Can you imagine the future of information technology in everyday living environments and public spaces? Our research project, which we entitled “Harmonized Inter-Personal Display Project”, has aimed to implement inter-personal display technology for promoting face-to-face communication among several people. This session will introduce some research topics from our project: augmented reality interaction technologies with novel optical design of mid-air images; projection technologies that superimpose digital information on the real world through human-imperceptible signal; paper computing technologies that enhance the compatibility between daily commodities and information devices.
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October 28, Friday
1:10PM-2:55;PM (Doors Open 1:00PM)
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- Center Stage, 1st Floor
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Takeshi NAEMURA
Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1997. He was a visiting assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University supported by “Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad” from 2000 to 2002. His research interest includes Virtual Reality and Human Interface. He received Young Researcher Award from MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), Best Paper Award from VRSJ (Virtual Reality Society of Japan), Niwa-Takayanagi Best Paper Award from ITE (the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers), Human Communication Award from IEICE (the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering), Innovative Technologies from METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), Good Design Award from JDP (Japan Institute of Design Promotion) and so on. 
Yasuaki KAKEHI
Associate professor, Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
He is a HCI researcher and media artist. He received his Ph.D in Interdisciplinary Information Studies from The University of Tokyo in 2007. Since 2008, associate professor of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University in Japan. Exhibiting his work and research results at ACM SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica Festival, YCAM and ICC he crosses over the boundaries between engineering, art and design. In 2012, a work of his was selected for one of the best 100 Good Design Awards and received the minister of MEXT award for young scientist in 2014.
Shunsuke YOSHIDA
Senior researcher, Universal Communication Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
He is a senior researcher in the Universal Communication Research Institute, NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan.) He received his Ph.D. in Human Informatics from Nagoya University in 2001. He joined the Multimedia Ambiance Communication Project of Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan in 2001. He was a researcher in ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International) from 2002 to 2010. He also holds the post of a researcher in NICT since 2006. His work focuses on virtual reality systems and glasses-free 3D displays. He received Best Demo Award from ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2015, Image Electronics Technology Excellence Award from IIEEJ (The Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan), and Innovative Technologies 2016 from METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and so on.
Kazuhiro OHASHI
General manager, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories and Solution Development Division Group, ITOKI CORPORATION
He joined ITOKI Corp in 1993. He conducted the design of exhibition space for public museums and showrooms, and was responsible for communication design. In 2004, he started the research and development of work place for next generation creative work and concept making, and pioneered its new markets. He is promoting ICT media design, spatial HCI and UI design. In 2015, he is a general manager of ICT solution planning and development division which oversee the business planning, product and development using ICT.
Masayuki IHARA
Senior Research Engineer, NTT Service Evolution Laboratories, NTT Corporation
In 1994, he received a Master's degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology and joined NTT Human Interface Laboratories. His research interest includes model of human preference, sharing sense of values, and human affordance. His recent work is development of information sharing technology for disaster situations. He was a visiting scientist at New Media Innovation Center, Canada and The University of British Columbia from 2002 to 2003. He received a Ph.D. He is a member of ACM, IEICE, IPSJ and IIEEJ.
