◆ Assistant Professor Yuki Otsuka of the Department of Life, Environmental, and Medical Sciences in the School of Integrated Sciences received the Young Investigator Award for Outstanding Presentation at the 7th Kansai Branch Conference of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology.
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On Saturday, November 22, 2025, Assistant Professor Yuki Otsuka of the Department of Life, Environmental, and Medical Sciences in the School of Integrated Sciences received the Outstanding Young Researcher Presentation Award at the 7th Kansai Branch Conference of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology, held at Kyoto University’s Yoshida Campus.
This research represented a novel approach to predicting sensory evaluation scores for craft beer by integrating sensory evaluation* results with comprehensive data on aroma components and applying machine learning. The study was highly recognized for its academic value in the field of food science, leading to this award.
(*) Sensory evaluation: A method of assessing product quality based on the human senses
Presentation Title: An Attempt to Predict the “Beer-like Quality” of Craft Beer Containing Secondary Ingredients by Combining Non-Targeted Aroma Compound Analysis, Sensory Evaluation, and Machine Learning
Presenters: Yuki Otsuka1, Satoru Shimofuji2, Yoshiaki Hoki2, Shinya Setoguchi3, Takehiro Kashiwagi1, Tomoko Shimamura1, Yonken Moriyama2
Affiliations: 1 Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine Sciences, Kochi University, 2 Kochi Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, 3 Kochi Campagne Brewery Co., Ltd.