Taira Nakajima is currently an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at Tohoku University. He obtained his PhD in information science from Tohoku University in 1999. Dr. Nakajima's academic career began as a research associate at the Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, from 1999 to 2000. He then served as a lecturer in the Graduate School of Information Sciences (2001) and the Graduate School of Engineering (2002–2003) at the same institution. From 2007 to 2021, Dr. Nakajima held the position of associate professor in various departments at Tohoku University, including the Graduate School of Educational Informatics (2007-2015), the Graduate School of Education (2015), and the Division of Educational Informatics (2011-2017). His current research focuses on the application of generative AI in education and learning, while his past research themes encompassed the development of ICT tools to facilitate teaching and learning and self-organizing neural networks. Dr. Nakajima is a member of the Japan Society for Educational Technology.