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Oct 28, 2025 Presented our work VeasyGuide at ASSETS 2025. 🗣️
Oct 10, 2025 Our paper Graph Guide: 低視力者支援のためのセマンティックFocus+Context グラフ表示 has been accepted to WISS 2025! ✨
Sep 17, 2025 Started a 2-month research visit to the University of Washington at the Makeability Lab with Prof. Jon Froehlich.
Aug 29, 2025 Our work VeasyGuide received an Honorable Mention Award at ASSETS 2025! 🎉
Jun 18, 2025 Our work VeasyGuide: Personalized Visual Guidance for Low-vision Learners on Instructor Actions in Presentation Videos was accepted to ASSETS 2025! ✨
Apr 01, 2025 Received the BeyondAI SoftBank research grant for supporting visual access of low-vision people!
Dec 14, 2024 Presented our work ShowMe at WISS 2024. 🗣️
Oct 10, 2024 Our work ShowMe: 対話的な強調表示と拡大表示によるプレゼンテーションビデオの視覚的アクセシビリティの改善 was accepted to WISS 2024! ✨
Aug 01, 2024 Started a 3-month research visit to the University of Texas at Austin with Prof. Amy Pavel.
May 26, 2024 Our work Data Augmentation for 3DMM-based Arousal-Valence Prediction for HRI was accepted to RO-MAN 2024! ✨
May 16, 2024 Presented a poster for SmartLearn at the CHI 2024, late breaking work track. 🗣️
Apr 01, 2024 Started a 3-year PhD program in Creative Informatics at The University of Tokyo advised by Prof. Takeo Igarashi and co-advised by Prof. Ariel Shamir.
Mar 30, 2024 Awarded the MEXT Scholarship for Research Students (Monbukagakusho: 文部科学省奨学金) to pursue my PhD in Japan!
Mar 21, 2024 Graduated The University of Tokyo with a Creative Informatics Master’s advised by Prof. Takeo Igarashi. 🎓
Mar 01, 2024 Our work SmartLearn: Visual-Temporal Accessibility for Slide-based e-learning Videos was accepted to CHI 2024 as late breaking work. ✨
Jan 12, 2024 Our project MyStoryKnight accepted as a demo to INTERACTION 2024! ✨
Dec 01, 2023 Awarded the Helpfeel award for our paper Smart Replay at WISS 2023! 🎉
Nov 29, 2023 Presented our work Smart Replay at WISS 2023. 🗣️
Oct 20, 2023 Received the Google Award for Inclusion Research Grant to advance accessible e-learning, supervised by James Stout!
Oct 18, 2023 Our paper Smart Replay: eラーニング動画における視覚的・時間的アクセシビリティの向上 was accepted to WISS 2023. ✨
Sep 16, 2023 Started a 6-month internship at Honda Research Institute (HRI) Japan supervised by Dr. Christian Arzate Cruz.
Apr 01, 2022 Started my Master’s program at the University of Tokyo under the supervision of Prof. Takeo Igarashi. 🎓
Oct 01, 2021 Awarded the MEXT Scholarship for Research Students (Monbukagakusho: 文部科学省奨学金) to pursue my Master’s in Japan!