Keita Higuchi, Ph.D.

Profile

Education

• Ph.D. in Applied Computer Science, Jul. 2015
  • - The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • - Title of thesis: “Human Body Mapping and Augmentation for Immersive Telepresence Systems”
  • - Committee: Prof. Jun Rekimoto, Prof. Ken Sakamura, Prof. Noboru Koshizuka, Prof. Aki Nakao, and Prof. Yoichi Sato
• Master’s degree in Applied Computer Science, Mar. 2012
  • - The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • - Title of thesis: “Flying Eyes: Free-Space Content Creation Using Autonomous Aerial Vehicles”
  • - Supervisor: Prof. Jun Rekimoto
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Engineering, Mar. 2010
  • - Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
  • - Title of thesis: “Puppet Grip: Gestural Interaction for Spatial Co-working Experience”
  • - Supervisor: Prof. Ryuichiro Hara

Work Experience

• Research Assistant (May. 2010 -- Mar. 2012), Morpho, Inc. R&D (CTO Room).
• Cheif Creator (Jan. 2011 -- Oct. 2011), IPA Exploratory IT Human Resources Project 2010 (The MITOH Program 2010).
• Research Assistant (Oct. 2011 -- Mar. 2012), Laboratory for Adaptive Intelligence, RIKEN.
• Research Fellow DC1 (Apr 2012 -- Mar 2015), The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
• Reseach Intern Student (Jun. 2013 -- Sep. 2013), Multimedia, Interaction, and Communication (MIC) Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond (Mentors: Yinpeng Chen, Zicheng Liu, Philip A. Chou, and Zhengyou Zhang)
• Reseach Intern Student (Jun. 2014 -- Aug. 2014), Multimedia, Interaction, and Communication (MIC) Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond
• Research Assistant (Apr. 2015 -- Jul. 2015), Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
• Project Research Associate (Aug. 2015 -- Nov. 2018), Yoichi Sato Lab, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
• Visiting Scholar (Oct. 2017 -- Sep. 2018), Computer Vision Group, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
• Project Lecturer (Nov. 2018 -- Sep. 2019), Yoichi Sato Lab, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
• Researcher (Oct. 2019 -- Present), HCI Team, Preferred Networks Inc.

Honors

• AIPチャレンジ2016 ラボ長賞
• インタラクション 2017 インタラクティブ発表賞
• Siggraph Asia 2012 Emerging Technologies Prize
• Outstanding Master Thesis Award, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
• Commended by The University President 2009, Kanazawa Institute of technology

Professional Activities

Technical program committee

• Associete Chair, TEI 2017 Work in Progress
• TPC member, ACM Multimedia 2016
• TPC member, IEEE Symposium on Multimedia 2016

Reviewer (journals)

• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
• IEEE Pervasive Computing

Reviewer (Conferences)

• CHI 2016-2017
• HAI 2016
• ISS 2016
• TEI 2015
• UIST 2015
• Augmented Human 2015
• GCCE 2013
• Ubicomp 2012 Adjunct Track
• CHI 2012 Interactivity

Invited Exhibition

• Flying Eyes: TEDxUTkyo
• Flying Eyes: TEDxTodai
• Flying Head: Sony CSL Open House 2013

Skills

Contact

khiguchi ( a t ) acm.org