'Actuated Experience'
I invent and speculate on the gap between our fingertips and the physical world, with means of physical computing, robotics, and HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) research. I investigate the future of the physical environment and materials coupled with computation for novel tangible and embodied experiences.
Currently, as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, I direct Actuated Experience Lab - AxLab, where we invent and design the future User Experience based on actuated User Interface technology that shape-change and physic reconfigures.
[New] I've launched AxLab's Web!
I have released my lab's webpage at axlab.cs.uchicago.edu.
My latest projects will be updated on the lab's webpage.
Research Summary
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Originally created for MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 Japan Award Ceremony.
*Japanese Version: こちら
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The University of Chicago
Assistant Prof. of Computer Science Department
Chicago, IL, USA
Jan 2022 -Director of AxLab
MIT Media Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Cambridge, MA USA
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
MIT Media Lab
M.S and Ph.D & Research Assistant
Cambridge, MA USA
Sep 2014 - Aug 2021
Advisor: Prof. H. Ishii
Disney Research Pittsburgh
Research Associate (Intern)
Pittsburgh, PA USA
May - Aug 2017
Advisor: Dr. A. Sample
Keio University SFC
B.A. and M.M.G
Kanagawa, JAPAN
Apr 2009 - Aug 2014
Advisor: Prof. Y. Kakehi
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