{"id":102,"date":"2026-01-26T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:56:17","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">X-PAI Team member<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Anne-Szeto_httpswww.amazon.scienceauthoranne-szeto2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301\" style=\"width:280px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Anne-Szeto_httpswww.amazon.scienceauthoranne-szeto2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Anne-Szeto_httpswww.amazon.scienceauthoranne-szeto2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Anne-Szeto_httpswww.amazon.scienceauthoranne-szeto2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anne Szeto<\/strong><br>Amazon <br>Head of Academic Research Initiatives<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anneszeto\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2212\" height=\"540\" class=\"wp-image-342\" style=\"width: 90px\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/LI-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/LI-Logo.png 2212w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/LI-Logo-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/LI-Logo-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/LI-Logo-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/LI-Logo-1536x375.png 1536w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/LI-Logo-2048x500.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2212px) 100vw, 2212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure 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style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/sakurai_cair2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" style=\"width:280px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/sakurai_cair2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/sakurai_cair2-300x300.jpg 300w, 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