Biography
Hajime Shimao received his Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University, his M.S. in Decision Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology and his B.A. in Psychology from Tokyo University. He conducts research by applying machine learning and statistical techniques to a wide range of topics in interdisciplinary social science including economics, sociology, laws, history, and art. His articles have been published in top conferences such as ICML and academic journals such as Nature Communications. Prior to joining Penn State, he worked for Santa Fe Institute and McGill University.
Research Interests
- Machine learning
- Data analytics
- Economics
- Complex Systems
Publications
Selected Publications
Hajime Shimao, Sung Joo Kim, Warut Khern-Am-Nuai, Maxime C. Cohen (2025). "Revisiting the CEO Effect Through a Machine Learning Lens." Management Science 71(6):5396-5408. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03625
Major-Occupation Specificity and College Skill Production."
Wolpert, D. H., Price, M. H., Crabtree, S. A., Kohler, T. A., Jost, J., Evans, J., Stadler, P. F., Shimao, H., & Laubichler, M. D. (2024). "The Past as a Stochastic Process." Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 7(1), 134–152. DOI: 10.5334/jcaa.113
Cohen, M. C., Dahan, S., Khern-am-nuai, W., Shimao, H., & Touboul, J. (2023). "The use of AI in legal systems: determining independent contractor vs. employee status." Artificial Intelligence and Law. DOI: 10.1007/s10506-023-09353-y
Shin, J., M. H. Price, D. H. Wolpert, H. Shimao, B. Tracey, and T. A. Kohler. 2020. "Scale and Information-Processing Thresholds in Holocene Social Evolution." Nature Communications 11 (1): 2394.
Education
- Ph.D. Economics, Purdue University
- M.S. Economics, Purdue University
- M.S. Decision Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- B.A. Psychology, University of Tokyo