Yoshio Ishiguro
Yoshio Ishiguro received his Ph.D. (Information Studies) in the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. He was also a Research Fellow at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. After that, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Disney Research. Currently, he works as a Project Associate Professor at Nagoya University, and as a senior researcher at TierIV Inc.
His research interests include mixed reality, augmented reality, infotainment for the autonomous vehicle, and human-computer integration. He is a member of the Information Processing Society of Japan and the Association for Computing Machinery.
Email: ishiy [:at:] acm.org
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名古屋大学未来社会創造機構 特任准教授，東京大学大学院情報学環 客員准教授，株式会社ティアフォー Senior Researcher, 名古屋大学未来社会創造機構 ティアフォー自動運転デザインセンター 副センター長．博士（学際情報学）．
東京大学暦本研究室で博士号を取得後．米国Walt Disney ImagineeringでPost-Doc研究員を経て現職．2012年Good Design Award Best 100に選出．専門はHuman Computer Interaction，Human Augmentation．
Profile
(as of 16 Jan 2018)
1983: Born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
August 2018 – present: Tier IV, Inc.
Vice Director of Tier IV Intelligent Vehicle Design and Development Center,
Senior Researcher (Cross Appointment with Nagoya Univ.)
July 2017 – present: The University of Tokyo, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Tokyo, JAPAN
Visiting Associate Professor.
December 2015 – present: Nagoya University, Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya, Aichi, JAPAN
Project Associate Professor.
October 2021 – present: Mirai Matrix (General incorporated association), Nagoya, Aichi, JAPAN
Representative Director
April 2015 – present: Aichi University of the Arts, Nagakute, Aichi, JAPAN
Lecturer (part-time)
March 2015 – September 2021: Mirai Matrix (General incorporated association), Nagoya, Aichi, JAPAN
Adviser
September 2014 – November 2015: Nagoya University, Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya, Aichi, JAPAN
Project Lecturer/ Project Assistant Professor.
March 2013 – August 2014: Disney Research Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.
Post Doc Researcher
April 2009 – October 2012: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN
Ph.D. candidate in Information Studies
With Prof. Jun Rekimoto, Applied Computer Science Course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies [Rekimoto Lab.]
November 2012 – January 2013: Internship
Sony Computer Science Laboratory
May 2012 – December 2012: Assistant
RIKEN Brain Science Institute [AI Lab]
April 2009 – March 2012: JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
August 2009 – August 2010: Internship
Sony Computer Science Laboratory
April 2005 – March 2009: Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, JAPAN
B.Eng. / M.Eng. in Science and Engineering
With Prof. Asako Kimura, Prof. Fumihisa Shibata and Prof. Hideyuki Tamura [RM2C Lab.]
April 1999 – March 2005: Toyota National College of Technology, Toyota, JAPAN
Associate Degree
With Prof. Fumio Matsuda [TCTICE]
June 2001 – July 2002: Nobelgymnasitiet, Karlstad, SWEDEN
Foreign exchange student
Swedish language and intercultural communication study, AFS
e-mail: ishiy( at )acm.org
Grant
- JST ACT-I, 2016 – 2017
- JSPS Resarch Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), 2009-2012
Media
- NHK Eテレ「ビットワールド」▽自動運転車でVRゲームを楽しもう（2020年5月28日）
- 自動運転を研究する教授34人まとめ AIや画像認識、制御技術など多彩な研究
- 「ちょっと右曲がって」音声・視線・ジェスチャで制御する自動運転車、名古屋大学などが開発（response）
- “暇な自動運転を飽きさせない切り札はRPGゲーム? “（日刊工業新聞）
- “特集 ライフログ” ワールドビジネスサテライト 2012年9月24日 テレビ東京
- “Disney ‘s New 3-D Printing Technique Makes Any Object Transmit Sound“
- “3D Printing Myths and Methods“
- “Disney 3D-prints interactive teddy bears“
- “Disney Creates 3D Printed Interactive Speakers“
Research Theme
Human Computer Integration (Interaction), Interaction with Autonomous Driving Vehicle, 3D Printed Functional Objects, Daily Usable Eye Tracker, Mixed/Augmented Reality , Gaze Based Human Memory Enhancement, Image Processing, Deep Neural Network (DNN), Artificial Intelligent (AI), Internet of Things (IoT)
Yoshio Ishiguro, PhD. 