佐藤宗彦, 博士(工学)

Researcher / Engineer / Inventor / Designer

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Human Computer Interaction
Calm Technology
Human Interface
Embodied Interface
Real World Interaction
Multi-modal Interaction
Human Augmentation
Ubiquitous Computing
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Wearable Computing
Embedded System

EXPERIENCE

2019 -: CXO, mui Lab株式会社
2024 -: Connectivity Standards Alliance日本支部 Matter技術部会代表
2023 -: 客員研究員, 東京大学
2013 -: Owner at an independent R&D studio
2015 - 2015: Research Scientist at Camera Culture Group, MIT Media Lab
2013 - 2017: 客員研究員, 東京大学
2013 - 2015: Postdoctoral Associate at Camera Culture Group, MIT Media Lab
2012 - 2013: リサーチアシスタント, 東京大学
2011 - 2011: Lab Associate at Disney Research Pittsburgh
2010 - 2011: JSPS Research Fellow DC2
2009 - 2010: リサーチアシスタント, JST CREST
“Technology to Create Digital Public Art” Project

About

2006年東京大学工学部産業機械工学科卒業、2009年東京大学大学院情報理工学系研究科知能機械情報学修士課程修了、2013年東京大学大学院工学系研究科先端学際工学専攻博士課程修了。東京大学では、廣瀬通孝教授に師事。博士(工学)

2006年-2007年にかけてヘルシンキ工科大学(現Aalto大学)コンピュータサイエンス学科へ交換留学し、3Dモーショントラッキングインタフェースの研究等に従事。2011年ディズニーリサーチ(米国・ピッツバーグ)にてLab Associateとして、実世界タッチ・ジェスチャインタラクションの研究に従事。2013年よりマサチューセッツ工科大学メディアラボカメラカルチャーグループにて博士研究員として勤務。

研究テーマは、モバイル・ウェアラブルにおけるユーザーインタフェース入力手法、公共空間・大空間でのメディア技術、及びパーソナル・ヘルスケア・デバイス。

Patents

2010-: Google Patents

招待講演, ゲストトーク (抜粋)

2016: Bay Area SID conference, Sunnyvale, CA
2015: The 22nd International Display Workshops, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
2015: Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. May
2015: Olympus R&D, Tokyo, Japan. April
2014: Rakuten Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. June
2013: Spicebox, Tokyo, Japan. January
2012: Dentsu New School, Tokyo, Japan. November
2012: Autodesk Research, Toronto, Canada. October
2012: MIT media lab, Cambridge, USA. October
2012: Columbia University, New York, USA. September
2012: “世界を目指せ！ ~トップコンファレンス採択論文紹介~”, The 17th Annual Conference of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Keio University, Japan
2012: “Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects”, FXPAL, Palo Alto, USA. August
2012: Guest talk, 第7回CHI勉強会 All.CHI, 明治大学, Japan
2012: Interactive Media Division Forum, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
2012: “Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects”, Disney Research Boston, Boston, USA.
2011: Lecture on Prototyping, MsHCI, HCII, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2011: Dorkbot pgh, Brillobox, Pittsburgh, USA.
2010: Brown Bag Lectures “Trends in Digital Art”, AI lab, Department of Informatics, Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland.
2010: Disney Research Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

インタビュー記事

2012: テレビブロス(東京ニュース通信社) 2012年11月24日号, わらしべマッドサイエンティスト第69回
”「なんでもインターフェース」世の中全体を壮大なタッチパネルにする研究”
2012: WIRED Japanese Edition TECHNOLOGY, “Disney Researchで次世代タッチセンサー「Touché」開発に携わった東大大学院生”
2012: ダイヤモンド・オンライン現場力を伸ばす先端IT活用の鉄則, “あの「トゥーチェ」だけではなかった!!
ディズニー・リサーチの「魔法」のあれやこれやを開発者の佐藤さんに聞いてきた”
2012: エンジニアType, “Disney Researchで次世代タッチセンサー『Touché』開発に携わった東大大学院生が描く、デバイスレスな世界”

Academic Activities

Associate Chair

2016: ACM CHI (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems) Late-Breaking Work

Invited Reviewers

JOURNALS/MAGAZINES

2013: IEEE Spectrum November
2013: IEEE CGA (Computer Graphics and Applications)
2012: Elsevier Interacting with Computers (The interdisciplinary journal of Human-Computer Interaction)
2011: ACM Computers in Entertainment (CiE)

CONFERENCES

2016: ACM CHI (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
2015: ACM ITS (International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces)
2015: ACM UIST (Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology)
2015: ACM UbiComp (International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing)
2015: ACM CHI (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
2015: ACM AH (Augmented Human International Conference)
2014: ACM CHI (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
2014: ACM UbiComp (International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing)
2014: IEEE ISMAR (International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality)
2014: ACM AH (Augmented Human International Conference)
2013: ACM CHI (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
2013: IEEE WHC (World Haptics Conference)
2013: IEEE GCCE (Global Conference on Consumer Electronics)
2012: IEEE ISMAR (International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality)
2012: ACM UIST (Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology)
2012: ACM DIS (Designing Interactive Systems)
2012: IEEE Haptics Symposium
2012: ACM APCHI (Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction)
2010: ACM ACE (Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology)

RESEARCH GRANTS

2013: NASA SC EPSCoR/IDeA awards

Membership

Honors/Awards

2013: First Prize for Botanicus Interacticus project Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Award 2013 (NUMA)
2012: Best Paper Award, ACM CHI 2012 Conference, Austin, TX, May, 2012.
2010: Good Design Award 2010, “Constellation of Departure”, English/日本語
2008: ACM Student Research Competition Semi-Finalist,
“Particle display system: a real world display with physically distributable pixels,” ACM CHI 2008 Conference, April, 2008.

Public Demonstrations/Exhibitions

2010: “Constellation of Departure (出発の星座)” model exhibited (模型展示), Information Processing of Japan 50th anniversary 72nd national conference of IPSJ (情報処理学会創立50周年記念全国大会), 本郷, Tokyo, Japan, March 9 – March 10, 2010.
2010: “Constellation of Departure (出発の星座)”, Digital Public Art Exhibition “Air Harbor”, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan, October 9, 2009 – January 11, 2010.
Planning: Yasuhiro Suzuki
System: Munehiko Sato, Shinya Nishizaka, Yusuke Torigoe, Atsushi Izumihara
LED wiring: Munehiko Sato, Intern Staff
Cooperation: Avago Technologies (LED), Tokyo Electron Device (LED), National Semiconductor Japan (LED Driver IC)
2009: “Constellation on the Ground (地上の星座)”, Digital Public Art Exhibition “Air Harbor”, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan, October 9 – November 3, 2009.
Planning: Yasuhiro Suzuki
System: Kunihiro Nishimura, Yusuke Torigoe, Munehiko Sato
2009: “Constellation of Chair (星に座る椅子)”, Digital Public Art Exhibition “Air Harbor”, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan, October 9 – November 3, 2009.
Planning: Yasuhiro Suzuki
System: Kim Junghyun, Munehiko Sato
Cooperation:Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.
2008: dpa project + Hirose-Tanikawa lab. + Kunihiro Nishimura + Takuji Narumi + Munehiko Sato + Kotaro Hashimoto, “Sharelog::F”, Shinjuku Takashimaya Restaurants Park (新宿高島屋レストランズパーク), Tokyo, Japan, June 11 – July 15, 2008.

佐藤 宗彦, 博士(工学)