| Jul 18, 2026 | Released VeasyGuide as open-source software! Anyone can now try it right in the browser at veasyguide.github.io/app. ✨ |
| Jul 06, 2026 | Gave a guest lecture (second year running) on accessibility research and the AI revolution in accessibility, in Prof. Takeo Igarashi’s undergraduate HCI class at The University of Tokyo. 🗣️ |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Accepted to the 2026 Smith-Kettlewell Summer Institute: From Ideation to Presentation: AI as a Research Assistant for Blind and Low Vision Data Science Scholars. ✨ |
| May 18, 2026 | Received the Beyond AI CIP research grant (June–December 2026) for supporting agentic web access for low-vision people! |
| May 07, 2026 | Organized a visit of low-vision students from Tsukuba University of Technology (筑波技術大学) to The University of Tokyo. |
| Apr 18, 2026 | Started a week-long research visit to University College London (UCL), hosted by Mark Colley. |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Selected as Accessibility Co-Chair for CHI 2027, together with Amy Melniczuk! 🎉 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Presented our work Improving Low-Vision Chart Accessibility via On-Cursor Visual Context at CHI 2026 in Barcelona. 🗣️ |
| Feb 03, 2026 | Visited and gave a talk at KIXLAB hosted by Prof. Juho Kim at KAIST. 🗣️ |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Our paper Improving Low-Vision Chart Accessibility via On-Cursor Visual Context has been conditionally accepted to CHI 2026! ✨ |
| Dec 04, 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 was presented at WISS 2025 and received a Best Paper Award! 🏆✨ |
| 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 Beyond AI 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! |