Kazutaka Kurihara is currently working as a research scientist at AIST. He completed his PhD studies in March 2007 at the University of Tokyo. His primal research topic is to rethink "flexibility" on presentation tools. In addition, He is also interested in pen UIs, multi-modal UIs, practical applications of recognition technologies, and UIs for educational fields.
Koji Tsukada is a researcher of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) since 2012. Before joining JST, he worked as an assistant professor at Ochanomizu University for 5 years and had been a researcher at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) for three years. He received his Ph.D. from Keio University in 2005. His research interests include human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, home applications, and prototyping tools.