to master's course.)
Mar. 2013: Master of Science from Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
Mar. 2016: Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Mathematical Informatics from Department of Mathematical Informatics,
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Feb. 2013 – Mar. 2013: Project Assistant of JST ERATO Kawarabayashi Large Graph Project (Link)
"The Network Graph Theories and Optimization" Group.
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2016: Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1).
Apr. 2016 – Feb. 2020: Assistant Professor at Osaka University.
Aug. 2017 – Feb. 2020: Visiting Researcher at Discrete Optimization Unit, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project.
Mar. 2020 – Aug. 2021: Associate Professor at Kyushu University.
Jun. 2020 – Oct. 2020: Visiting Researcher at Discrete Optimization Unit, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project.
Sep. 2021 – Today: Associate Professor at Osaka University.
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2018: Research Collaborator of JST ERATO Kawarabayashi Large Graph Project (Link)
"The Network Graph Theories and Optimization" Group.
Aug. 2013 – Sep. 2013: Visit to NEC Laboratories at Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Feb. 2014 – Mar. 2014: Visit to NEC Laboratories America at Cupertino, California, U.S.
Oct. 2014 – Mar. 2020: Research Collaborator of "Developing Optimal Modeling Methods for Large-Scale Complex Systems" Team (Link)
in JST CREST "Modeling Methods allied with Modern Mathematics" Area.
Sep. 2019 – Nov. 2019: Visit to Egerváry Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization (EGRES) in Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary.
Feb. 2023 – May 2023: Visit to Egerváry Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization (EGRES) in Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary.
Oct. 2013 – Mar. 2014: Teaching Assistant of the class "Algorithm Design" at Department of Mathematical Informatics,
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo.
Oct. 2014 – Mar. 2015: Teaching Assistant of the class "Algorithm Design" at Department of Mathematical Informatics,
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo.
Apr. 2015 – Aug. 2015: Teaching Assistant of "First-Year Seminar for Natural Sciences Students" (Theme: Introduction to Operations Research)
at College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo.
1st Semester in 2017: "Information Literacy A" at Division of Applied Science, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2017: "Exercises in Information Physics and Sciences I" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2018: "Information Literacy A" at Division of Applied Science, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2018: "Exercises in Information Physics and Sciences I" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2019: "Exercises in Information Physics and Sciences I" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2020: "Introduction to Computational Complexity"
at Section of Informatics in Department of Physics, School of Science, Kyushu University.
2nd Semester in 2020: "Study on Information Science"
at Section of Informatics in Department of Physics, School of Science, Kyushu University.
1st Semester in 2021: "Introduction to Computational Complexity"
at Section of Informatics in Department of Physics, School of Science, Kyushu University.
2nd Semester in 2021: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2021: "Mathematical Analysis II" at School of Engineering, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2022: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2022: "Advanced Operations Research" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2022: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2022: "Mathematical Analysis II" at School of Engineering, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2023: "Advanced Operations Research" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2023: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2024: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2024: "Advanced Operations Research" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2024: "A Door to Academia: Theory of Algorithms: Super-Introduction from Exits" at Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2024: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2025: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2025: "Advanced Operations Research" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2025: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2025: "Fundamentals of Information Science" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2026: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2026: "Advanced Operations Research" at Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University.
1st Semester in 2026: "Mathematical Programming" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2nd Semester in 2026: "Fundamentals of Information Science" at Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University.
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2016: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow (No. 13J02522).
Aug. 2016 – Mar. 2018: JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (No. 16H06931).
Dec. 2016 – Mar. 2018: JST ACT-I "Information and Future" (No. JPMJPR16UR).
Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2024: JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (No. 20K19743).
Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2025: JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (No. 20H00605). [Co-Investigator]
Apr. 2025 – Mar. 2030: JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (No. 25H01114). [Co-Investigator]
During 2015: A student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (No. 93303728).
During 2024: A regular member of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (No. 020109561).
Jan. 2020: Organizer of RIMS Project Research "International Workshop on Combinatorial Optimization and Algorithmic Game Theory".
Dec. 2021: Local Organizer of the 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021).
Dec. 2023: Local Organizer of the 34th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2023).
Jan. 2026 – Today: Editorial Board of SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA).
[Ph.D. Thesis] Combinatorial Optimization on Group-Labeled Graphs. (Supervised by Prof. Satoru Iwata)
Department of Mathematical Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan, March 2016.
[Master's Thesis] Structures and Algorithms for Path-Packing Problems. (Supervised by Prof. Satoru Iwata)
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan, January 2013.