PROFILE
YOSHIDA Shigeo, Ph.D. / 吉田 成朗
Shigeo was born in 1989. He is currently a senior researcher at OMRON SINIC X Corporation in Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Information Studies, master's degree in Arts and Sciences, and bachelor's degree in Engineering from The University of Tokyo in 2017, 2014 and 2012 respectively. During 2017-2022, he was mainly working at The University of Tokyo (Cyber Interface Laboratory and Information Somatics Laboratory).
His research interest involves a broad area of Human-Computer Interaction. He has been especially focusing on designing interactions based on the mechanisms of perception and cognition of our body.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Researcher, OMRON SINIC X Corporation, Japan, April 2022 - current
Project Lecturer, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan, April 2021 - current (Part time from April 2022)
Part-time Lecturer, Meiji University, Japan, April 2018 - current
JST PRESTO researcher, October 2018 - March 2022
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan, April 2017 - March 2021
JSPS Research Fellow DC1, April 2014 - March 2017
Visiting Student, MIT Media Lab, July 2014 - Semptember 2014
Future Creator, Xcoo, Inc., February 2012 - March 2014
Researcher Assistant, JST ERATO Igarashi Design Interface Project, August 2009 - March 2013
Creator, IPA Exploratory IT Human Resources Project, July 2012 - February 2013
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Information Studies), Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, Japan,
April 2014 - March 2017
M.A.Sc., Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, Japan, April 2012 - March 2014
B.E., Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechano-informatics, The University of Tokyo, Japan, April 2009 - March 2012
A.Sc., Department of Information Engineering, Toyama National College of Maritime Technology, Japan, April 2004 - March 2009
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